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The Highland Village Museum / Baile nan Gàidheal / An Clachan Gàidhealaich is an outdoor living history museum dedicated to Nova Scotia’s Gaelic folk-life, culture, and language. Highland Village is located in Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 43 acres of natural landscape overlooking the Bras d'Or Lake in Central Cape Breton. [1]
Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach: Iona: Victoria: Cape Breton Island: Living: Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village Hildaniel Brown House: New Ross: Lunenburg: Southern Nova Scotia: Historic house: 19th century period house [18] Inverness Miner's Museum: Inverness: Inverness: Cape ...
Iona was settled by Gaelic speaking immigrants from the Isle of Barra in 1802. It is the site of Highland Village Museum (An Clachan Gàidhealach) and the Rankin School of the Narrows. A view of Iona in the early 1900s. St.Columba Church to the left, the Grand Narrows Bridge over the Barra Strait in the background.
Pages in category "Museums in Victoria County, Nova Scotia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Highland Village Museum/An Clachan ...
Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) is the corporate name for the 28 museums across Nova Scotia, Canada, and is part of the province's tourism infrastructure.The organization manages more than 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, and specialized museums and about one million artifacts and specimens, either directly or through a system of co-operative agreements with societies and local ...
Pages in category "Nova Scotia Museum" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach; M.
Fortress of Louisbourg, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia; Fort William Historical Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario; Fort York, Toronto, Ontario; Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums; Halifax Citadel National Historic Site of Canada (Citadel Hill), Halifax, Nova Scotia; Highland Village Museum, Iona, Nova Scotia; Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary, Alberta
However, there has been a resurgence of the Gaelic language and culture promulgated through a local Feis an Eilein (Festival of the Island) and Highland Village Museum , a Provincial Nova Scotia Living Museum in nearby Iona. The Gaelic language is now being taught to children attending the Rankin School of the Narrows.