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Welcome to the Nova Scotia Museum "Events at-a-glance" featuring all you can see and do at the family of 27 provincial museums. Experience Nova Scotia’s seafaring
heritage, historic villages and natural wonders. With a pass, you can
visit and re-visit 27 museums for the cost of visiting as few as 5 sites!
Get your Adult or Family
Pass online today or at any of the Provincial Museums.
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| Halifax Metro | ||
| Museum of Natural History Top | ||
| Ongoing Events | ||
| Jan 11 - May 25 | Exhibit | Arctic Adventure |
| Jan 15 - May 25 | Exhibit | Sila: Clue Into Climate Change |
Sunda, May 11 |
Film | |
| June 3-Sept. 28 | Exhibit | Green Legacy |
| June 3-Sept. 28 | Exhibit | Monarchs |
| Saturday, May 31 to Sunday, June 15 | Special Event | Little Ray’s Reptile ZOO |
| Saturdays (May-June) |
Program | Sssnack Time at the Nature Centre |
| Sat & Sun (May-June) |
Program | Beach Party |
| Sat & Sun
(May 1-25) |
Program | Bear it All |
| Sat & Sun (June 21-26) |
Program | The Birds and The Bees |
| Sat & Sun (May & June) |
Program | Turtle Time with Gus |
| 3rd Sat of Month (May & June) |
Program | Young Naturalists Club |
| Sat & Sun Afternoons (May & June) |
Program | Themed Birthday Parties |
| Events by Day | ||
| Sat, May 3 Sun, May 4 |
Event | African Violet Show |
| Wed May 7 | Talk | Protecting Keji’s Species at Risk |
| Wed May 21 | Talk | |
| Wed May 28 | Talk | Beware of Marine Invaders |
| Sat May 24 | Event | |
| Wed June 15 | Museum Weekend Event | |
| Sat June 21 | Evening Event | Bat Walk |
| Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Top | ||
| Ongoing Events | ||
| June 3 - Nov 2 | Exhibit | Halifax vs. Louisbourg: The Final Siege |
| Feb 19 - May 19 | Exhibit | |
| Tuesdays (May & June) |
Guided Tour | Ghosts & Marine Folklore |
| Wednesdays (May & June) |
Program | |
| Fridays (May & June) |
Demonstration | |
| Weekdays (May & June) |
Demonstration | |
| Tuesdays (May & June) |
Guided Tour | Tales of Pirates & Privateers of the North Atlantic |
| Saturdays (May & June) |
Program | Hidden Treasures Birthday Parties |
| Evenings (May & June) |
Program | Night Watch Overnight Adventure - Museum Sleep Over |
| Events by Day | ||
| Tues May 6 | Talk | Isolated Outposts: Offshore Islands in Atlantic Canada |
| Tues May 20 | Special Presentation | British Asia and the British Atlantic, 1500-1820: Two Worlds or One? |
| Starting June 1 | Film | Dive to the Titanic |
| South Shore | ||
| Ross Farm Museum Top | ||
| Events by Day | ||
| Sun May 11 |
Program | |
| Sat-Mon May 17-19 |
Demo | Wooly Weekend |
| Sat-Sun May 24-25 |
Program | Favourite Rhubarb Recipes from Rose Bank Cottage |
| Sat-Sun June 7-8 |
Program | Annual Pumpkin Planting |
| Sat-Sun June 14-15 |
Demo | Stave Mill in Operation |
| Sun June 15 |
Program | Father’s Day |
| Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Top | ||
| Sun June 8 |
Program | Annual Open House and Ship Model Showcase |
| Wile Carding Mill Museum Top | Saturdays at 10:00 am June |
Program | meet Millie the Mouse |
| Perkins House Museum Top | ||
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Captain Jack’s Adventures on the High Seas |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Colonial Children at Play |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Wool Spinning |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | So Ye Wanna Be a Pirate? |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Lawn Bowls and Pall Mall |
| June - Daily | Guided Tour | Liverpool Through the Eyes of a Child |
| June - Daily | Guided Tour | The Stones Shall Speak |
| Ross-Thomson House and Store Top | ||
| Sat-Sun Junr 14-15 |
Event | Museum Weekend |
| Sat June 14 |
Event | Planting an 18th Century Garden |
| The Dory Shop Museum Top | ||
| Sat June 14 |
Event | Dory Shop Anniversary & Demonstrations |
| Barrington Woolen Mill Museum Top | ||
| A riverside mill with an ocean view, Barrington Woolen Mill was a thriving business in the late 1800s that supplied warm woolen goods to Nova Scotians. | ||
| Old Meeting House Museum Top | ||
The Old Meeting House, framed in 1765 by the Cape Cod founders of Barrington, is the oldest nonconformist house of worship still standing in Canada. |
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| Yarmouth & Acadian Shores | ||
| Le Village Historique Acadien Top | ||
| Events by Day | ||
| Fri June 6 1:30-3:30pm |
Event | |
| Sat June 14 9-5pm |
Event | |
| Wed June 11& 18 1:30-3pm |
Event | |
| Firefighters’ Museum Top | ||
| Sat June 14 1-4 pm |
Event | |
| Sun June 15 | Special Event | Father’s Day at Firefighters’ Museum |
| Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley | ||
| North Hills Museum Top | ||
| Sat-Sun June 20-22 |
Program | Three Day Writer’s Workshop with Donna Morrissey |
| Sat June 28 9:30-5:00 p.m. |
Workshop | Loyalist Costume Workshop |
| Prescott House Museum Top | ||
| Take a ramble in the country to Prescott House Museum at Starr's Point, near Wolfville. Here, horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott cultivated Nova Scotia's apple industry from 1811 to 1859. | ||
| Lawrence House Museum Top | ||
| June 13... Friday the thirteenth! 8:30-10:30pm |
Event | Beyond the Grave: Maitland’s History Stone by Stone |
| Haliburton House Museum Top | ||
| Sat June 14 2-3 pm Registration begins at 1:45 pm |
Event | Windsor’s Amazing Museum Race |
| Shand House Museum Top | ||
| Sat June 14 2-3 pm Registration begins at 1:45 pm |
Event | Windsor’s Amazing Museum Race |
| Uniacke Estate Museum Park Top | ||
| Sun June 1 | Event | Opening Day at Uniacke Estate! |
| Sat June 28 | Event | Trail Running & Orienteering Events |
| Fundy Geological Museum Top | ||
| Fri-Mon May 16-19 |
Exhibit | |
| Sat June 14 Museum Weekend |
Tour | Wasson Bluff Geological Tour |
| Northumberland Shore | ||
| Balmoral Grist Mill Top | ||
| Fri June 27 1:30-4:30 pm |
Event | School’s Out at the Old Grist Mill |
| Sutherland Steam Mill Top | ||
| Sun June 8 2-4 pm |
Demo | Woodsman Competition Demonstration |
| Museum of Industry Top | ||
Built on the site of the Ford Pit of the Albion Mines, this museum chronicles the impact of industry on the people, economy and landscape of the Province. The museum's exhibits tell the story of how changes in technology and the ways people worked affected their lives and their communities. See Canada's oldest surviving locomotives, Samson and Albion, an historic model railway layout, a belt-driven working machine shop, and a collection of Nova Scotia's unique Trenton glass. |
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| McCulloch House Museum Top | ||
Through unique, interactive exhibits about ships, kilts and big ideas, discover Dr. Thomas McCulloch, a Scottish immigrant whose ideas changed life in early 19th-century Nova Scotia. |
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| Cape Breton Island | ||
| Highland Village Top | ||
| Thurs May 1 2-4 pm |
Event | Là Mór na Gàidhlig Gaelic Day |
| Sat May 17 1-4 pm |
Event | Òrain as t-Earraich “Songs in Spring” Gaelic Song Workshop |
| Mon June 9 2-4 pm |
Event | Là Fhéill Calum Cille St. Columba’s Feast Day |
| Tues June 17 2-3:30 pm |
Workshop | Am Breacan Bòidheach Fasanta “Mary’s Bonny Plaid” Natural Dye Workshop |
| Cossit House Museum Top | ||
| Cossit House Museum, believed to be the oldest house in Sydney, was home to controversial Anglican cleric Ranna Cossit and his family in the late 1700s. | ||
| Eastern Shore | ||
| Sherbrooke Village Top | ||
| Sun June 1 | Event | Sherbrooke Salutes Seniors |
| Sun June 8 | Event | Sheep Shearing Day |
| Sat-Sun June 14-15 |
Event | With These Two Hands |
| Sun June 15 | Event | Father’s Day in the Village |
| Sun June 22 | Event | Summer Solstice |
| Sun June 29 | Event | Nature Walk and Plant Identification |
| Mon-Thurs June 30 to July 3 |
Camp | Road to Stanfest Songwriters’ Camp |
| Thursdays July 3 to August 21 Fridays August 29 to September 26 |
Music | Sherbrooke’s Courthouse Concert Series |
| Fisherman’s Life Museum Top | ||
| June 1-26 | Display | Grandma’s Linen Closet |
| June 2-14 | Event | Grandma’s Rhubarb Recipes |
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