Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie

Name: Highland Folk Museum
Address: Kingussie, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Kingussie

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The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°4'52"N, 4°2'33"W

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Kingussie United Kingdom

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Highland Folk Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Highland Wildlife Park, Highland Folk Museum, Ruthven Barracks, Loch Insh.

3.2 miNE
Mountain and tundra animal reserve
Highland Wildlife Park, Cairngorms National Park
82 min walk • The Highland Wildlife Park is a 105-hectare safari park and zoo near Kingussie, Highland, Scotland. The park is located within the Cairngorms National Park.
2.5 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie
64 min walk • The Highland Folk Museum is a museum and open-air visitor attraction in Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom. It is owned by Highland Council and administered by High Life Highland. It was founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Frances Grant.
0.6 miS
Ruins, View point, Forts and castles
Ruthven Barracks, Kingussie
16 min walk • Ruthven Barracks, near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising.
5.3 miNE
Lake
Loch Insh, Cairngorms National Park
136 min walk • Loch Insh is a loch in Highlands region, Scotland. It is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. The nearest village to the loch is Kincraig. The loch is a location for sailing, windsurfing and kayaking/canoeing.
5.7 miSW
Mountain
Creag Dhubh, Newtonmore
147 min walk • Creag Dhubh is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It is located in the Strathspey area of the central Highlands, above the village of Newtonmore.
3.3 miW
57°3'47"N • 4°7'29"W
Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore
85 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.6 miE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Speyside Distillery, Kingussie
42 min walk • The Speyside distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery near the hamlet of Drumguish in the Speyside region of Scotland, close to the village of Kingussie.
0.7 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
The Dell, Kingussie
18 min walk • The Dell is a shinty stadium in the town of Kingussie, Scotland. It is the home of Kingussie Camanachd and has been a shinty venue for almost 150 years.
3.7 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
The Eilan, Newtonmore
95 min walk • The Eilan, also known as "Eilean Bheannchair", in Scots Gaelic, is a shinty stadium in the town of Newtonmore, Scotland. It is the home of Newtonmore Camanachd and has been a shinty venue since at least 1877.