National Museum of Rural Life

A unique partnership between the National Trust for Scotland and National Museums Scotland, the museum combines an exhibition building (with shop and cafe) and the historic working farm of Wester Kittochside.

Discover how 300 years of farming and rural home life have shaped and altered Scotland?s countryside. The farm itself is still worked using techniques and equipment from the 1950s.

Free admission for all pre-booked school groups. Museum building and historic Georgian farmhouse to visit. Free accompanied tours of the working 1950's farm. Excellent resources for ecological studies including woodland, farmland and wetland habitats. Workshops and live interpretation sessions led by experienced facilitators. Free teacher-led object handling sessions - explore the past using real and replica objects. Free teachers' packs to accompany your visit.