Museums · Scottish Highlands
Highland Folk Museum
In or near Newtonmore.
Highland Folk Museum — open-air museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Newtonmore · 1.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Highland Folk Museum, the nearest railway station is Newtonmore, located 1.5 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is PH20 1AY, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
About
Highland Folk Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. It covers approximately 80 km². Address: PH20 1AY. Wikidata describes it as: "open-air museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 57.0697°, -4.1029°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum and visitor attraction in Newtonmore, in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. The museum explores the material culture and everyday life of the Scottish Highlands from the 1700s to the mid-20th century through reconstructed buildings, relocated historic structures, and live interpretation. The museum was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant (1887–1983) and is owned by the Highland Council. It is administered by High Life Highland.
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Background
History
In 1930, Dr Isabel Frances Grant organised and curated the Highland Exhibition in Inverness, bringing together 2,100 artefacts exhibited as a national folk museum. Grant founded the Highland Folk Museum in 1935, using a personal legacy to acquire a disused former United Free Church on the island of Iona. Grant recorded 800 visitors in the first summer of opening and 900 the following year. Nicknamed Am Fasgadh (Gaelic for the shelter), the Highland Folk Museum's remit was "…to shelter homely ancient Highland things from destruction". By 1938, the collection had become too large for its original home. In 1939 the museum moved to larger premises on the mainland at Laggan, Badenoch, a village…
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- Coordinates
- 57.0697, -4.1029
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- PH20 1AY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- Established
- 1935
- Nearest railway station
- Newtonmore — 1.5 km
- Official site
- www.highlandfolk.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q2287126 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Highland Folk Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: 2011 Inverness-shire Highland Folk Museum 28-05-2011 16-54-22.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Highland Folk Museum?
- Highland Folk Museum is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode PH20 1AY).
- What is Highland Folk Museum?
- Highland Folk Museum — open-air museum in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Highland Folk Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Newtonmore, about 1.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode PH20 1AY.
- When was Highland Folk Museum built?
- Built or established in 1935.
- Who owns Highland Folk Museum?
- Highland Folk Museum is owned by Highland Council.
- How do I get to Highland Folk Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Newtonmore, about 1.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PH20 1AY.