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...
August 30, 2025 to September 1, 2025
Family Participation Days
Ross Farm Museum, New Ross
Labour Day weekend, August 30th - September 1st, step back in time with us and participate in some hands-on activities.
September 4, 2025
History Walks
Haliburton House, Windsor
6-7 pm
Join us for a free history walk on the Clifton Museum Park grounds. Enjoy an easy walk around the trails and learn about the gypsum, apple trees, events, and people that shaped our area.
Meet...
September 6, 2025
Féill Eachainn Mhóir | Pioneer Day
Highland Village Museum, Iona
11:00am - 2:00pm
This afternoon festival of rural life is for the entire family. See demonstrations of flax processing, soap making, candle making and more. Take in a céilidh and have a bite to eat...
September 6, 2025 to September 7, 2025
Do You Have a Light?
Ross Farm Museum, New Ross
In the early 1800s, candles were the only source of light. Join our interpreters for our Candle Making weekend. Interpreters demonstrate how dripped candles were made, just as settlers did many...
September 6, 2025
Stories of the Sea: Remembrance and Reflection
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
Join us in person for Stories of the Sea: Remembrance and Reflection on Saturday, September 6th at 1:00pm. This open and welcoming gathering invites you to share your experiences, memories, and...
September 7, 2025
Marking Identity: A Talk About Samplers
Prescott House, Starr's Point
Lisa Bower, Assistant Curator, Nova Scotia Museum, explores the tradition of sampler-making among 19th-century schoolgirls in Nova Scotia, by highlighting how embroidered pictures composed of text...
September 7, 2025
100th Anniversary of the Fisher’s Memorial Service
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
A significant commemorative event honouring those lost at sea over the last 100 years.
September 12, 2025
Cassie & Maggie
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
Free, all ages (limited capacity)
Kick off the first annual Maritime Heritage Festival with an unforgettable night of sea shanties, sea songs, and maritime music! Cassie & Maggie take the stage...
September 13, 2025 to September 14, 2025
Maritime Heritage Festival
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
10 am – 3 pm
Everyone is invited to our inaugural Maritime Heritage Festival, a free, family-friendly weekend of events and activities happening September 13 and 14 on the Halifax waterfront around...