Highland Village Museum -- 1

North America’s only living history museum for Gaelic language and culture --- Highland Village Museum (Baile nan Gàidheal). Breathtaking 43-acre site features one of the most unbelievable views of the Bras d'Or Lake, eleven historic buildings, including three frame houses (c1830-1900), a store, a carding mill, a church, a shingle mill and a forge.

One can take part in a traditional céilidh, hear Gaelic singing, learn to speak Gaelic phrases, and become captivated by the spirit of the pioneering Scottish Gaels. Able also to observe as first-person costumed animators demonstrate traditional skills such as weaving, quilting and rug hooking. Explored the beautiful rural setting that features a Hebridean style blackhouse, a 19th-century wooden church, period farmhouses, and rare farm animals such as Soay sheep and Highland cattle.

There is also a resident Clydesdale horse, Mira Jean. But she quickly exited to the barn, when we didn't feed her.

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