Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site |
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Visitor centre at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
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| Location | Baddeck, Nova Scotia |
| Built | 1954 |
| Website | Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site |
| Designated | 1959 |
The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is a special place in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. It covers about 10 hectares (25 acres) and looks out over the beautiful Bras d'Or Lakes. This site is part of Parks Canada, which manages Canada's national parks. It holds the largest collection of items and documents from Alexander Graham Bell's time working in Baddeck. This important site was named a National Historic Site in 1952.
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Discover Bell's Amazing Inventions
This historic site is like a treasure chest of Alexander Graham Bell's ideas. In 1955, his family donated many items from their own museum. You can see exciting things related to Bell's experiments here.
Speed on Water and in the Air
One amazing exhibit is the original hull of the HD-4. This was a super-fast hydrofoil boat that set a world record in 1919. It zoomed across the water in Baddeck at over 112 kilometers per hour (70 miles per hour)!
You can also see a full-size copy of the AEA Silver Dart. This airplane made history in 1909. J.A.D. MacCurdy flew it over the ice of Baddeck Bay. It was the first time a controlled aircraft heavier than air flew in the entire British Empire!
From Sound to Flight
The museum has many other displays and documents. They show Bell's years of research into how to send speech and sound. He experimented with wires and even light. He also worked on kites, airplanes, and those super-fast boats.
You'll also learn about Bell's work helping people who are deaf. His efforts in deaf education actually led him to invent the telephone!
A View of History
The museum building was designed by Canadian architects. It even has an observation deck on the roof. From there, you can see Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate across the bay. Beinn Bhreagh is another National Historic Site, but it's still privately owned by Bell's family. It is not open to the public.
See also
- Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes
- Alexander Graham Bell School, Chicago, Illinois
- Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, the Bell estate on the peninsula of the same name
- Bell Boatyard
- Bell Homestead National Historic Site, Brantford, Ontario
- Bell Telephone Memorial, Brantford, Ontario
- IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
- Index of Alexander Graham Bell articles
- National Historic Sites of Canada
- Parks Canada
- Volta Laboratory and Bureau, Washington, D.C.
