Step back into 18th-century Highland life at the Highland Folk Museum’s Schoolhouse, part of a larger restored village that captures the texture of daily crofting life. The outdoor museum blends authentic timber-framed schools, cottages and byres to create a living backdrop of peat-smoked air and sweeping hill views. Used on screen for Outlander’s MacKenzie village scenes, the site carries a cinematic aura as actors and extras move through the lanes, trading, learning, and tending to livestock. Its atmosphere invites visitors to imagine school lessons, parish gatherings, and market days amid the rugged beauty of the Scottish Highlands.

Set on the edge of Newtonmore in the Highlands, the Highland Folk Museum - Blackhouse is an immersive open-air collection that recreates an 18th-century Highland village. The site clusters thatched blackhouses, byres, and cottages amid a moody landscape of heather and pines, inviting visitors to step into rural life as it once was. As part of the Highland Folk Museum, the village preserves traditional crafts, clothing, and daily routines, offering a tangible sense of community resilience in a sparsely settled frontier region. The atmosphere—wind in the pines, the scent of smoke from hearths, and gravel paths underfoot—creates a living history experience that feels both intimate and expansive. It also carries cinematic weight, having hosted Outlander MacKenzie village scenes that highlight its enduring appeal to film and television audiences.

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.