National Museum of Rural Life

How did people live and work in the past? How has farming shaped today’s countryside?

Escape to the country to take in the sights, smells and sounds of a 1950s working farm, complete with dairy cows and sheep. Explore the seasons from ploughing fields to sowing seeds, hay making to harvesting.

There's so much to do on your visit! Our award-winning museum building, complete with coffee shop and gift shop, are open daily, as are our fascinating Georgian farmhouse, farmyard and stocked fields. Why not visit us today and take a step back in time to explore rural life in Scotland in the past and discover how this has shaped the countryside as we now know it?

A partnership between National Museums Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland.