Kildonan Museum
Taigh-tasgaidh Chill Donnain
A local heritage museum in South Uist showing island life, Gaelic culture, and the story of Flora MacDonald.
Kildonan Museum sits on the west coast of South Uist. Its displays include traditional farm tools, scenes of life in a black house, Gaelic oral culture, and the medieval carved Kildonan Cross. Nearby Milton, the birthplace of Flora MacDonald, the heroine who helped rescue Prince Charles, has a memorial cairn. The museum's café and craft shop are popular with visitors. It is generally open from about April to October, and admission costs a few pounds.
Opening hours
Approx. Apr–Oct 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- South Uist Machair
- Our Lady of the Isles
- Prince's Beach, Eriskay
- Am Politician, Eriskay
- Cleat Beach, Barra
- Tràigh Eais
- Barra Airport (Traigh Mhòr)
- Loch Druidibeg National Nature Reserve