List of museums in Nova Scotia
Introduction This '''list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada''' contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Name Town/City County Region Type Summary Acadia University Art Gallery  Wolfville   Kings Annapolis Valley   Art   website, located in the Beveridge Arts Centre Acadian House Museum  West Chezzetcook   Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore   History  Local history, period room displays Acadian Museum  Chéticamp  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  History   Local history and Acadian culture Admiral Digby Museum  Digby  Digby  Southern Nova Scotia History   Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items Africville Museum  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  History   website, Museum about the Africville community that was situated on the northern shore of Halifax Harbour until the 1960s  Age of Sail Heritage Centre  Port Greville  Cumberland   Fundy Shore  Maritime  www.ageofsailmuseum.ca  Area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage Alderney Landing  Dartmouth  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art  Includes an art gallery Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site  Baddeck  Victoria  Cape Breton Island  Biographical  Life and works of inventor Alexander Graham Bell Amos Seaman School Museum  Minudie  Cumberland   Fundy Shore  History  Local history exhibits in a former one room schoolhouse An Drochaid Museum  Mabou  Inverness   Cape Breton Island  History  Local history and Gaelic culture, also known as the Bridge Museum Anna Leonowens Gallery  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality   Metro Halifax  Art   website, part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, three galleries with exhibitions of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum  Middleton  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley   Multiple    website, local history, Nova Scotia Museum's clock and pocket watch collection, art gallery, 1940s general store and early 20th century schoolroom displays, operated by the Annapolis Valley Historical Society Anne Murray Centre  Springhill  Cumberland  Fundy Shore  Biographical  Life of singer Anne Murray Antigonish Heritage Museum  Antigonish  Antigonish   Northumberland Shore   History   website, local history Apple Capital Museum  Berwick  Kings  Annapolis Valley  History   Local history and area apple industry Archelaus Smith Museum  Centreville  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  History   Local history and culture of Cape Sable Island, life of Archelaus Smith Argyle Township Court House & Gaol  Argyle  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia  Prison   website, restored 19th century courthouse and jail Art Gallery of Nova Scotia  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art  Includes house and folk art by Maud Lewis Art Gallery of Nova Scotia  Yarmouth  Yarmouth   Southwestern Nova Scotia  Art  Western branch Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum  Enfield  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax   Aviation  Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage Avon Heritage Museum  Avondale  Hants   Fundy Shore  Multiple   website, local maritime history, New England Planters, local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology; operated by the Avon River Heritage Society Baird's Tradesmen Museum  Aspen  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  History  Antique tools from different trades  Balmoral Grist Mill Museum  Balmoral Mills   Colchester  Northumberland Shore    Mill   Water-powered grist mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Bangor Sawmill Museum  Bangor  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  Technology  Restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill Barney's River Station School Museum  Barney's River Station  Pictou   Northumberland Shore  Education   website, typical one room school Bass River Heritage Museum  Bass River  Colchester  Fundy Shore    History   website, local history, period room displays Bayhead Radio Museum  Bayhead  Colchester  Fundy Shore  Technology  Antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates Bear River Heritage Museum  Bear River  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  History    website, local history, operated by the Bear River Historical Society Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia  Cherry Brook  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Ethnic  Black Nova Scotian history and culture Black Loyalist Heritage Centre  Shelburne  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Ethnic    website, local history of the Black Loyalists Blair House Museum  Kentville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  History   Area agriculture industry and local history Blue Beach Fossil Museum  Hantsport  Hants   Fundy Shore  Natural history   website, fossil tetrapods, fish, invertebrates and plants Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  History  Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point Canso Islands National Historic Site  Canso  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  History   website,  information, visitor center exhibits about local history and history of Grassy Island Fort  Candle in the Window   Port George  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  History   Local history, collectibles and craft shop; may be closed Canning Heritage Centre  Canning  Kings  Annapolis Valley  History    website, local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter, operated by the Fieldwood Heritage Society Cape Breton Fossil Centre  Sydney Mines  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Natural history   website, plant fossils from the Sydney coal field  Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  History    website, operated by the Old Sydney Society, local history Cape Breton Highlanders Museum  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Military   website, history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders Cape Breton Miner's Museum  Glace Bay  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Mining   website, coal mining, mining village and underground tour of the Ocean Deeps Colliery Cape Breton University Art Gallery  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Art   website, located in the Student, Culture and Heritage Centre Cape Forchu Lighthouse  Cape Forchu  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia  Maritime  Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters Cape George Heritage School House  Cape George  Antigonish  Cape George  History  Historic school house displaying artifacts from life in a fishing community. Carmichael Stewart House Museum  New Glasgow  Pictou  Northumberland Shore  History  Historic house with local history and antiques displays Celtic Music Interpretive Centre  Judique  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Music   website Chapel Hill Museum  Shag Harbour  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  History  Local history, located in a historic church building Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum  Centreville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Art   Art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald Chestico Museum  Port Hood  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  History    website, local history Churchill House  Hantsport  Hants   Fundy Shore  Historic house   19th century Victorian period house Colchester Historeum  Truro  Colchester  Fundy Shore  History  website, local history, operated by the Colchester Historical Society Cole Harbour Heritage Farm  Cole Harbour  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Agriculture   website, historic working farm museum, farmhouse with household artifacts from three centuries, farm machinery Cornwallis Military Museum  Clementsport  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley Military    website, history of the CFB Cornwallis Cossit House  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Historic house   website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house with costumed guides, operated by the Old Sydney Society Creamery Square Heritage Centre  Tatamagouche  Colchester  Northumberland Shore  Multiple   website, includes Giantess Anna Swan Museum, Sunrise Trail Museum with local history and culture exhibits, Brule fossils exhibit of conifers and footprints of amphibians and reptiles older than the dinosaurs, and a creamery exhibit Crombie House  New Glasgow  Pictou   Northumberland Shore  Art  website, display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art, paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, the Group of Seven (artists) and their contemporaries Cumberland County Museum  Amherst  Cumberland  Northumberland Shore  Multiple   website, industrial and social history of Cumberland County, art exhibits Dalhousie Arts Centre  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art  Part of Dalhousie University, includes a contemporary art gallery Dartmouth Heritage Museum  Dartmouth  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Historic house   website, operates the late 18th century Quaker House with whaling ties, and the Victorian period Evergreen House Debert Military Museum  Debert  Colchester   Fundy Shore  Military   Military artifacts and history of CFS Debert deGarthe Gallery  Peggys Cove  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Art  Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe  DesBrisay Museum  Bridgewater  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  History   Local history Discovery Centre  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Science   Dory Shop Museum  Shelburne  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, dory shop East Hants Historical Society Museum  Selma  Hants   Fundy Shore  History   website, local history, also known as the Lower Selma Museum Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia  Yarmouth  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia   Firefighting   website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia Design Fort Computer Museum  Annapolis Royal  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Technology Vintage microcomputers and video games Fishermen's Life Museum  Jeddore Oyster Pond  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Historic house    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century period fishermen's house Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic  Lunenburg  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime   website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Fort Anne National Historic Site  Annapolis Royal  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Military  Fort ruins and museum of over 400 years of military history Fort Edward National Historic Site  Windsor  Hants  Fundy Shore   Military  18th century blockhouse with exhibits Fort Petrie Military Museum  New Victoria  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Military   Fort Point Lighthouse  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime   website, lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history Fort Point Museum  LaHave  Lunenburg   Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, local history Fortress of Louisbourg  Louisbourg  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Living   Reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town Fraser's Homestead  Glen Margaret  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Historic house    website Fultz House  Lower Sackville  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  History  Local history Fundy Geological Museum  Parrsboro  Cumberland  Fundy Shore  Natural history  Geology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre  South Maitland  Hants   Fundy Shore  Multiple   website, natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history and maritime heritage George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum  Berwick  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Transportation   Carriages, sleighs and equipment Giant MacAskill Museum  Englishtown  Victoria  Cape Breton Island  Biographical Life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage Gilberts Cove Lighthouse  Gilberts Cove  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime    website, lighthouse museum operated by the Gilberts Cove and District Historical Society  Glace Bay Heritage Museum  Glace Bay  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  History  Local history Goldboro Interpretive Centre  Goldboro  Guysborough  Eastern Shore  History  Local history and mining Grand-Pré National Historic Site  Wolfville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  History  History and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation Great Hall of Clans Museum  Englishtown  Victoria  Cape Breton Island  Ethnic   website, part of The Gaelic College, social and military history of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia Greenwood Military Aviation Museum  Greenwood  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Aviation    website, military aviation in Atlantic Canada Gut of Canso Museum  Port Hastings  Inverness  Cape Breton Island   History   website, local history, formerly the Port Hastings Museum Halifax Citadel National Historic Site  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Military  19th-century fort with living history demonstrations  Haliburton House Museum  Windsor  Hants  Fundy Shore   Biographical   Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton Halifax and South Western Railway Museum  Lunenburg  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Railway   website, 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts Hank Snow Home Town Museum  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  Music   website, musician Hank Snow, includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room   Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Maritime   1940s WW II-era  museum ship, open in summer Hector Heritage Quay  Pictou  Pictou    Northumberland Shore  Maritime   website, includes replica 18th-century ship ''Hector'', interpretive center of Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, rigger's shop, carpentry shop, resident artist's studio Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach  Iona   Victoria  Cape Breton Island  Living   Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village Hildaniel Brown House  New Ross  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Historic house  19th century period house Inverness Miner's Museum  Inverness  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Mining  Coal mining and area pioneer history, located in a railway station, operated by the Ned MacDonald Historical Society James House Museum  Bridgetown  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  History   website, local history, military and art exhibits Joggins Fossil Centre  Joggins  Cumberland  Fundy Shore  Natural history  Fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, area coal mining Jost House  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Historic house    website, 18th-century house with rooms from different periods, operated by the Old Sydney Society Killam Brothers' Shipping Office  Yarmouth  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia  Maritime   Operated by the Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, restored 19th century period shipping office Kings County Museum  Kentville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  History   Local history  Khyber Centre for the Arts  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art  Contemporary art centre Knaut-Rhuland House Museum  Lunenburg  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Historic house   Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit  Digby  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime   website, 98' fishing vessel  museum ship LaHave Islands Marine Museum  LaHave  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime   website, history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands Lawrence House Museum  Maitland  Hants  Fundy Shore   History   website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th century Victorian period mansion of a shipbuilder   Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse  Pubnico  Yarmouth   Southwestern Nova Scotia  Open air    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century Acadian village LeNoir Forge Museum  Arichat  Richmond  Cape Breton Island  History   website, local history Les Trois Pignons  Chéticamp  Inverness  Cape Breton Island Multiple    website, Acadian cultural centre including Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, local history and culture Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum  Little River  Victoria  Cape Breton Island  Maritime   information, local fishing industry Little School Museum  Lockeport  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Education   website, 19th century one room schoolhouse Little White School House Museum  Truro  Colchester  Fundy Shore  Education    website, located in a one-room school, history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s Loch Broom Log Church  Loch Broom  Pictou  Northumberland Shore Religious   information,  photos, replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s Lordly House Museum  Chester  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Historic house    website Louisbourg Marine Museum  Louisbourg  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Maritime    website, marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing Lunenburg Art Gallery  Lunenburg  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Art    website Lyceum Museum  Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  History   website, local history, operated by the Old Sydney Society MacAskill House Museum  St. Peter's  Richmond  Cape Breton Island  Historic house   website, 20th century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill MacDonald House Museum  East Lake Ainslie  Inverness Cape Breton Island  Historic house  1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school, operated by the Lake Ainslie Historical Society MacPhee House Community Museum  Sheet Harbour  Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore  History   Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950 Mahone Bay Museum  Mahone Bay  Lunenburg   Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, local history Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum  New Victoria  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island   Maritime   information Malagash Area Heritage Museum  Malagash  Cumberland  Northumberland Shore  History   information, site of the first rock salt mine in Canada, salt industry, fishing, farming, local history Marble Mountain Library & Museum  Marble Mountain  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Mining   information, history of the marble quarry Marconi National Historic Site  Glace Bay  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Technology  Site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless station Margaree Salmon Museum  Northeast Margaree  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Sports   website, trout and salmon fishing, life of the salmon  Maritime Command Museum  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Military   History of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command Maritime Museum of the Atlantic  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Maritime  Includes small craft and the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Mary E. Black Gallery  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art   website, contemporary crafts, operated by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design Mastodon Ridge  Stewiacke  Colchester  Fundy Shore    Natural history    website, roadside attraction that includes a craft store, toy store, mini golf, and an interpretive centre which displays area mastodon bones and a Bay of Fundy exhibit  McCulloch Heritage Centre  Pictou  Pictou   Northumberland Shore  History   website, local history McCulloch House Museum  Pictou  Pictou  Northumberland Shore Ethnic   Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the early 19th century Memory Lane Heritage Village  Lake Charlotte  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Living   website, 1940s period village Memory Lane Railway Museum  Middleton  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Railway    website , memorabilia and artifacts from the Dominion Atlantic Railway  Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre  Truro  Colchester  Fundy Shore  First Nations   website, Mi'kmaq heritage and culture, formerly known as the Glooscap Heritage Centre Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum  Milton  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  Technology   website, blacksmith shop with tools and equipment Moose River Gold Mines Museum  Moose River Gold Mines  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Mining    information under attractions, park and gold mining museum Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum  Mount Hanley  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Education  One room schoolhouse  MSVU Gallery  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art   website, part of Mount Saint Vincent University, contemporary art with a focus on the representation of women as cultural subjects and producers Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre  Shelburne  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime    website, area shipbuilding industry Mulgrave Heritage Centre  Mulgrave  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  History   information, local history Muriel's Doll Museum  Berwick Kings  Annapolis Valley  Toy    information Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos  West Pubnico  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia   Multiple   website, Acadian history and culture, located in an 1864 historic house, collection of cameras Musée La Pirogue  Chéticamp  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Maritime   website, fishing industry Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum  Church Point  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  Religious   Early 20th century wooden church, largest wooden church in North America Musquodoboit Railway Museum  Musquodoboit Harbour  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Railway    information Nicolas Denys Museum  St. Peter's  Richmond  Cape Breton Island  Biographical   website, New France leader Nicolas Denys North Highlands Community Museum  Cape North  Victoria   Cape Breton Island  History    website, local history and rural life North Hills Museum  Granville Ferry  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Historic house   website,  website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 1764 farmhouse with collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, glassware and furniture North Queens Heritage House Museum  Caledonia  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  History   information under Attractions, local history, period room displays North Sydney Historical Museum  North Sydney  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  History   website, local history Northumberland Fisheries Museum  Pictou  Pictou   Northumberland Shore  Maritime    website, area fishing industry and sea heritage; 3 sites in town, including a Canadian former National Railway Station, a lobster hatchery, and a replica lighthouse Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum  Amherst  Cumberland  Northumberland Shore  Military   website, history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre  Port Bickerton  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  Maritime   information,  information, located at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse, restored 1930s keeper's house and lighthouse, exhibits on lighthouses in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Museum of Industry  Stellarton  Pictou  Northumberland Shore  Industry   Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, includes mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, railroads and more Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Natural history    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Sports   Outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in Nova Scotia O'Dell House Museum  Annapolis Royal  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Historic house   website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough  Guysborough  Guysborough  Eastern Shore  History   website,  information, local history Old Meeting House Museum  Barrington  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century meeting house and non-conformist house of worship, managed by the Cape Sable Historical Society   Old Temperance Hall Museum  Smith's Cove  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  History    information, local history Orangedale Historical Society Museum  Orangedale  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  History   website, local history  Orangedale Railway Museum  Orangedale  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Railway  1886 railroad station with artifacts, model railroad and equipment Ottawa House by the Sea Museum  Parrsboro  Cumberland  Central  History   website, local history Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum  Half Island Cove  Guysborough  Eastern Shore  Maritime    information,  information, way of life on a lightstation Parkdale-Maplewood Museum  Maplewood  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, local history, rural life from 1840 to present Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum  Parrsboro  Cumberland  Central  Natural history   website, fossils, rocks, minerals Pelton-Fuller House  Yarmouth  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia  Historic house   website, operated by the Yarmouth County Historical Society, late Victorian period summer home of Alfred Fuller, the original "Fuller Brush Man" Perkins House Museum  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  Historic house  Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house, history of early Nova Scotia pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle Pictou County Military Heritage Museum  New Glasgow  Pictou   Northumberland Shore  Military   information, area's military past Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame  New Glasgow  Pictou  Northumberland Shore  Sports   information Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum  Point Tupper  Richmond   Cape Breton Island  History   information, local history Port Bickerton Lighthouse  Port Bickerton  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  History   website, local history and area maritime history Port Loggia Gallery  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art   website, part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University's Port Campus Port Royal Farm and Country Museum  Granville Ferry  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Agriculture   information, farm implements and tools, farm household utensils, rural household items Port-Royal National Historic Site  Granville Ferry Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Open air   Recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters  Prescott House Museum  Starr's Point  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Historic house  Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott Queens County Museum  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  History   information, local history Randall House Museum  Wolfville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Historic house  19th century period house, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum  River Hebert  Cumberland  Central  Mining   information, coal mining Riverview Ethnographic Museum  Bear River  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Textiles    information, folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries Ross Creek Centre for the Arts  Canning  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Art    website, art centre with gallery Ross Farm Museum  New Ross  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Agriculture   19th century working farm  Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum  Shelburne  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Historic house    website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period store and house Rossignol Cultural Centre  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia   Multiple    website, complex includes the Apothecary Museum; Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History; Wildlife Museum; Folk Art Museum; open air Cultural Village; Laing Art Gallery; Wildlife Art Gallery; Outhouse Museum Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum  Dartmouth  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Military   information Saint Mary's University Art Gallery  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Art   website, part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax), contemporary art Samuel Wood Museum  Lower Woods Harbour  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  History    information, local history Scott Manor House  Bedford  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Historic house  18th-century house with local history artifacts Seal Island Lighthouse Museum  Barrington  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Maritime   website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society, 1/2 size replica of original lighthouse, exhibits of artifacts and memorabilia from lighthouses in the area Shand House Museum  Windsor  Hants   Fundy Shore  Historic house  Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, late 19th century Victorian period house Shearwater Aviation Museum  Shearwater  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Aviation   Canadian maritime military aviation Shelburne County Museum  Shelburne  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, local history Sherbrooke Village Museum  Sherbrooke  Guysborough  Eastern Shore  Living    website, depicts a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Sherman Hines Museum of Photography  Liverpool  Queens  Southern Nova Scotia  Photographys    website, images, cameras and artifacts from key figures in Nova Scotian photography Sinclair Inn Museum  Annapolis Royal  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Historic house   website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 18th century inn Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre  Wedgeport  Yarmouth   Southwestern Nova Scotia   Maritime   website, equipment, memorabilia and photos of sport tuna angling Springhill Miners' Museum  Springhill  Cumberland  Central  Mining   information, area coal mining SS Atlantic Heritage Park  Terence Bay  Halifax Regional Municipality  Eastern Shore  Art   website, interpretive center with recovered artifacts and monument at site of 1873 sinking of the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery  Antigonish  Antigonish   Northumberland Shore   Art   information, part of St. Francis Xavier University St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre  Sherbrooke  Guysborough  Eastern Shore  Natural history   website, salmon angling, life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, river ecology St. Patrick's Church Museum  Sydney  Cape Breton   Cape Breton Island   History   website, local history exhibits in an 1828 church, operated by the Old Sydney Society Stewiacke Valley Museum  Upper Stewiacke   Colchester  Fundy Shore    History    website,  website, local history Sutherland Steam Mill Museum  Denmark   Colchester   Northumberland Shore  Technology   Restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum  Louisbourg  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Railway    website, coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections Sydney Mines Heritage Museum  Sydney Mines  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island   History   website, local history, located in a former railway station Sydney Steel Plant Museum  Sydney  Cape Breton   Cape Breton Island  Industry   website, history of the Sydney Steel Corporation Thomas McCulloch Museum  Halifax  Halifax Regional Municipality  Metro Halifax  Natural history   website, part of Dalhousie University, preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, butterflies Tupperville School Museum  Bridgetown  Annapolis  Annapolis Valley  Education    information, one room schoolhouse Uniacke Estate Museum Park  Mount Uniacke  Hants  Fundy Shore   Historic house   Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century period Georgian estate with fine antiques U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum  Glace Bay  Cape Breton  Cape Breton Island  Ethnic   website, history and contributions of African Nova Scotians Valley Medical Heritage Museum  Kentville  Kings  Annapolis Valley  Medical    information, history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre  Wagmatcook  Victoria  Cape Breton Island  First Nations   website, history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People  Wallace and Area Museum  Wallace  Cumberland  Northumberland Shore  History   website,  information, local history Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum  Shubenacadie  Hants   Fundy Shore  History   website, also known at the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, includes 1890s tin shop, a hardware store from the 1920s,an artisans room, local handcrafts, period living rooms and clothing, farm relics, military tribute Waverley Heritage Museum  Waverley  Cumberland  Metro Halifax  History   website, local history exhibits in a former church West Hants Historical Society Museum  Windsor  Hants  Fundy Shore   History   website, local and county history Western Counties Military Museum  Barrington  Shelburne  Southern Nova Scotia  Military   website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society Weymouth Historical Society  Weymouth  Digby   Southern Nova Scotia  History    website, local history Whale Interpretive Centre  Pleasant Bay  Inverness  Cape Breton Island  Natural history    information, natural history of whales Whitman House Museum  Canso  Guysborough   Eastern Shore  History    information,  information, local history Whitney Pier Historical Museum  Sydney  Cape Breton   Cape Breton Island   History   website, local history, located in a former synagogue Wile Carding Mill  Bridgewater  Lunenburg  Southern Nova Scotia  Textile   Water-powered wool carding mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre  Windsor  Hants  Fundy Shore   Sports   information,  information, history of ice hockey W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum  Yarmouth  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia   Maritime   website, includes simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with fishing, processing and ship repair sheds, wharf decks and a coastal freighter, marine art, maritime gear and equipment Yarmouth County Museum & Archives  Yarmouth  Yarmouth  Southwestern Nova Scotia   History   Local history
See also *Nature centres in Nova Scotia
Defunct museums * Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre, Baddeck, closed in 2014* Wild Blueberry & Maple Centre, Oxford  (closed 2009)
References *  Association of Nova Scotia Museums*  Nova Scotia's Heritage
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