Highland Village Museum/Baile nan Gàidheal
Region: Bras d’Or Lake
Community: Iona & Area
Discover North America’s only living history museum for Gaelic language and culture when you visit Highland Village Museum | Baile nan Gà...
Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village – Made of Stories – Experiential Tour
June 1, 2023 -
October 14, 2023 
15 adult, $12 senior, $40 family 
Highlights
Have you ever had to leave home? What if you couldn’t return and had to begin a new life somewhere else? Follow the story of Nova Scotia’s Gaels through generations at Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village.
Overview
Your visit to our living history site overlooking the Bras d’Or Lake will take you through period buildings and four distinct eras. Our costumed animators invite you to experience a piece of Gaelic history, language and culture first-hand. Tha sinn an dòchas gun tig sibh air chéilidh! We hope you come for a visit!
Tha sinn an dòchas gun tig sibh air chéilidh! We hope you come for a visit!
Open daily, June to mid-October, 10am-4:30pm
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