Museum trails
Add adventure to your visit with one of our museum trails!
Our trails are full of top tips, object highlights and activities to help you make the most of your visit. Trails can be viewed online or downloaded to print at home.
Willow Sculpture Trail
Suitable for all ages.
Inspired by the wildlife and animal residents often spotted around the museum site and at our farm, willow artists Anna Cross and Rachel Kirk have created a beautiful collection of willow sculptures for you to discover as you explore outdoors.
See if you can find all seven types of willow animals on a walk to the farm.
Clyde's Winter Trail
Available 22 Nov 2024 - 5 Jan 2025
Suitable for families.
Celebrate the festive season with a fun family trail around the museum galleries.
Clyde and his friends are busy getting ready for the holidays and each of them has chosen a different colour of the rainbow to decorate their scene. Find the scenes, then see if you can spot the mini objects hidden within them!
Clyde's Museum Adventure
Suitable for families.
Join Clyde the horse on a journey around the museum galleries to find out about the land, people and ways of working that have shaped Scotland’s rural past.
Then take on the super spotter challenge as you explore the great outdoors on your way up to and around the farm.
Lewis’s Scottish Adventure Trail
Suitable for families.
Explore the museum galleries with Lewis the Highland bull in this family trail, available in English and Gaelic.
Try out fun activities, learn about Scottish traditions and, in the English version of the trail, Lewis will teach you some Gaelic words.
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