National Museum of Rural Life 2025

1950s working farm with animals and farm experts on hand; an award-winning museum building telling the story of the Scottish countryside and its evolution.

Contacts

Address: Wester Kittochside Philipshill Road East Kilbride Lanarkshire G76 9HR

  • Telephone: 0300 123 6789
  • Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
  • Website: View website

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Open Days & Times

Daily 1000-1700. (Closed 25-26 Dec; 1 Jan 2026.) Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.

Travel

  • By Bus: 31
  • By Rail: East Kilbride / 3 miles

Facilities

  • Parking
  • Refreshments
  • Souvenir Shop
  • Part disabled access

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Discover how 300 years of farming and rural home life have shaped and altered Scotland’s countryside in our large, purpose-built museum. See combine harvesters, tractors, threshers and many other inventions designed to make farming life more efficient and profitable, and find out how machines have increasingly replaced people in farming.

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