Name |
Town/City |
County |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
Acadia University Art Gallery | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | website, part of Acadia University |
Acadian House Museum | West Chezzetcook | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | History | Local history, period room displays |
Acadian Museum | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history and Acadian culture |
Admiral Digby Museum | Digby | Digby | Annapolis Valley | History | Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items |
Age of Sail Heritage Centre | Port Greville | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Maritime | 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 | website, information, 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 |
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 |
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 | South Shore | History | website, local history and culture of Cape Sable Island |
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, Western Branch | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Art | |
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum | Enfield | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Aviation | Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage |
Avon River Heritage Society Museum | Avondale | Hants | Fundy Shore | Multiple | website, local maritime history, New England Planters, local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology |
Baird's Tradesmen Museum | Aspen | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | information, 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 | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Technology | information, 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 | information, antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates |
Bear River Heritage Museum | Bear River | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | information, local history |
Black Loyalist Heritage Society Historical Site and Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | South Shore | Ethnic | website, information, local history of the Black Loyalists |
Blair House Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | website, information, area agriculture industry and local history |
Blue Beach Fossil Museum | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Natural history | website, fossil tetrapods, fish, invertebrates and plants |
Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre | Baddeck | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | website, local ecology and natural history |
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 (Nova Scotia) | Port George | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | information, information, local history, collectibles and craft shop |
Canning Heritage Centre | Canning | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | website, local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter |
Cape Breton Fossil Centre | Sydney Mines | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | website, plant fossils from the Sydney coal field |
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, part of Cape Breton University |
Cape Forchu Lighthouse | Cape Forchu | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters |
Carmichael Stewart House Museum | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | History | website, 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 | South Shore | History | website, local history |
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, website, local history |
Churchill House | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | 19th century Victorian period house |
Colchester Historical Museum | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | website, local history |
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, photos, 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 | information, information, display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art |
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 | Peggy's Cove | Halifax Regional Municipality | South Shore | Art | Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe |
DesBrisay Museum | Bridgewater | Lunenburg | South Shore | History | Local history |
Discovery Centre | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Science | |
Dory Shop Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | South Shore | Maritime | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, dory shop |
East Hants Historical Society Museum | Selma | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, local history |
Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Firefighting | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia |
First Computer Museum of Nova Scotia | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Technology | information, 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 | South Shore | 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 | information |
Fort Point Lighthouse | Liverpool | Queens | South Shore | Maritime | website, lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history |
Fort Point Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | South Shore | 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 | South 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 tides, local history and maritime heritage |
George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Transportation | information, carriages, sleighs and equipment |
Giant MacAskill Museum | Englishtown | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | information, life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage |
Giantess Anna Swan Museum | Tatamagouche | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Biographical | information, "Nova Scotia Giantess" Anna Swan, part of Creamery Square Heritage Centre |
Gilberts Cove Lighthouse | Gilberts Cove | Digby | Annapolis Valley | Maritime | website, lighthouse museum |
Glace Bay Heritage Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history |
Glooscap Heritage Centre | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | First Nations | website, Mi'kmaq heritage and culture |
Goldboro Interpretive Centre | Goldboro | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | information, 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 Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, 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 | South Shore | Railway | website, 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts |
Hank Snow Country Music Centre | Liverpool | Queens | South Shore | Music | website, includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room |
Hants East Historical Society Museum | Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | information, local history |
HMCS Sackville | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Maritime | 1940s WW II museum ship of a Flower class corvette, open in summer |
Hector Exhibit Centre | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Art | website, art gallery |
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 | Iona | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Living | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village |
Highlander Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Military | website, history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders |
Hildaniel Brown House | New Ross | Lunenburg | South Shore | Historic house | information, information, 19th century period house |
Inverness Miner's Museum | Inverness | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Mining | website, coal mining |
James House Museum | Bridgetown | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Multiple | information, art and local history exhibits |
Joggins Fossil Centre | Joggins | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Natural history | website, 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 ICA | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Contemporary art centre |
Knaut-Rhuland House Museum | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | South Shore | Historic house | Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house |
Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit | Digby | Digby | Annapolis Valley | Maritime | website, 98' fishing vessel museum ship |
LaHave Islands Marine Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | South Shore | Maritime | website, history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands |
Lawrence House Museum | Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, information, 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 | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | Historic house | website |
Louisbourg Marine Museum | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | website, marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing |
Lunenburg Art Gallery | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | South Shore | 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 | Whycocomagh | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | website, 1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school |
MacPhee House Community Museum | Sheet Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950 |
Mahone Bay Settlers Museum | Mahone Bay | Lunenburg | South Shore | 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 attractino 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 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 |
Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum | Milton | Queens | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 | Annapolis Valley | 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, information, 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 former Canadian 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 Hall Wilderness Heritage Centre | Porters Lake | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Multiple | website, local history and natural history |
Old Meeting House Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | South Shore | 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 | Annapolis Valley | 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 | website, information, 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 | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 |
Pier 21 | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point |
Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum | Point Tupper | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | History | information, local history |
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 | Port Royal | 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 | South Shore | History | information, local history |
Randall House Museum | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | website, information, 19th century period house |
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 | South Shore | Agriculture | 19th century working farm |
Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | South Shore | Historic house | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period store and house |
Rossignol Cultural Centre | Liverpool | Queens | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 | South Shore | 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 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 | website, 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 | South Shore | Military | website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society |
Weymouth Historical Society | Weymouth | Digby | Annapolis Valley | 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 | South Shore | 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 |
Wild Blueberry & Maple Centre | Oxford | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | Agriculture | website, area cultivation of blueberries and maple syrup |
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 |