Highland Folk Museum

Very interesting snapshot of many aspects of Scottish life through the ages up to the 1940s I'd say. Lovely walk through the woods to the start of the timeline showing turf and heather housing. Allow a couple of hours to see the whole site. Nice little cafe with reasonable prices. No entry fee but donations encouraged, or buy the very informative guidebook for £5 and hand back in when you leave for someone else to buy.

We absolutely loved our visit. As a family of 4 there was plenty for us to explore. Children's playground, cafe, gift shop and toilets great. Entry and carpark is free but you are welcome to leave a donation - you will want to once you experience this place. The staff are very welcoming and very informative, it's clear they love their jobs. We bought a brochure (£5) which was very Informative and great to use alongside exploring the old villages. Sweet shop was super. A must see to get an insight into the history of the highlands! Just what we wanted on our trip to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The museum is free of charge. However, car parking costs £2 which supports the running cost of the barn, and you can contribute donation if you want to. The museum and barn are lovely, lots of animals, interesting facts about the past, history, benches to do picnic, cafeteria is on site too with the bathroom. It's worth visiting and supporting local businesses. The gift shop is a must to visit. I loved it 😍

We mainly stopped as we heard they had highland cows and wanted to see them. We were surprised by how much there was to see and all for free! So we ended up staying for much longer than anticipated and checked out all of the buildings etc. The teens enjoyed the working sweet shop the most. The staff were all really friendly. We made a donation at the end as it was so worth while.

Absolutely astounding place. In a beautiful location with buildings from different eras spread out and you walk between them. The contents temporary hones had to look to look at, there's even a curling lake, workshops, and don't miss the old thatch houses.

A lot bigger than we expected! Was definitely worth going and we all enjoyed. Very friendly staff. Visit to the old fashioned sweetie shop is a must - it's not open every day so worth checking on the website. School was also a highlight, make sure you ask to practice your handwriting with the fountain pen. Dogs on short leads welcome but not able to go in any of the buildings so we swapped out people holding the dog. The dog really enjoyed the walk through the woodlands.

Absolutely fantastic historical village with much to see and do for the whole family. We particularly enjoyed the Highland Cows and the mock lesson in the School house. The coffee from the cafe was amazing. Highly recommend. Free entry, you only pay for parking. You can make a voluntary donation, which I think you’ll see is warranted.

Highland Folk museum a highly recommended visitor experience especially for outlander fans. Alot of things to see are very good and you will feel like you have time travelled. Car park is £2 Make a donation entry be kind it's an amazing day. Coffee and sandwiches available in cafe and a good shop to get a gift for a family or friend. Thank you to all friendly staff.

After shotgunning Outlander in preparation for my Scotland trip, we decided to check out the Highland Folk Museum. Everything here is a faithful recreation of time way back when - it's amazing to learn the history of each area. The grounds are well kept, and the staff is eager to tell you more. Though they only accept donations, it is well worth your while.

So - in my opinion, plan your visit here solely for the 1700 Scottish village experience and DO NOT plan this as a place to eat lunch!! The tearoom is super basic, just 6 diff types of indifferent sandwiches like tuna, BLT, egg, prawn etc and a soup (which was tomato basil on the day we were there and was hearty and quite delicious). There are also a good variety of drinks but that is it! Apart from the soup, everything else is cold and the dessert quality was quite indifferent too (specifically the lemon curd cake - would not get this from here). That being said, the actual experience of walking thru the village and seeing first hand how people lived in the Scottish highlands from 1700s onwards was quite revealing. We were lucky to visit on a day the re- thatching of the grass roof on one of the huts was happening and the peat fire was on, so could ask a lot of questions from the re-enactors. Breathing in the peat fire was an especially eye opening experience as I realized first hand how breathing in that heavy carbon filled air in that enclosed space would have contributed to an average life expectancy of around 35 years (never mind if you were asthmatic!). I also loved the gypsy encampment and the tradesmen shops from the 1930s thru to the 50s. Apparently the shops were moved here and so they are not just recreations. There's also video and or audio-visual presentation that create an interactive visit, and for the latter, just look for big buttons to press on the wall while the videos run in a continuous loop. Oh also because it's a fairly big outdoor museum, there is a £1 donation which gets you in a truck which drives you around, so check timings for that if you have a limited time. I def enjoyed my visit, but will eat in town or elsewhere before coming here again.

Wonderful place to visit. The displays are interesting. The docents are friendly and informative. A great place to spend 3 or 4 hours. The cafe on site has a selection of sandwiches and a soup of the day; I had a bowl of tomato basil soup with a hummus/ tomato sandwich; delicious. My friend had one of the dessert selections; carrot cake, bar cookie, lemon muffin.

Amazing experience. I especially loved the 1700s area. You can walk into the buildings and get a true sense of how they lived. Our daughter loved the chicken coop and the friendly black cat on the property. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Fun open-air interactive museum about Highland life. They have a 17th century townsite, and a mid 1930s townsite. Craftsmen volunteers dress up and demonstrate activities. Kids loved it. Admission is free. Highly worthwhile.

This is a cute little museum with all kinds of relics about how highland life used to be. Most of it is interesting and like any good folk museum, it makes me glad that things now are so much easier. If you're passing through Kingussie and you have a spare hour, this is a good place to spend it.

This is a perfect place to pass an afternoon in awesome scenery with a visit to bygone times ,highlight is definitely the township Baille Ghearr where some authentic traditional Black houses have been built complete with smouldering peat fires and thatched roofs and actors in garb telling you how the people of the 1700's survived such primitive conditions. There's so much more to see such as the 1937 schoolroom where your child can take part in a lesson with the stern teacher ,there s a working farm , rebuilt church , joiners workshop grocery store with old style sweets for sale and much more. Well recommended

Worth a visit. We spent a fabulous sunny afternoon walking the grounds through the forest, thatched roof houses, joinery, barns, etc. There were reinactors and story tellers to answer questions and provide insight on how people survived in the 1700's. There were unique Scottish breed of chickens wandering the grounds also. A couple of the huts had fires stoked to light them up. Educational for all, but the young kids running about loved it especially.