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The Highland Folk Museum (the UK's first open-air museum), Ruthven Barracks (a dramatic Hanoverian ruin), the Cairngorms National Park gateway, and a small Strathspey village of Highland heritage
A little history
The Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie, founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Grant, was the first open-air folk museum in the UK — predating Beamish and the Welsh Folk Museum. Ruthven Barracks, built after the 1715 Jacobite rising and burned by Bonnie Prince Charlie's army in 1746, stands dramatically above the town.
Ruthven Barracks for extraordinary Jacobite history — free and atmospheric. The Highland Folk Museum (now at Newtonmore) for the original collection. The Cairngorms for walking. The Gynack Burn walk through the town.
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The village has good independent cafes. The Cairngorms area has good food. Local Highland produce — venison and game — is excellent.
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Kingussie is a place in Highland known for the Highland Folk Museum (the UK's first open-air museum), Ruthven Barracks (a dramatic Hanoverian ruin), the Cairngorms National Park gateway, and a small Strathspey village of Highland heritage. The Highland Folk Museum at Kingussie, founded in 1935 by Dr Isabel Grant, was the first open-air folk museum in the UK — predating Beamish and the Welsh Folk Museum. The population is around 1,400.
The village has good independent cafes. The Cairngorms area has good food. Local Highland produce — venison and game — is excellent.
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