Skye Museum of Island Life
The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Pete Goodwin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Skye, Kilmuir, Skye Cottage Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tigh Talamhain Souterrain and Duntulm Castle.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tigh Talamhain Souterrain is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Skye Museum of Island Life.
Duntulm Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm. During the 17th century it was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. It is a scheduled monument. Duntulm Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Skye Museum of Island Life.
Kilvaxter Iron-Age Farmstead & Souterrain
Archaeological site
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilvaxter Iron-Age Farmstead & Souterrain is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles south of Skye Museum of Island Life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hungladder and Heribusta.
Hungladder
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hungladder is a small village on north west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in Kilmuir, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Uig, lies 5 miles to the south.
Heribusta
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herbusta, is a small crofting township on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is part of the civil parish of Kilmuir.
Kilmuir
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmuir is a village on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula in the north of the island of Skye, and a civil parish covering the north of the peninsula.
Skye Museum of Island Life
- Categories: open-air museum, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.66027° or 57° 39′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.36904° or 6° 22′ 9″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C9MMJ6J+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 387796846OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“Skye Museum of Island Life” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Skye Museum of Island Life”
- French: “Île de Skye, Kilmuir, musée des cottages de Skye”
- French: “Musée de la vie insulaire de Skye”
- German: “The Skye Museum of Island Life”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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