Events
October 7, 2025 to December 16, 2025
Little Builders
Museum of Industry, Stellarton
A playful, hands-on program designed for children under 5 and their caregivers. Each week, preschoolers explore, create, and discover alongside Museum staff through building, making, and learning...
October 24, 2025 to October 25, 2025
Oidhche nam Bòcan | Night of the Spirits
Highland Village Museum, Iona
7:00-9:00pm each evening.
Join us for a spooky and fun-filled Halloween evening at the Highland Village! Experience a special lamplight tour featuring traditional stories, skits, and eerie special...
October 26, 2025
Halloween party
Museum of Natural History, Halifax
10 am to 4 pm
Save the date for our annual family-friendly Halloween party!
This spooky (but not too spooky) event is fun for your little monsters with puppet shows, bug cooking, phobias and more....
October 26, 2025
Lego Hallowe’en Build
Museum of Industry, Stellarton
Boo! Get spooky with Lego at the Museum of Industry on Sunday, October 26! Ghosts, goblins, and young builders ages 6 to 12 are invited to create their own Lego Hallowe’en mini-model to take home.
We...
October 28, 2025
Tuesday Night Talks: The Future Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre: Story, Healing, and Community
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
FREE
Presenting the vision and progress of Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre, a $50M capital project. The presentation will share how MDCC will protect 13,000-year-old ancestral...
October 29, 2025
From BOAT to Fogo Island: Katherine Knight’s Vision of People and Place
Museum of Industry, Stellarton
Voices & Views Series
Join us for engaging talks on a variety of topics in our "Voices and Views Series.
Free museum admission from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, followed by a speaker series at 6:00 pm....
November 4, 2025
Tuesday Night Talks: Snapshots in Song – Jay Pilzer
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
FREE
Jay Pilzer brings together song and discussion to illuminate the events, movements, and moments in the remarkable history of Nova Scotia. A history shaped by bravery, nation...
November 12, 2025
Cainnt is Ceathramhan | Language & Lyrics
Museum of Industry, Stellarton
Voices & Views Series
Join us for engaging talks on a variety of topics in our "Voices and Views Series.
Free museum admission from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, followed by a speaker series at 6:00 pm....
November 18, 2025
Tuesday Night Talks: The Undesirables: A Look Back at Halifax’s Rockhead Prison – Katie Ingram, Author
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
6:30 pm – 7:30pm
FREE
Tonight’s talk explores some of the people who became part of Rockhead’s Prison history, with special attention given to those who suffered misunderstandings. Katie Ingram...
November 25, 2025
Two Nova Scotians. One Route. A Century and a Quarter Apart Sand, Stamps, and Sails: Following Karl's Footsteps from India to Great Britain – Louise Trotter
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
FREE
FREE
Louise Trotter continues the extraordinary global circumnavigation (her October 21st talk started the journey) as she traces Karl Creelman’s path through Sri Lanka...