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Tour Operator Guide to Provincial Museums
Cossit House, Sydney Highland Village, Iona Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke Museum of Industry, Stellarton McCulloch House, Pictou Balmoral Grist Mill, Balmoral Mills Sutherland Steam Mill, Denmark Lawrence House, Maitland Fundy Geological, Parrsboro Prescott House, Starrs Point Haliburton House, Windsor Uniacke Estate Museum Park, Mount Uniacke Shand House, Windsor Ross Farm, New Ross Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax Fisherman's Life, Jeddore Oyster Pond Museum of Natural History, Halifax Fisheries Museum, Lunenburg Wile Carding Mill, Bridgewater Perkins House, Liverpool North Hills Museum, Granville Ferry Ross-Thomson House & Store, Shelburne The Dory Shop, Shelburne Firefighters' Museum, Yarmouth Acadian Village, Pubnico Old Meeting House, Barrington Barrington Woolen Mill, Barrington

Perkins House Museum

 Perkins House

Liverpool, Nova Scotia - Lighthouse Route

Step into a Nova Scotian home of the late 1700s. Built for Simeon Perkins, merchant, judge and Member of the Assembly, it is the oldest house in the Nova Scotia Museum family of 27 sites. Simeon Perkins is best known for the diary he kept from 1760 until his death in 1812, providing a rare glimpse into Liverpool life in colonial times. See the unusual architecture of his house, and amongst typical furnishings, discover family and community life in historic Liverpool.

This site features New England style architecture, pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle, privateering and Maritime history, early trade and commerce, early Nova Scotia politics and government (militia).

Tours Guided tours may be available with advanced reservation. Maximum recommended tour group size is 50.
Recommended Tour Length 30-45 minutes. Note: The Queens County Museum is adjacent to museum.
Admission
(Subject to change
without notice) 		Adult $2
Child (6 and under) Free
Child (6-17) $1
Senior (65+) $2
Family $5
Group Rate $2
Hours of Operation

Open June 1 - October 15
Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm
Sun., 1-5:30pm
Location 105 Main Street
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
Located on the Lighthouse Route
How to get there

Exit 19 on Highway 103; follow Perkins House signs to 105 Main Street, Liverpool, Queens County.
Contact Information

Linda Rafuse, Director
Phone: (902) 354-4058
Fax: (902) 354-2050
Email: rafusela@gov.ns.ca
Parking

Visitor parking is available in lot. Motorcoach parking in designated pull-in located in front of museum.
Bilingual Services French-speaking interpreter is available with advance notice.
Accessible The museum is not wheelchair accessible at this time. A video tour of Perkins House is available at the adjacent Queens County Museum.
Gift Shop Located at the nearby Queens County Museum.
Food Services

Bus tour luncheons available upon request. Various restaurants are located nearby.
Neraby Provincial Museums

Ross Farm Museum, New Ross
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
Wile Carding Mill, Bridgewater
Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum, Shelburne
The Dory Shop Museum, Shelburne
Barrington Woolen Mill, Barrington
Old Meeting House Museum, Barrington
Acadian Village/Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Pubnico

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Last updated: October 31, 2006.