From April 3 - October 31, 2012 
As our city and the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of sinking of the RMS Titanic and the great loss of life, separating fact from fiction when it comes to recounting the story of the ill fated ship is the intent of a series of programs offered at our museum over the next months.
Listen to real life accounts told by museum interpreters in costume or try your hand at sending out a distress call using Morse telegraphy.
Join museum staff for a gallery tour of our permanent Titanic exhibit and learn more about Halifax’s connection to the disaster.
Among the programs will be:
- “Away all Boats” - Learn how to put on a cork life-jacket like that used aboard Titanic and how to lower a lifeboat, using a small working model of the Titanic’s boat deck.
- “Signals from the past” - Discover the fascinating world of Morse Telegraphy and how it changed our world.
- “Titanic and Pop Culture” - Join one of our heritage interpreters as they examine the continuing fascination with the events of 1912 as they relate to other major events of the past century and how this tragedy still holds our attention and resonates with us today.
- “Preparing Titanic’s Dead” - Learn more about the heroic efforts of the cable ship crews, the undertakers and the embalmers who had to work against time to preserve the victims of the sinking at sea and in the morgues.
Please contact the museum at 424-7491 for daily updates on Titanic programs scheduled.
Our Tuesday Night Talks in the Small Craft Gallery are free but all donations to Feed Nova Scotia are happily accepted.
View these talks and other special events.
The second Sunday of each month is Family Sunday and the fun starts at 1:30 pm!
We would like you and your family to become part of our Museum family. The Museum will be offering family fun and programming on the second Sunday of each month and we hope that you'll make the Museum a regular part of your Sunday afternoon schedule.
Please note that some activities may have limited space. Included with admission. Call 902-424-7490 for schedule.
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.
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