Events
June 4, 2025 to September 14, 2025
Gold Rush! Escape Room
Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke
Experience your favourite village with a new twist this year. In partnership with Captured Escape Rooms, Sherbrooke Village invites you to immerse yourself in history and solve the mystery of the...
June 25, 2025 to August 27, 2025
Drop-in Rug Hooking
Museum of Industry, Stellarton
Wednesdays, 10 AM–3 PM, June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, and August 6, 13, 20, & 27.
All skill levels welcome—join our friendly drop-in sessions with Volunteer Craft Demonstrators
July 4, 2025 to August 29, 2025
Victorian Nights
Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke
Start your weekend off with friends and family at Sherbrooke Village’s Victorian Nights when we stay open late on Fridays from July 4th to August 29th. Historic Main Street and artisan spaces will...
August 5, 2025 to August 26, 2025
Open Tuesdays in August
Shand House Museum, Windsor
Tuesdays in August, 10am-4pm, Admission by donation.
Open August 5, 12, 19, 26.
Built in 1890 for newlyweds Clifford and Henrie Shand, this ornate, Queen Anne-style house was once considered a...
August 9, 2025 to August 10, 2025
Straw Hat
Ross Farm Museum, New Ross
As labourers worked all day under the scorching sun, having protection became essential. During the late 18th to early 19th centuries, straw hats were a common sight among farmers and workers in...
August 10, 2025
Gus the Gopher Tortoise Hatchday Celebrations
Museum of Natural History, Halifax
11:00am and 2:00pm
Join us to celebrate the one and only Gus the Gopher Tortoise!
Each August, we celebrate the hatch day of Gus. This year, we are celebrating 103 years of our favourite tortoise....
August 10, 2025
A Jane Austen Garden Party
Prescott House, Starr's Point
You are cordially invited to A Jane Austen Garden Party at Prescott House Museum! While being a guest at the home; one can see games to play, treats to have, tours to partake in, guests in costumes,...
August 11, 2025
Piano, Fiddle, Guitar
Lawrence House Museum, Maitland
11:30 am to 12:15 pm
Limted seating
Featuring Avery Skelhorne and Jill Mirabelli
August 12, 2025
Jay Pilzer & Chett Buchanan – Tuesday Night Tunes
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
6:30pm – 7:30pm
FREE
Enjoy an August night at our museum with performers Jay Pilzer and Chett Buchanan on the Tuesday Night Tunes stage!
Jay & Chett will perform an eclectic playlist of songs...
August 13, 2025
Busy Bugs Adventures
Prescott House, Starr's Point
Ages 5 and up.
Our annual insect workshop. Join Dr. Todd Smith of Acadia University Science Department for a fun filled afternoon exploring the ground of Prescott House to learn all about ants,...