Highland folk museum, outlander filming location funkyellas travel. Aug 05, 2019 if you love outlander, youll love knowing that castle leoch and craig na dun are real places. Highland folk museum feature page on undiscovered scotland. Based on the popular books by diana gabaldon, the series has a cult following and many fans have been visiting the highland folk museum as part of. The highland folk museum is britains first openair museum. The outlander series was based on the books of diana gabaldon and the. The production has been filming specifically at the highland folk continue reading. These tours are led by the fabulous guides from inverness tours who tell you all of the tidbits about outlander, and also share their love and vast knowledge about. Went a trip up to the highland folk museum with my friends.
If you would be interested in a guided tour, then click here. The folk museum has replicas of villages and different aspects of highland life from the 1700s all the way up to the 1950s. Just look for this book kittehthats your major spoiler cue there are minor ones too. Complete the experience with a unique overnight at the killiehuntly farmhouse, a. The openair museum is especially important to the world of outlander. This is an openair museum, so visit when the weather is nice closed during winter months. Peat fires, chickens, thatched roofs, tartan weavers and outlander film sites. Highland folk museum in scotland played an important role in filming. Highland folk museum the highland folk museum in newtonmore is a favourite location used by the outlander production team. This was the set used for one of the villages claire, dougal, and the mackenzie clan stopped at to collect rent.
Outlander day at the highland folk museum in scotland. Relive the tragic battles, deathdefying escapes, and sentimental moments of outlander. The outlander series focuses on 20thcentury british nurse claire randall, who time travels to 18thcentury scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing highland warrior jamie fraser. Book readers will know this as the site of one of the hydroelectric. Outlander locations in the highlands wilderness scotland.
The books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide as of august 2014. As well as outlander sites, we put the books into context and explore a little of what life was like for a highlander in the 18th century. Still on the outlander theme, why not wander around an extremely impressive and authentic replica of an 18th century highland village. Heres how you can visit the classic scotland locations without having to travel through time. Having been inspired by an open air museum in scandinavia she returned to scotland. Highland folk museum holds its annual outlander day in. The diana gabaldon trail enjoy scotlands castles, culture. In 2014 our 1700s highland township was used as a filming location for the hugely successful tv series outlander.
This newtonmore museum has six replica highland crofts, exactly like those in which tenant farmers would have lived in the 18th century. May 4 2020 small group, 8 night, outlander tours of. Winter tours of am fasgadh are available for groups please check our winter tours page for more details. Outlander shoots in newtonmore photos outlander tv news. Baile gean township at the folk museum as you drive out of newtonmore towards kingussie on the a86, you pass on your right the car park for the highland folk museum. The highland folk museum is in newtonmore, 45 miles south of inverness.
If you want to know more about filming here, talk to the staff. See if you can recognize the familiar sights such as mrs. The crofts feature prominently in the scenes of outlander. Outlander highlands tour from inverness inverness, scotland. The open air museum comprises a collection of buildings which tell how highland people lived, worked and dressed, and how they produced and cooked food from the 1700s up to 1950. Its amazing to see how people lived back in the 1600. The outlander series includes three kinds of stories. The big, enormous books, aka the eight major novels published so far in the outlander series that have no discernible genre or all of them.
On september 5th 2015 the highland folk museum in newtonmore. The best outlander locations you can visit in scotland. The west highland museum fort william outlander visitors. Youll also get to explore the highland folk museum, which boasts a reconstructed 18thcentury scottish village. Aug 24, 2015 a museum where scenes for the outlander tv series were shot is to hold its first day dedicated to the show and the books it is based on.
The highland folk museum is located on the a86 just to the north of newtonmore and is easy to find. Although i was almost jogging through the site, the walk was extremely scenic which takes you through the pine woods. Highland folk museum mackenzie village outlander locations. In outlander the museum s replica 18th century highland crofts are shown when claire joins dougal and his followers on their task to collect rent from the clans. Outlander tv series location day at baile gean township in the. Why not use culdearn as a base for exploring the world of outlander. Not only does it look the way a highland village from jamies time would have looked, but. This is in line with high life highland s closure of all its leisure and community facilities, libraries and museums from the end of the working day on friday 20 march 2020. Human anatomy taught through the lens of the outlander books by diana. Outlander fans will recognise this location as one of the main shooting locations for outlander.
The authentic look of the area made it the perfect filming location for season 1 of outlander. Outlander tour, inverness outlanders, highland folk museum, artychik art page, rabbies, outthere colorado. Dragonfly in amber is the second in my outlander series of major novels, and was first published in the u. We recently attended the fabulous annual outlander day at the fantastic highland folk museum in newtonmore, scotland. Despite a blink and youll miss it scene from outlander being filmed near here at the highland folk museum, there wasnt as much outlander purchases to be made. Located in newtonmore, the highland folk museum was used, in rent, as the mackenzie village, from where dougal and co collect clan taxes. There are exhibits showing how people lived in the scottish highlands from the 1960s all the way back to the 1700s. Some have been built from scratch on site and some have been moved here from other locations. The highland folk museum served as the filming location for the village.
Outlander blogs, outlander filming locations in scotland. Opened in 1995, the museum represents the history of life in the highlands of scotland. The highland folk museum is a museum and openair visitor attraction in newtonmore in badenoch and strathspey in the scottish highlands. Fans of the outlander books and tv series are making our museum a must see destination to learn more about the world of the jacobites that claire randall found herself sharing with jamie fraser in 1743. Okay, so its not on outlander day although that would be awesome the highland folk museum holds its own annual outlander day. We lucked out and were able to attend a special outlander day, hosted in the 1700s village area, where they filmed the episode rent. Highland folk museum newtonmore 2020 all you need to. The highland folk museum in newtonmore is easy to miss. Edinburghscotland tour outlander craig na dun, culloden.
This itinerary takes you to the principal places featured in the books and many of the film locations. The highland folk museum gives visitors a flavour of how highland people lived and worked from the 1700s up until the 1960s. I have read a couple of similar books to this, and while later seasons are released, and more filming locations are used beecraigs being used in season 4, this does make the books. Based on the popular books by diana gabaldon, the series has a cult following and many fans. Saturday the 6th of june 11001600 highland folk museum map link celebrating the 6th outlander day in the highlands. Celebrate rural scottish heritage at the highland folk museum, with its recreated 18thcentury township, once used as a location in the filming of outlander season 1. They do this by displaying over 30 historical buildings and furnishing them appropriate to their time period. Highland folk museum mackenzie village season 1 episode 5. Outlander tv series fans will know this place well, as its featured in season.
Heading north, your first stop is the charming village of culross. The outlander location that was used at the highland folk museum was the 1700s township baile gean that is at the far end of the site. Ullswater the second largest lake in the english lake district is famous for its sublime, tranquil beauty aira force waterfall a lovely stone bridge crosses the fabulously flowing waterfalls lake windermere you can choose to wander the shores or put on your sailing hat and go for a cruise edinburgh scotlands medieval capital city boasts spectacular. Dive into culture and gain insights into rural life in scotland from the 18th century to the mid20th century, admiring the extensive collection of. Highland folk museum this heritage village is the place to head if you want to don a plaid and wander around pretending you live in a wee scottish village as the storm clouds of culloden start to. See what life was like for the people of the highlands from the 1700s up until the 1960s at the highland folk museum in newtonmore. He even took diana gabaldon on a tour she has a picture on her website. Outlander fans will want to walk out to the 1700s village.
This superb living museum turns out to be one of the most fascinating days out anywhere in the highlands and is a must see for anyone visiting or travelling through this part of. Going on an outlander tour of scotland with highland explorer. The highland folk museum, used in the filming of outlander season 1 is a short drive from grantown on spey. Youll get to see the life of 18thcentury people on june 1. The highland folk museum in scotland is britains first mainland openair museum. With the mighty cairngorm mountains set as a backdrop, the 17thcentury township really makes you feel like you are in the heart of the gritty jacobite highlands and lucky for us, it is live all year around. Everything as listed in the outlander ride option 1 above, but also including visits to the highland folk museum, ruthven barracks, doune castle. Highland folk museum used for the rent episode in season outlander tour. Newtonmore museum to hold its first outlander day bbc news.
This was the location where episode 105 rent was filmed. The shorter, less indescribable novels that are more or less historical mysteries though dealing. A milelong open air collection of historical buildings, shows how life used to be through the ages. Grant, who wrote the book highland folk ways in 1961. We have been running these guided outlander tours for sixteen years, and are delighted at their success. Highland trail inspired by outlander tour trafalgar us. In the early afternoon we stop at the newtonmore highland folk museum, which houses replicas of 18th century turfroofed highland crofts, making it a perfect choice for the period scenes.
Outlander day highland folk museum high life highland. We are pleased about that and know we can give them an excellent insight. Outlandish scotland journey visit diana gabaldons scotland. A museum where scenes for the outlander tv series were shot is to hold its first day dedicated to the show and the books it is based on. Inverness map which points to locations used by diana gabaldon in her series of outlander books. This attraction is designed to bring the old highland traditions back to life and it manages to successfully balance the line between entertainment and. Below are some additional photos from facebook page. This was one of the places i was really looking forward to visiting since im a huge outlander fan. Visitors to this living history museum can learn how our scottish highland ancestors lived, how they built their homes, how they tilled the soil and how they dressed, in. Welcome budding anatomists to my 2016 scotland outlander tour, part 2 here is part 1. The highland folk museum was one of my favorite places during our entire trip. Early afternoon you stop at the newtonmore highland folk museum, which houses replica of 18th century turfroofed highland crofts making it a perfect choice for the period scenes.
I loved that i got to visit completely newtome places in scotland on this trip, even though this was my 5th visit to the country. Summers looks set to be busy for outlander fans in scotland with a wealth of. The final stop on this tour is the ruthven barracks. Includes the lallybroch tea, entrance to the highland folk museum, and passage on the glenelg ferry when available. Shown in a few episodes of outlander is mackenzie village, where the main characters take shelter in the first episode and later when dougal and co. Learn how highlanders lived at the newtonmore highland folk museum you leave edinburgh and begin following the trail of the bestknown film locations featured in the outlander tv series. Join facebook to connect with julie roehl and others you may know. The highland folk museum brings to life the domestic and working conditions of earlier highland peoples. The outlander tv series has taken north america by storm. Art by karen l robargefrantz, world peace tartan, outlander book club, graham tempest, art by gracie, pikes peak.
The highland folk museum is a firm favourite with our lovely outlander tour guests and it was great to see our friends, the lovely inverness outlanders fan group in attendance. Based on the popular books by diana gabaldon, the series has a cult following and many fans have been visiting the highland folk museum as part of a. Day 1 we visit ruthven barracks, wander through the highland folk museum which was used as location for the township scenes in rent, explore the castles used during filming of the series. The production of outlander recently shot scenes in newtonmore, scotland and may still be shooting there. Outlander trail 4 day tour from edinburgh rabbies tours. In the early afternoon, we stop at the newtonmore highland folk museum, which houses replicas of 18th century turf roofed highland crofts, making it a perfect choice for the period scenes. Outlander highlands tour we will visit sites from the netflix smash outlander. Delve into the past and discover the real, living highland folk museum. Apr 01, 2020 like the villages in fife and the highland folk museum and even the castles. Like the villages in fife and the highland folk museum and even the castles. Highland folk museum newtonmore 2020 all you need to know.
See more ideas about museum, folk and outlander film. Spirit of outlander 2020 11 day tour spirit journeys. The school was fantastic even having the teacher there. We are currently closed for the winter and will reopen on 1 april 2020. Welcome to britains first open air museum highland folk museum. In response to government guidance on coronavirus, the highland folk museum will remain closed until further notice. The production has been filming specifically at the highland folk museum. Exploring the city of inverness, the castle, cathedral and old town church we take you onwards to culloden battlefield and clava cairns. Experience firsthand what life was like in the 1700s at the highland folk museum, newtonmore.
When it outgrew its allocated land, the collection was moved to laggan, later on to kingussie, and finally here to newtonmore in 1996. Youll find the highland folk museum around 45 miles south of inverness. Bairds guesthouses the covenanter hotel and the bruce fountain where claire sees the ghost of jamie. A gorgeous picture of midhope castle, outlander s lallybroch. It is owned by highland council and administered by high life highland. Highland folk museum, newtonmore this amazing open air museum spans centuries with loads to see. A trip to the folk museum can get combined with multiple highland activities like climbing a nearby monadhliadth or cairngorm peak, forest walks, foraging, sporting, and excellent canoeing. Highland folk museum newtonmore, newtonmore museums.
This is in line with high life highland s closure of all its leisure and community facilities, libraries and museums from the. As before, starz images and book quotes are sprinkled amid the travelogue. Highland folk museum the museum recreates scottish highland daily and working life from the 1700s to the 1950s. A few spoilers from dianas books are included but i will alert you to major ones so you can skip if need be. Join us for our latest instalment of outlander on location at the historic highland folk museum. Based on the popular books by diana gabaldon, the series has a cult following and many fans have been visiting the highland folk museum as part of a scottish. Claire and jamies set off with dougal to visit the lands and collect the rents, claire being brought along because of her medical background and because no one. The highland folk museum is a gem of a place, snuggled away off the a9 in the charming, quaint village of newtonmore in scotland. Going on an outlander tour of scotland with highland. You can find outlander film locations throughout scotland. So impressive is this reconstruction at the highland folk museum, that it was chosen as a location and features in season 1 of the outlander television series. The recreated 1700s village of baile gean, complete with thatched cottages, was used in the outlander episode, the rent, including the infamous waulking scene.
Explore scotland on an outlander tour blue horizon. The museum has a collection of buildings that represent life in the highlands during the early 1700s and in the period around the 1930s. As a guide we have produced this outlander leaflet. Craig na dun highland folk museum clava cairns stones culloden battlefield pitlochry. Outlander, the tv series inspired by the historical romance novels by diana gabaldon is the basis for our 4 day tour of scotland.
Winter tours of am fasgadh are available for groups. Driving through the cairngorm national park, there are options to stop at tomatin distillery or speyside distillery. Highland folk museum is in newtonmore village, south of inverness. Highland folk museum in newtonmore britains first open. Based on the popular books by diana gabaldon, the series has a cult following and many fans have been visiting the highland folk museum as part of a scottish tour taking in the sights and locations from the show. Entrance is free and outlander filming took place in the 17th century township on the right hand side of the area. Outlander day in the highlands inverness outlanders. According to tripadvisor travellers, these are the best ways to experience highland folk museum. The highland township has been used as a filming location for outlander. The outlander series is based in the highlands of scotland and inverness in. Jun 29, 2019 2 highland folk museum with its small stone buildings and thatched roofs, the highland folk museum was the perfect setting for the mackenzie village during season 1 of outlander. Set within within the highland folk museum, and surrounded by.
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