Highland Village Museum / Baile nan Gàidheal Highland Village
Iona, NS B2C 1A3, Canada
The Highland Village Museum / Baile nan Gàidheal is North America's only living history museum dedicated to Nova Scotia's Gaelic folk-life, culture, and language. Located on a 43-acre site overlooking the Bras d'Or Lake, it features eleven historic buildings that depict four distinct eras of Gaelic settlement in Nova Scotia, from the 1770s to the early 1900s. Costumed animators demonstrate traditional skills such as weaving, quilting, and rug hooking, and visitors can experience traditional céilidhs, hear Gaelic singing, and learn Gaelic phrases. The museum also houses the Roots Cape Breton Genealogy & Family History Centre.
