The Acadian Village of Nova Scotia / Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse	West Pubnico	June 15 - Oct.15
Located on a 17-acre panoramic site overlooking the Pubnico Harbour, the Acadian Village presents and interprets Nova Scotia's Acadian heritage. On site, visit houses, a fish shed and a blacksmith shop. The Village is located in Pubnico, the oldest Acadian region still inhabited by descendants of its founder, Baron Philippe Muis-d'Entremont. Learn an Acadian phrase from bilingual guides. Tour the site, interpretive displays, and Visitors Reception Centre.
Ross Farm Museum	New Ross	Year Round
Capture the flavour of country life in early Nova Scotia. Savor the delicious aromas of good food cooking over an open hearth or the fresh smell of wood shavings in the Cooper Shop. Walk alongside a team of oxen at work and touch cows, sheep, hens, pigs and more kittens than you can count. Explore living history and agriculture on an 1800s family farm.
Sherbrooke Village	Sherbrooke	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.
Highland Village/ An Clachan Gàidhealach	Iona	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.
Old Meeting House	Barrington	June 1 - Sept.30
The Old Meeting House is the oldest nonconformist house of worship still standing in Canada. Framed in 1765 by the Cape Cod founders of Barrington, it was used by the local Council until 1838 and by various religious groups until 1934.

Museum of Industry	Stellarton	Year Round
Built on the site of the Foord Pit of the Albion Mines, this Museum chronicles the impact of industry on the people, economy and landscape of the Province. The Museum's exhibits tell the story of how changes in technology and the ways people worked affected their lives and their communities. See Canada's oldest surviving locomotives, Samson and Albion, an historic model railway layout, a belt-driven working machine shop, and a collection of Nova Scotia's unique Trenton glass.
Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia	Yarmouth	Year Round
You can see almost every kind of fire engine ever used in Nova Scoita in this Museum, from an 1819 Hopwood and Tilley hand-drawn hand pumper to an 1863 Amoskeag steam fire engine, to a 1933 motor-driven Chev pumper. Smaller items on display include photos of famous fires, rubber and leather water buckets, and antique toy fire engines.
Wile Carding Mill	Bridgewater	June 1 - Sept.30
Dean Wile built his wool carding mill in 1860 and charged five cents a pound for picking and carding. He also made wool batts, which were used to stuff wool beds and quilts. Sense the power of the waterwheel and hear stories of women who worked at the mill.
The Dory Shop Museum	Shelburne	June 1 - Sept.30
When the John Williams dory shop was established in 1880 dories were in great demand for use in the Banks fishery. This shop was a "dory factory": its five to seven workers were organized into an elementary production line and produced hundreds of dories each year.
Barrington Woolen Mill	Barrington	June 1 - Sept. 30
Begun by local citizens in 1882 and taken over by Robert Doane in 1894, this water-turbine-powered mill made yarn and cloth from local wool for nearly 80 years. In 1968 its carding machines, spinning mule, loom, twister, and skeiner became part of the Nova Scotia Museum.
Balmoral Grist Mill	Balmoral Mills	June 1 - Oct.15
In the 1880s, Alexander MacKay's water-powered grist mill was just one of five mills on Matheson's Brook grinding wheat, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat into flour and meal. Today it is one of the few mills left in the province and offers visitors the opportunity to see flour being ground and to examine the mill's unique Scottish oat-drying kiln.
Sutherland Steam Mill	Denmark	June 1 - Oct.15
By the late 1800s, steam was replacing water as the motive force for industry in Nova Scotia. Alexander Sutherland built his mill in 1894, near the railway rather than by water. The Sutherland operation supplied the local community with rough-sawn wood, dressed lumber, wagons, carriages, windows, doors and fancy trim for houses.