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Welcome to the Nova Scotia Museum "Events at-a-glance" featuring all you can see and do at the family of 27 provincial museums. Experience Nova Scotia’s seafaring
heritage, historic villages and natural wonders. With a pass, you can
visit and re-visit 27 museums for the cost of visiting as few as 5 sites!
Get your Adult or Family
Pass online today or at any of the Provincial Museums.
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| Halifax Metro | ||
| Museum of Natural History Top | ||
| Ongoing Events | ||
| June 3-Sept. 28 | Exhibit | Green Legacy |
| June 3-Sept. 28 | Exhibit | Monarchs |
| July 1 to Mid-Sept. | Exhibit | Butterfly House |
| July 1-Sept 2 | Exhibit | Sea Monsters |
| Saturdays (May-June) |
Program | Sssnack Time at the Nature Centre |
| Sat & Sun (May-June) |
Program | Beach Party |
| Sat & Sun
(May 1-25) |
Program | Bear it All |
| Sat & Sun (June 21-26) |
Program | The Birds and The Bees |
| Sat & Sun (May & June) |
Program | Turtle Time with Gus |
| 3rd Sat of Month (May & June) |
Program | Young Naturalists Club |
| Sat & Sun Afternoons (May & June) |
Program | Themed Birthday Parties |
| Events by Day | ||
| Wed, July-Aug> | Event | The Night Sky |
| Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Top | ||
| Ongoing Events | ||
| June 3 - Nov 2 | Exhibit | Halifax vs. Louisbourg: The Final Siege |
| July 1 | Exhibit | Hurricane Havoc |
| Alt Tues (July & Aug) |
Guided Tour | Pirates & Privateers of the North Atlantic |
| Alt Tues (begining July 8) |
Guided Tour | Ghosts & Marine Folklore |
| Wednesdays (July & Aug) |
Program | |
| Fridays (July & Aug) |
Demonstration | |
| Weekdays (July & Aug) |
Demonstration | |
| Thursdays (July & Aug) |
Guided Tour | Lifeline to Victory |
| Saturdays (July & Aug) |
Program | Hidden Treasures Birthday Parties |
| Events by Day | ||
| June 1 | Film | Dive to the Titanic |
| Tues, July 8 | Event | Happy 95th Anniversary CSS Acadia! |
| July 28-Aug 5 | Event | Freedom Schooner Amistad |
| South Shore | ||
| Ross Farm Museum Top | ||
| Events by Day | ||
| Sun, July 6 | Event | |
| Wed, July 16 | Demo | Stave Mill at Work! |
| Wed, July 23 | Demo | Ox Power |
| Sat, July 26 Sun, July 27 |
Demo | A Handful of Straw |
| Uniacke Estate Museum Top | ||
| Events by Day | ||
| Daily, July-Aug | Program | |
| Tues, July 15 | Event | Tiny Tot Tuesday |
| Thurs, July 17 | Program | Hands-on History Day Camp |
| Sun, July 27 June 7-8 |
Program | RJU, a Personality Profile |
| Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Top | ||
| Fri, July 11 Sun, July 13 |
Event | Lunenburg Festival of Crafts |
| Wed, July 23 | Event | Happy Birthday, Theresa E. Connor! |
| Wile Carding Mill Museum Top | Sat, July 12 | Program | Spin a Spindle |
| Perkins House Museum Top | ||
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Captain Jack’s Adventures on the High Seas |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Colonial Children at Play |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Wool Spinning |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | So Ye Wanna Be a Pirate? |
| Daily 10-3 Sundays 1-3 |
Program | Lawn Bowls and Pall Mall |
| June - Daily | Guided Tour | Liverpool Through the Eyes of a Child |
| June - Daily | Guided Tour | The Stones Shall Speak |
| Ross-Thomson House and Store Top | ||
| July 20 | Event | Garden Party at Ross-Thomson House |
| The Dory Shop Museum Top | ||
| Daily, July-Aug | Program | Dories and Schooners |
| Barrington Woolen Mill Museum Top | ||
| A riverside mill with an ocean view, Barrington Woolen Mill was a thriving business in the late 1800s that supplied warm woolen goods to Nova Scotians. | ||
| Old Meeting House Museum Top | ||
The Old Meeting House, framed in 1765 by the Cape Cod founders of Barrington, is the oldest nonconformist house of worship still standing in Canada. |
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| Yarmouth & Acadian Shores | ||
| Le Village Historique Acadien Top | ||
| Events by Day | ||
| Tues, July 8 | Event | |
| Sat, July 12 | Event | |
| Wed, July 16 | Event | Family Feud at the Centre de Pombcoup |
| Sat, July 19 | Concert | Dwight d'Eon in Concert |
| Firefighters’ Museum Top | ||
| Aug | Special Event | Pin on a Memory! |
| Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley | ||
| North Hills Museum Top | ||
| July 4 | Event | Country & Bluegrass Jam Session |
| July 12 | Event | Artifacts and Interiors |
| July 18 -20 | Special | Ernest Buckler’s 100th Birthday |
| Sat July 26 | Workshop | Loyalist Quilting Workshop |
| Prescott House Museum Top | ||
| Take a ramble in the country to Prescott House Museum at Starr's Point, near Wolfville. Here, horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott cultivated Nova Scotia's apple industry from 1811 to 1859. | ||
| Lawrence House Museum Top | ||
| Sun, July 6 (raindate July 13) |
Event | The “Lull Before the Launch” Garden Party |
| Haliburton House Museum Top | ||
| Tuesdays July 14-Aug 15 |
Event | Play in the Past |
| Shand House Museum Top | ||
| Thurs, July-Aug | Event | Afternoon Tea at Shand House |
| Fundy Geological Museum Top | ||
| July-Aug Fri. & Sat. |
Walks | Geological Interpretive Walks |
| Daily, July–Aug | Program | Sunday Matinee |
| Fridays, July-Aug | Event | “A taste of Nova Scotia” with the Mayor |
| Sun, July 13 | Event | Dino Daze |
| Northumberland Shore | ||
| Balmoral Grist Mill Top | ||
| Daily, July-Aug | Event | Picnics at Balmoral Grist Mill |
| Sat, July 12 & Aug 30 |
Event | The Romantic Mill |
| Sat, August 2 | Event | The Artistic Mill: An evening of Music and Literature at Balmoral Grist Mill |
| Sutherland Steam Mill Top | ||
| Sat, July 26 | Exhibt | Atlantic Tool Collectors Association Display |
| Museum of Industry Top | ||
| July 14, 16, & 18 | Exhibt | The Sky's the Limit |
| McCulloch House Museum Top | ||
Through unique, interactive exhibits about ships, kilts and big ideas, discover Dr. Thomas McCulloch, a Scottish immigrant whose ideas changed life in early 19th-century Nova Scotia. |
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| Cape Breton Island | ||
| Highland Village Top | ||
| Wed, July-Aug | Program | Làithean Sona Happy Days Children's Program |
| Thurs, July-Aug | Program | Cuairt nan Coinnlean Candlelight Tour |
| Fri, July-Aug | Program | Spòrs Gaelic Games for Kids |
| Thurs, July 3 | Event | Baddeck’s 100th Birthday Celebration |
| Wed, July 8 & Aug 6 | Event | Ag Éirigh air Òran Gaelic Song Sessionp |
| Thurs, July 10, 24 & Aug 7, 21 |
program | Na Deugairean Living History for Youth |
| Wed, July 16 | Film | “Hallaig” Gaelic Film Series |
| Sat, July 19 & Aug 23 | Event | Feasgar an Truisg Codfish Supper |
| Sun, July 27 | Event | Anniversary Church Service, Malagawatch Church |
| Tues, July 29 | Event | Musique Royal Concert with David Greenburg and the Chris Norman Duo |
| Wed, July 30-Fri, Aug 1 | Event | Stòras Gaelic Folk Life Festival |
| Cossit House Museum Top | ||
| Cossit House Museum, believed to be the oldest house in Sydney, was home to controversial Anglican cleric Ranna Cossit and his family in the late 1700s. | ||
| Eastern Shore | ||
| Sherbrooke Village Top | ||
| Sun, July 6 | Event | WITH THESE TWO HANDS We've got Boats to Build |
| Mon-Thurs, July 7-10 | Event | Sherbrooke Now Fiddle Camp |
| Thurs, July 10 | Event | Courthouse Concert |
| Sun, July 13 | Event | Hands-On Crafts for Children |
| Thurs, July 17 Sun, July 20 |
Event | Gaelic/Scottish Heritage Days |
| Thurs, July 17 | Event | Courthouse Concert |
| Sun, July 20 | Camp | WITH THESE TWO HANDS Wool Preparation days! |
| Sun, July 20 | Events | Ceilidh at the Courthouse |
| Thurs, July 24 | Event | Courthouse Concert |
| Sat, July 26 | Event | Courthouse Concert: Musique Royale |
| Sun, July 27 | Event | Sawmill Frolic at the MacDonald Brothers' Sawmill |
| Thurs, July 31 | Events | Courthouse Concert |
| Fisherman’s Life Museum Top | ||
| Daily, July 2–31 | Program | What’s Your Cup of Tea? |
| Sat, July 12 | Event | 30th Anniversary Celebration and Antique Festival |
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