School Visits
The Highland Folk Museum welcome visits from schools throughout our season, which runs from Easter to the end of October. Entry to the museum with schools is free. A free pre-visit planning visit is advised.

To book a general class visit outwith Schools’ Fortnight, please call Heather or Maureen on 01540 673551.
To arrange a free planning visit, please call Rhona on 01540 661307.

Primary
Secondary
Early Years
Special Educational Needs
Booking Information

Primary
The museum is always a popular visit for Primary classes, offering lots to see and do throughout the whole day.A visit to the museum is an ideal way to support learning within the Curriculum for Excellence. Visit the Themes and Resources page to find material to support visits on a variety of themes.

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Secondary Classes
The museum offers a range of opportunities for secondary classes, from opportunities to develop observational drawing skills to a setting for drama work, and from historical research to finding out about how we use the environment. A visit to the museum is an ideal way to support learning within the Curriculum for Excellence

If your pupils are studying Standard Grade Unit I - Scotland and Britain 1750 - 1850 or 1880s to Present Day, supported materials will soon be availbe on the Themes and Resources page.

Themed material will soon be available to support visits about the Environment.

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Early Years Classes
The museum offers a great visit for groups of all ages. The muli-sense nature of our museum makes it an ideal place to experience life in the past, learning through the senses. A visit to the museum is an ideal way to support learning within the Curriculum for Excellence

We would like to learn from you. If you work in an Early Years context and are interested in working with us to develop sessions suited to your group, please contact Rhona Hamilton on 01540 661307. In the meantime, we will support your visit in anyway possible.

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Special Educational Needs
The museum welcomes groups of all abilities to visit the museum. The muli-sense nature of our museum makes it an ideal place to experience life in the past, learning through the senses. A visit to the museum is an ideal way to support learning within the Curriculum for Excellence .

We would like to learn from you. If you are a teacher in a Special Educational Needs context and are interested in working with us to develop sessions suited to your class, please contact Rhona Hamilton on 01540 661307. In the meantime, we will support your visit in anyway possible.

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Booking information

If you are planning to visit with a class, please make a booking with Heather or Maureen on 01540 673551.   If you would like to discuss any aspect of planning your visit, please call Rhona on 01540 661307.  

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