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March Break 2010 The Navy: Adventures at Sea March 13 to 21 Admission Rates: Adults - $8.25 Senior - $7.25 Children - $5.25* Family - $20.50 *Children 2 years and under - free Group rates: $7.25 per adult $4.25 per child
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, in cooperation with the
Military Family Resource Centre, invites you to an exciting March Break event that's sure to interest visitors of every age. Events and Activities include: - Craft your own Navy Children can drop in all day and build their own battleship, destroyer or any naval vessel out of recycled milk cartons and other materials! - Create your own ship's badge Canadian naval vessels have always taken pride in the individual badges and crests used to identify their ship. Learn more about this naval tradition and create your own ship’s badge. - Ship shape and shipping out! Dress up like sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy. See how uniforms have changed over the past 100 years. What will the Navy look like in the next 100 years? - HMCS Horatio: Join the Navy! Sign aboard our naval tug HMCS Horatio and learn the ropes, send a signal by Morse Code, listen for enemy ships using the Sonar component and try your hand at steering the ship - full speed ahead! - Ship Simulator: Navy Ship Museum A cool way to explore almost every class of vessel in action in World War Two, this fun and interactive simulator is part of the game series Silent Hunter and will be housed in a terminal beside HMCS Horatio. - Navy Boot Camp: Sailors Ashore! Kids can be a part of an 18th century ships gun crew. Learn how to haul guns, send signals by flag and lots more! - Lego: Navy Town The members of the Nova Scotia Lego Users Group (NOVALug) will be back again with a display of naval vessels at sea and in port. - Pirate Hunter One of the continuing activities of the Canadian Navy, in the past and today, is to deal with the menace of piracy. Children and their parents can track down the notorious local pirate, Peter Easton, by following clues left throughout the Museum and look at an exhibit panel detailing how the Canadian Navy will continue to confront international piracy in the years to come. - Face Painting Always a popular addition, face painting will be available Monday through Saturday from 11:00 to 3:00 and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:30 and is included in the price of admission. - RED FRIDAY, March 19, 2010 To show our support for the efforts of our naval personnel at home and abroad, the staff of the Museum ask you to join them in kitting yourself out in red on Friday, March 19, 2010. Also, all forces personnel and their families will be granted free admission to the Museum throughout the day by showing their ID. | |
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Public Talk: Freedom Lands: The Sierra Leone Painting Tuesday, February 16 7:30 pm  View of the Colony of Sierra Leone: watercolour by George James Rowe M2008.38.1
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An iconic image of the Black Loyalist and Sierra Leone experience, this painting by George James Rowe is a rare, accurate eyewitness view of a pivotal moment in human history - the return of Africans freed from North American slavery to Africa by a fleet of vessels from Nova Scotia. In addition to being the earliest depiction of named vessels from Canada, this watercolour is the only known painting showing the arrival of the ships which marked the founding of the city of Freetown and the nation of Sierra Leone. Join Dan Conlin, Curator of Marine History at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for a fascinating glimpse into a moment in history captured forever by this view of this moment in the struggle for freedom across the Atlantic. | |
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Special Event: North Preston Freedom Quilt Celebration Sunday, February 21 2:00 pm
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To celebrate and honour the women of the
North Preston Seniors Club and their work
in and for their community, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic will be hosting a tea social and proudly displaying the North
Preston Freedom Quilt, created to pay tribute to the ancestors who risked their
lives sailing to freedom.
Some were Black Loyalists, others were War of 1812 refugees but all arrived in Nova Scotia by ship and helped in the important work of building our province. Admission is free and all are welcome. | |
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Public Talk: Eliza Ruggles Raymond and the Amistad Cloth Tuesday, February 23 7:30 pm
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Sarah Margru was just eight years old when she was transported to Cuba as a slave and experienced the revolt aboard Amistad. The dramatic trial in Connecticut which followed led to her freedom two and a half years later. It was during this time she was given the anglicized name Sarah Kinson. She began her return voyage to Africa on the barque Gentleman in November, 1841.
Accompanying the group were missionaries William Raymond and his wife Eliza Ruggles Raymond originally from Aylesford, Nova Scotia. Before she returned to Canada, Eliza received a gift of woven cloth of traditional West African design made by Sarah. Join amateur Historian Nancy O'Brien for a look at an amazing story linking two continents and two women of great strength and determination. | |
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Public Talk: 19th Century Roads Monday, March 1st 7:30 pm
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Joan Dawson is the author of The Mapmaker's Eye, A Historical Atlas of the Maritime Provinces, and the recently
published "Nova Scotia's Lost Highways; the early roads that shaped theProvince". Joan will focus on the social developments of roads and
communities in the early part of the 19th century.
This talk is hosted by the Industrial Heritage Society of Nova Scotia as part of their monthly series of talks and meetings. | |
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Public Talk: Parlous Passages: Troop Convoys in WW2 Tuesday, March 2 7:30 pm
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Transporting troops to overseas destinations is and always has
been a major logistical challenge. One singular feature about the Second
World War was that no other major conflict exposed Canadian troops to such
life-threatening danger before reaching the front lines. In WW2, Canadian coastal waters became a battleground, and the U-boat menace was very real from the moment troopships left the safe confines of Halifax harbour.
Join historian Jay White for an introduction to the subject of troop transport out of Halifax in WW2. He will begin by describing the prewar port infrastructure. Next, he will examine a few troop convoys to get a sense of how they were organized: the type of ships employed, conversion issues, accommodation, etc. Jay will then focus on WS-12X (November 1941), the largest single transshipment of troops through Halifax and one of the most complex troop movements of the entire war. Finally, he will present some summary statistics about Canadian troop convoys between 1939 and 1945. | |
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Public Talk: “The Wrens” and Gender’s Role in the Canadian Navy from World War Two to the Present Tuesday, March 9 7:30 pm
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Founded in 1939, the Womens' Royal Canadian Naval Service played a vital role in World World Two, providing
important support to the operations of the Royal Canadian Navy. Known as the Wrens, they filled a variety of posts
and proved instrumental in the long term success of the Allied Forces.
This talk by Mallory Adams, a graduate student from Mount Saint Vincent University, will focus on how women became involved in Canada’s Navy. It will explore how gender has played an important role in shaping the Canada Navy to the present day. This presentation will also look at how the integration of women into the Canadian Navy has helped to foster feminism more widely in Canada over the latter half of the 20th Century. | |
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Public Talk: Stuck in a Pickle: The Yachts of the Royal Canadian Navy Tuesday, March 23 7:30 pm  CPO Charles Church at the helm of Pickle photo credit: Department of National Defence, Maritime Command Museum Collection
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One of the most interesting but little known
stories of the Royal Canadian Navy concerns
the yachts, owned by the Navy that were used for sail training and also frequently
entered in local and international yachting events such as the biennial Marblehead to
Halifax Ocean Race and the Newport to
Bermuda Ocean Race.
Join Jeanne Church of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for a look at this fascinating component of the working life of the Royal Canadian Navy. Her father, CPO Charles Church skippered several of these yachts, including Pickle, and Jeanne will also examine his career at the helm these sleek sailing vessels. | |
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Public Talk Tales of Pirates & Privateers of the North Atlantic Select Tuesdays at 7 p.m.  Avast!!
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Not all tales of piracy belong to the Caribbean. Ned Low and the dread pirate Roberts sailed eastern Canada’s waters too! Our coasts brought both pirates and privateers successes or failures, riches or capture. Bring your sense of adventure and discover the differences between villainous pirates and patriotic privateers.
Please note, this tour is subject to availability. Call 902-424-7490 for schedule. Free admission on Tuesdays after 5:30 p.m. | |
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Public Talk Ghosts & Marine Folklore Select Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
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Nova Scotian ghosts and restless spirits have been seen, sensed or heard along the coast by more than just one person! Stick with your group as you hear stories about spirits that have haunted our shores.
Please note, this tour is subject to availability. Call 902-424-7490 for schedule. Free admission on Tuesdays after 5:30 p.m | |
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Boatbuilding Demonstration: Restoring a “C”-Class Sloop  Eamonn Doorly restoring Whim.
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Each weekday, visit the large boatshed on the wharf and watch as work proceeds on the Museum’s latest restoration project, the "C" Class sloop, Whim. This 37 foot-long boat originated in Chester, Nova Scotia in the 1930s and was designed by Reuben Heisler. Once restored, this vessel will be a beautiful example of it’s era and a joy to behold in action. To see the project’s progress online, click here. | |
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Other Events and Programs Exhibits/Workshops/ At the Wharves/ Birthday Parties
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For more information on our many other programs and exhibits, please click here. | |
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