Operational Changes Regarding Farm Animals
Due to operational changes, for the 2026 season livestock and farm animals will not be present on site at Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village Museum this year.
A smiling costumed interpreter stands in the open wooden doorway of a traditional sod-roofed stone building at Highland Village Museum. The building features low walls constructed from uneven fieldstones topped with green grass and moss. The interpreter is wearing a white headscarf, a dark jacket, a red, blue, and green tartan shawl pinned at the chest, and a long striped skirt. A small dirt path leads up to the entrance.

Stories

Musicians playing fiddles in front of a piano.
  • Cultural History
In Nova Scotia, Gaelic culture continued to be passed on orally. Nova Scotia Gaels practised Ceilidh or visits to each other’s homes. Ceilidh served as informal schools where social and cultural skills…
Field at Highland Village. Church in the background.
  • Cultural History
The Gaels of Nova Scotia hold tightly to an ancient legacy through their language, cultural expression, music and dance, and faith. The roots of Gaelic Nova Scotia are found in the Highlands and Islands…