Museum team and visitors heading down the beach on horseback.

What's On

Exhibitions, events, experiences, tours, talks

Costumed interpreters, a woman and a man planting seeds in a field at Ross Farm.
  • Drop-in
Working Farm
Permanent
At Ross Farm Museum you can see, taste and smell good food being…
Ross Farm Museum
View of Uniacke Estate from the Drumlin Field Trail 
  • Drop-in
Uniacke Estate Trail System
Permanent
From rolling hills to hemlock stands, our trails offer…
Uniacke Estate Museum Park
skeleton of a prosauropod.
  • Exhibition
Canada’s Oldest Dinosaurs
Permanent
Gallery at the Fundy Geological Museum.
Fundy Geological Museum
Four costumed interpreters sit around a long wooden table inside a historic room, laughing while participating in a traditional milling frolic (luadh). They are gathered closely, using their hands to rhythmically pull and bunch a large piece of cream-colored woven wool cloth across the surface of the slatted table. In the background, the room features white walls with red window trim, a spinning wheel, and wooden shelving.
  • Experience
Milling Frolic
Permanent
Come and join us at the table for songs and friendly…
Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village
Entrance to Explosion in The Narrows: The 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion
  • Exhibition
Explosion in The Narrows: The 1917 Halifax Harbour Explosion
Permanent
Halifax Harbour the morning of December 6, 1917, will be forever…
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Coal and Grit exhibit. Miner's Honour Roll posted on the wall.
  • Exhibition
Coal and Grit
Permanent
The Coal and Grit exhibit explores the history of coal mining in…
Museum of Industry
Family sorting chocolates at the Museum of Industry.
  • Exhibition
The Growth of Industrialization
Permanent
The Upper Gallery takes you from the early 1800s to about 1925,…
Museum of Industry
Museum exhibit displaying an antique car
  • Exhibition
From Factories to Offices
Permanent
These exhibits show industries that shaped Nova Scotia,…
Museum of Industry
Visitor looking over Visible Storage.
  • Exhibition
Visible Storage
Permanent
For a glimpse behind the scenes, take a look into Storage Room…
Museum of Industry
A large model of Theodore Tugboat, the main character from the Canadian children's television show, is displayed in a miniature version of a city harbor. Theodore is a smiling tugboat with a red cap. The background features models of various buildings, including a prominent hill with a white clock tower (resembling the Halifax Citadel Clock Tower), suggesting the setting is based on Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Exhibition
Theodore Tugboat and Friends
Permanent
When you walk past the Reception Desk and into the museum, you…
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Four children, viewed from the back, stand in front of a large aquarium or glass tank, looking at a scuba diver inside. The diver, wearing a yellow tank and black fins, is positioned upside down near the bottom of the tank, seemingly interacting with the habitat. Another diver is partially visible in the background, along with a school of small fish.
  • Exhibition
Shipwrecks
Permanent
Before the colonization of Nova Scotia, the shores of Miꞌkmaꞌki—…
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Visitors wave at a costumed interpreter on a penny-farthing
  • Experience
Sherbrooke Village Guided Tours
Permanent
Discover the sights and sounds of Sherbrooke Village Museum with an experienced interpreter.
Sherbrooke Village