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Nova Scotia Museums Listed by Location
| Cossit
House |
Sydney
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June 1-Oct.15 |
In 1787 the Reverend
Ranna Cossit, the first Anglican minister assigned to Cape Breton,
built what is believed to be the oldest surviving house in Sydney.
Today his simple one-and-a-half-storey home with its gable roof has
been restored to its late-18th-century appearence.
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Highland
Village/
An Clachan Gàidhealach |
Iona
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May
20 - Oct. 15 |
The Highland Village
is a 43 acre living history museum and cultural centre that interprets,
presents and celebrates Nova Scotia's Gaelic language and culture.
Overlooking the world famous Bras d'Or Lakes, costumed staff in 10
period buildings take visitors on a journey through 140 years of cultural
evolution in Scotland and Nova Scotia. In addition to the museum,
the site also features Gaelic programming, special cultural events,
Roots Cape Breton Genealogy & Family History Centre, a music research
centre and outdoor amphiteathre.
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| Sherbrooke
Village |
Sherbrooke
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June
1 - Oct.15 |
Discover the peace
and tranquility of village life in old Nova Scotia, unruffled by the
gold rush that brought Sherbrooke instant prosperity in the 1860s.
Hear the splash of the water-powered sawmill, the squeak of a horse-drawn
wagon passing by, the muffled thump of the weaver at her loom or smell
newly-shaved wood in the woodturner's shop. Explore more than 25 authentic buildings, from the rare Ambrotype photography studio to the pottery shop.
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| Fisherman's
Life Museum |
Jeddore
Oyster Ponds |
June
1 - Oct.15 |
This modest house
is a typical Nova Scotia inshore fisherman's house of the early 1900s.
It has been furnished with the ordinary things of rural living in
Nova Scotia fishing communities: a parlour pump organ, hooked mats,
grandmother's favorite dishes, and a wood stove.
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