The National Museum of Rural Life is set in 170 acres between East Kilbride and Glasgow. This 5-star, award winning museum allows you to find out how people lived and worked in the countryside.
Working Farm Experience
Take in the sights, smells and sounds of a 1950s working farm at the National Museum of Rural Life, complete with Ayrshire cows, pigs and sheep.
Explore the work which took place in each season from ploughing fields to sowing seeds, hay making to harvesting.
Award-Winning Rural Life Museum
The award-winning museum is open daily and includes a coffee shop and gift shop, a fascinating Georgian farmhouse, farmyard and stocked fields.
Take a step back in time and explore rural life in Scotland in the past and discover how this has shaped the countryside as we now know it. A great day out for all the family with lots of things to do.
A partnership between National Museums Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland.