Getting there Guide to the Funky Museum Roadshow
There are more than 110 museums in Nova Scotia showcasing the province's heritage and reflecting the heart of our communities. Since Garry can't stop at every single museum in Nova Scotia, some museums are joining forces and working together on community events for the Funky Museum Roadshow. Join in the fun with Garry at a roadshow event near you - call a local museum to find out more!


Fri., June 4

1. Museum of Industry
Stellarton
10:00am - 11:30am
Funky Kick-off: 100 school children send Garry off!
755-5425

2. Antigonish Heritage Museum
Antigonish
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Haggis and bashed neaps!
863-6160

3. Port Hastings Museum
Port Hastings
1:45pm - 2:15pm
Spring Spruce-up Frolic
625-1295

4. Margaree Salmon Museum
North East Margaree
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Flyfishing, horns & more!
248-2433

5. Highland Village
Museum
Iona
5:30pm - Ceilidh
725-2272



Sat., June 5

6. Highland Village
Museum
Iona
10:00am - 11:30am
Fiddler on the Roof
725-2272

7. Cape Breton Centre
for Heritage & Science
Sydney
12:30pm - 2:30pm
By gone days & ways
539-1572

8. Cape Breton Miners' Museum
Glace Bay
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hydroliquefaction is neat!
849-4522



Sun., June 6

9. Sydney & Louisburg
Railway Museum
Louisburg
9:00am - 9:45am
Scavenger Hunt
733-2720

10. MacAskill House Museum
St. Peters
11:00am -11:30am
Sea Photography Fun
535-2531

11. LeNoir Forge Museum
Arichat
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Blacksmiths, bellows & bull hoisting at the Forge.
226-9364

12. Whitman House Museum
Canso
2:40pm - 3:15pm
Funky fun in Canso!
366-2170

13. Grassy Island
National Historic Site
Canso
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Funky Fun in Canso!
295-2069

14. Sherbrooke Village
Sherbrooke
5:00pm - Talk: A Funky thing happened on the way to the museum...
522-2400



Mon., June 7

15. Sherbrooke Village
Sherbrooke
10:00am - 11:30am
Blast from the past: funky forms of transportation. See Garry try to throw a pot in the potter's studio or work in the blacksmith's forge.
522-2400

16. Fisherman's
Life Museum
Jeddore/Oyster Ponds
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Venture down to the wharf to make an eel pot! Be sure to stay for a cup of tea.
889-2053

17. Musquodoboit
Railway Museum
Musquodoboit Harbour
2:45pm-3:15pm
Panal Painting Party - grab some paint and join the fun!
889-3168

18. Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
Dartmouth
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Drumming and Dancing with Master Kwasi Dunyo.
434-6223

19. Maritime Museum
of the Atlantic
Halifax
7:00pm - Talk: A Voyage of a Different Sort - Garry Sowerby's Peregrinations.
424-8793



Tues., June 8

20. Museum of Natural History
Halifax
6:30am - 11:30am
BT Live @ Funky Museum Fair: Bugs on the Grill, area museums, kids and more!
424-7353

21. Ross Farm Museum
New Ross
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Funky Chicken Contest
689-2210

22. Fisheries Museum
of the Atlantic
Lunenburg
3:30pm
Fisheries gets Funky: make a monkey knot and more!
634-4794



Wed., June 9

23. DesBrisay Museum
Bridgewater
9:30am - 11:00am
Heritage Quadrathlon: Mount Temple Potatoe Race, Wile Mill Water Power Roll, and more!
543-4033

24. Perkins House Museum
Liverpool
11:30am - 1:00pm
Funky Fair: Area museums present sheep making, old-fashioned games and a militia demonstration.
354-4058

25. The Dory Shop
Museum
Shelburne
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Dory Racing Fun and more!
875-3141

26. Old Meeting
House Museum
Barrington
3:00pm - 3:40pm
Merriment, Matrimony, Military & Mermaids at the Old Meeting House.
637-2185

27. Musee acadien de
Pubnico-ouest
Pubnico
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Whittle lobster pegs, sing Acadian songs and more!
762-3380



Thurs., June 10

28. Firefighters' Museum
of Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
9:00am - 9:45am
Firefighter Fun & Games
742-5525

29. Yarmouth
County Museum
Yarmouth
10:00am - 11:30am
Sea shanties, a "player piano" and more neat stuff!
742-5539

30. Annapolis Royal
Historic Gardens
Annapolis Royal
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Funky Fair: garden tours, scallop shell crafts & more!
532-7018

31. North Hills Museum
Granville Ferry
2:15pm - 2:45pm: Acadians
532-2168

32. Prescott House Museum
Starr's Point
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Funky Fun at Prescott
542-3984

33. Old Kings Courthouse Museum
Kentville
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Courtroom Chaos: Trial by laughter!
678-6237



Fri., June 11

34. Haliburton
House Museum
Windsor
9:00am - 10:30am
Funky Fair: Meet a '90s version of Sam Slick, sit on a Pennyfarthing bike, see an exhibit on hockey & more!
798-2915

35. Uniacke Estate
Museum Park
Mount Uniacke
11:00am - 12:30pm
Funky whale bones, conch shells, games and more!
866-0032

36. Lawrence
House Museum
Maitland
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Outhouse Odyssey
261-2628

37. Colchester Historical Society Museum
Truro
3:00pm - 5:00pm
The Funky Bicycle Parade!
895-6284

38. Fundy Geological
Museum
Parrsboro
6:00pm - Talk: Travelling around Ancient Pangea
254-3814



Sat., June 12

39. Cumberland
County Museum
Amherst
9:00am - 10:00am
Ghost of Grove Cottage
667-2561

40. Wallace & Area Museum
Wallace
11:30am - 12:20pm
Funky Fair: Skipping Stones at Bedrock & Pass the Salt!
257-2191

41. Balmoral Grist Mill
Balmoral Mills
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Grains to Flour
657-3016

42. Sutherland
Steam Mill Museum
Denmark
1:15pm - 1:45pm
Tub Talk & Steam Power
657-3365

43. Museum of Industry
Stellarton
2:30pm
Grand Finale Carnival and opening of Automobile Adventures exhibit. Welcome Garry as he wraps-up the Funky Museum Roadshow. Discover Nova Scotia's 25 funkiest things!
755-5425