Nestled on the Village Green in Newtonmore, the Highland Folk Museum offers a living snapshot of 18th-century Highland life. The open-air site unfolds across authentic crofts, a blacksmith’s forge, a trading booth, and thatched dwellings, inviting visitors to wander between lanes as costumed demonstrators reenact daily rhythms. It preserves the social fabric of the era—the MacKenzie region’s crofting families, their work, meals, and gatherings—within a landscape that feels timeless. Its cinematic aura is enhanced by its use as MacKenzie village scenes for Outlander, linking Scotland’s living history with its screen heritage. The atmosphere is intimate yet expansive, with the smell of peat and the sound of animals and period trades in the air.

The Highland Folk Museum – Clachan is an expansive open-air archive that recreates 18th-century Highland life in the rugged scenery around Newtonmore. The village-like site features crofts, farmyards, workshops and restored byres, where peat smoke and timber fragrances mingle with the sounds of daily rural work. As one of Scotland’s premier living-history experiences, it blends authentic architecture with hands-on demonstrations that bring rural traditions to life and invite visitors to step into the past. The location also gained cinematic resonance when parts of the Outlander series used the Clachan village as a MacKenzie setting, heightening its aura of clan memory and frontier hospitality.

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.