Fun, fascinating and hands-on! Experience the 27 diverse sites of the Nova Scotia Museum family to immerse your students in Nova Scotia’s rich cultural and natural heritage.

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Add depth and dimension to your educational program with a memorable museum experience. Learn something special about Nova Scotian people, places and things. From daily life in an authentic turn of the century village to reliving tales of the high seas in a captain’s cabin.

Bring history to life for your students. Meet a sea star, search for Jurassic fossils near the world’s highest tides or hook a rag mat. Explore a schooner and locomotive, see rare pigs, precious porcelian, water wheels and penny farthing bikes. Discover unique flora and fauna, and hike forest trails. Weave wool or unravel sea superstitions. Hands-on heritage activities include wood working, blacksmithing, candle-making, cooking, creating a fossil cast or agate jewellery.