Opened in 2001 as a joint project of the National Trust for Scotland and National Museums of Scotland with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), South Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Natural Heritage and generous private funders, the National Museum of Rural Life at Kittochside in Lanarkshire incorporates a museum and visitor centre, the Georgian farm buildings of Wester Kittochside, the species-rich fields around it and a large events area.

A day out at Kittochside gives visitors a unique opportunity to get back to the land and experience the traditional way of life on a Scottish farm. The farm itself is still worked using techniques and equipment from the 1950s. Whatever the season, there’s always work to be done and it is possible to see ploughing, sowing, haymaking and harvesting at different times of the year. Children will love the tractor trailer ride up to the Georgian farmhouse, where they’ll get to meet the farm’s dairy cows and sheep. In the exhibition centre, visitors can find out how people lived and worked the land in the past, and how they’ve shaped countryside as it is today.