Maritimes - Highland Villiage Museum

The Highland Villiage Museum is a great place to learn the history of the Highland Clearances of Scottish tenants to Canada in the Cape Breton area.

On this site you walk from building to building learning the timeline of Scottish peoples in the area.

The first building you get to, after the gift shop, is the traditional 18th century Scottish tenant farmer's home.

Inside were two delightful ladies who were really in character. The home felt very nice and lived in.

After the clearance, they were settled based on the area they came from.

Here is the typical home that they bui8lt after arriving in Cape Breton.

And here is the inside.

They had other buildings that incorperated the changing styles in Cape Breton, including a school and store.

 

So if you have a few hours and are in the area, its great for young and old. Another good museum nearby is the Alexander Graham Bell museum in Baddeck.