Nestled in Newtonmore, the Highland Folk Museum – Church is part of an expansive open-air site that recreates 18th-century Highland life through authentic crofts, workshops and a parish church. The air is thick with peat smoke, thatched roofs, and the sounds of livestock and living history, as visitors stroll along gravel lanes that wind through a working village. The site is notable in film circles for providing the MacKenzie village backdrop used by Outlander, lending a palpable sense of clan-era drama and community. Visitors encounter period trades, crafts, and everyday tasks that make history feel immediate and intimate amidst the rugged Highlands.

Nestled in Newtonmore’s open-air Highland village, the Thatched Cottage at the Highland Folk Museum invites visitors into a working 18th-century croft. The site preserves peat-smoked walls, creaking oak beams, and a landscape that evokes rural Highland life, where costumed guides bring daily tasks to life as wind moves through the reed-thatched roof. This outdoor setting offers an intimate sense of history, showing how families lived, worked, and socialized in a dramatic, weather-brushed valley. The location has also become a magnet for filmmakers seeking authentic period atmosphere, notably providing MacKenzie village scenes for Outlander.

Nestled on the edge of the Cairngorms in Newtonmore, Highland Folk Museum preserves an expansive open-air village that recreates 18th-century Highland life. Weaver’s Cottage anchors the collection, offering a tangible glimpse into domestic crafts, textiles, and the everyday rhythms of rural communities. The site gathers historic buildings from across the Highlands into a cohesive and atmospheric panorama of thatched byres, peat-smoked interiors, and dusty lanes set against moorland skies. Walking the gravel paths, visitors feel transported to a slower era where clan life, barter, and seasonal work shaped daily existence. This authentic backdrop has drawn filmmakers for Outlander, using the MacKenzie village scenes to evoke loyalty, hardship, and romance in a cinematic Highland world.