Museums · Scottish Highlands
Skye Museum of Island Life
Skye Museum of Island Life — museum in Highland, Scotland, UK.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: category B listed building. Address: IV51 9UE. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.6602°, -6.3692°.
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Heritage listing
The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Skye Museum of Island Life is a museum in Kilmuir, Skye, Scotland, which is dedicated to preserving a township of thatched cottages as they would have been on Skye at the end of the 18th century.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 57.6602, -6.3692
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV51 9UE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Official site
- www.skyemuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2414262 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Skye Museum of Island Life (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cottages, Skye Museum of Island Life.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Skye Museum of Island Life?
- Skye Museum of Island Life is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV51 9UE).
- Is Skye Museum of Island Life a listed building?
- Skye Museum of Island Life is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
- How do I get to Skye Museum of Island Life?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV51 9UE. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.