Museum team and visitors heading down the beach on horseback.

What's On

Exhibitions, events, experiences, tours, talks

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
A woman in historical dress plays a fiddle inside a log cabin for two visitors.
  • Experience
Céilidh
Permanent
Join us for songs, stories and music, or just a chance to chat…
Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village
Blacksmith at work
  • Workshop
Forged in Fire: Blacksmith Workshop
Permanent
Step into the Blacksmith Shop and find out if you have what it takes to shape iron into art.
Sherbrooke Village
A historical interpreter shows raw wool to visitors outside a wooden building with green doors.
  • Experience
Guided Storytelling Tour & Milling Frolic
Permanent
Come join us for a guided storytelling tour of the Highland…
Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village
CSS Acadia
  • Drop-in
CSS Acadia
Permanent
Walk along Halifax’s scenic waterfront and an elegant, timeless…
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic