JCS
Tour (2018)
Highland Folk Museum, Scotland
Highland Folk Museum, Scotland
Open Air Museums of this type
are one of our favorite locations whenever visiting Europe. The concept originated in Sweden and the descriptive term "skanzen" is often used by non Swedish exhibitions as well  |
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The local guide explained life
during the 1700s in such a village |
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Both genders of this breed
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Pigs were kept in this compost enclosure |
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The Weaver's Cottege |
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The heather was beginning to bloom purple but
a closeup bleached out the color |
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Lumber Mill and Woodworking Shop |
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Further
along in time - Industrialization and Mechanization
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Note the material of the housing
walls as we progress through the centuries, from stone to wood
to wall
paper |
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A horse breed native to Scotland |
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Post Office and General Store |
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Boleskine Shinty Pavilion Shinty is a game played with sticks and a small hard ball where 2 opposing teams try to the ball through their opponents' goal |
Stones used to hold crops off the ground to
deter rodents |
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A
schoolroom in the 1930s - 1940s |
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Children
were given an opportunity to practice cursive writing the old
fashioned way. I remember those desks, dip pens and ink wells when I started school in 1953 |
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Closeup views of the maps on the back wall with the topography of Scotland and the extent of the British Empire  |
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The open air museum presents
the life of the average person The upper classes had a different lifestyle We can see that in the grand houses around the country This is Brodie Castle erected by Clan Brodie in 1567. Since 1980 it has been owned and maintained |
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These
old trees on the castle grounds have witnessed a lot of history |
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