List of museums in Nova Scotia facts for kids

This list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada includes places that collect and take care of interesting objects. These objects can be about culture, art, science, or history. Museums make these collections available for everyone to see. This list also includes art galleries that are not for profit and those found at universities. However, museums that only exist online are not included.

Discover Museums in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is home to many amazing museums! They cover everything from old houses and cool inventions to ships and dinosaurs. Here's a look at some of the exciting places you can visit.

Art and Culture Museums

These museums are all about art, history, and different cultures.

Acadia University Art Gallery

Located in Wolfville, this gallery is part of Acadia University. It's a great place to see different kinds of art.

Acadian House Museum

In West Chezzetcook, this museum shares local history. You can see rooms set up to look like they did a long time ago.

Acadian Museum (Chéticamp)

Found in Chéticamp, this museum teaches about local history and the unique Acadian culture.

Africville Museum

In Halifax, this museum tells the story of the Africville community. This community was located on the northern shore of Halifax Harbour until the 1960s.

Alderney Landing

Located in Dartmouth, this spot includes an art gallery. It's a place where you can enjoy different art displays.

Anna Leonowens Gallery

Part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, this gallery shows modern art, crafts, and designs.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

This gallery in Halifax has a special collection, including the house and folk art by Maud Lewis. There's also a branch in Yarmouth.

Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia

In Cherry Brook, this center explores the history and culture of Black Nova Scotians.

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre

Located in Shelburne, this museum shares the history of the Black Loyalists in the area.

Cape Breton University Art Gallery

In Sydney, this gallery is part of Cape Breton University. It's a place to see various art exhibits.

Celtic Music Interpretive Centre

In Judique, this center is all about Celtic music. You can learn about its history and how it's played.

Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum

This museum in Centreville showcases the art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald.

Crombie House

In New Glasgow, this museum displays Canadian art from the 1800s and 1900s. You can see paintings by famous artists like Cornelius Krieghoff and the Group of Seven (artists).

Dalhousie Arts Centre

Located in Halifax, this center is part of Dalhousie University and has a modern art gallery.

deGarthe Gallery

In Peggys Cove, this gallery features works by the painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe.

Great Hall of Clans Museum

Part of The Gaelic College in Englishtown, this museum tells the story of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia.

Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach

In Iona, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It's an early 1800s pioneer Scottish Gaelic village where you can see how people lived.

Khyber Centre for the Arts

This contemporary art center is located in Halifax.

Lunenburg Art Gallery

In Lunenburg, this gallery is a place to see local and regional art.

Mary E. Black Gallery

Located in Halifax, this gallery shows modern crafts and designs. It's run by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design.

Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre

In Truro, this center teaches about the heritage and culture of the Mi'kmaq people. It used to be called the Glooscap Heritage Centre.

MSVU Gallery

Part of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, this gallery focuses on modern art, especially how women are shown in culture and as artists.

Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos

In West Pubnico, this museum explores Acadian history and culture. It's located in a historic house from 1864 and has a collection of old cameras.

Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum

This museum in Church Point is in a large wooden church from the early 1900s. It's the biggest wooden church in North America.

Port Loggia Gallery

Also part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, this gallery is at their Port Campus.

Saint Mary's University Art Gallery

In Halifax, this gallery is part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax) and features modern art.

St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery

Located in Antigonish, this gallery is part of St. Francis Xavier University.

U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum

In Glace Bay, this museum highlights the history and contributions of African Nova Scotians.

Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre

In Wagmatcook, this center teaches about the history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People.

History and Heritage Museums

Step back in time at these museums, learning about people, places, and events from the past.

Admiral Digby Museum

In Digby, this museum is in a historic house with rooms from the 1800s. It shows local maritime history, clothing, and children's items.

Age of Sail Heritage Centre

Located in Port Greville, this center focuses on the area's history of shipbuilding and lumbering.

Amos Seaman School Museum

In Minudie, this museum has local history exhibits inside an old one-room schoolhouse.

An Drochaid Museum

Also known as the Bridge Museum, this spot in Mabou shares local history and Gaelic culture.

Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum

In Middleton, this museum has local history, a collection of clocks and pocket watches from the Nova Scotia Museum, and an art gallery. It also shows a 1940s general store and an early 1900s schoolroom.

Antigonish Heritage Museum

Located in Antigonish, this museum focuses on local history.

Apple Capital Museum

In Berwick, this museum tells the story of local history and the apple industry in the area.

Archelaus Smith Museum

In Centreville, this museum explores the local history and culture of Cape Sable Island, including the life of Archelaus Smith.

Argyle Township Court House & Gaol

In Argyle, this museum is a restored 1800s courthouse and jail.

Avon Heritage Museum

In Avondale, this museum covers local maritime history, the New England Planters, and the ecology of the Avon River.

Baird's Tradesmen Museum

Located in Aspen, this museum displays antique tools from different trades.

Barney's River Station School Museum

In Barney's River Station, this museum is a typical one-room schoolhouse.

Bass River Heritage Museum

In Bass River, this museum shows local history and period room displays.

Bear River Heritage Museum

In Bear River, this museum shares local history and is run by the Bear River Historical Society.

Blair House Museum

Located in Kentville, this museum focuses on the area's agriculture industry and local history.

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

In Halifax, this museum tells the story of Canadian immigration. It's located at a historic entry point for immigrants.

Canso Islands National Historic Site

In Canso, this site has exhibits about local history and the history of Grassy Island Fort.

Candle in the Window

In Port George, this museum shows local history, collectibles, and crafts. (It might be closed now).

Canning Heritage Centre

In Canning, this center shares local history and items from country singer Wilf Carter.

Cape George Heritage School House

In Cape George, this historic schoolhouse displays items from life in a fishing community.

Carmichael Stewart House Museum

In New Glasgow, this historic house has local history and antique displays.

Chapel Hill Museum

In Shag Harbour, this museum shares local history and is located in a historic church building.

Chestico Museum

In Port Hood, this museum focuses on local history.

Churchill House

In Hantsport, this is a 19th-century Victorian period house.

Colchester Historeum

In Truro, this museum tells the local history and is run by the Colchester Historical Society.

Cole Harbour Heritage Farm

In Cole Harbour, this is a historic working farm museum. It has a farmhouse with items from three centuries and old farm machinery.

Cossit House

In Sydney, this is an 18th-century period house with guides in costumes. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Creamery Square Heritage Centre

In Tatamagouche, this center includes the Giantess Anna Swan Museum, the Sunrise Trail Museum with local history, and exhibits about Brule fossils (plants and animal footprints older than dinosaurs!). It also has a creamery exhibit.

Cumberland County Museum

In Amherst, this museum covers the industrial and social history of Cumberland County, and also has art exhibits.

Dartmouth Heritage Museum

In Dartmouth, this museum runs the Quaker House (from the late 1700s) and the Victorian Evergreen House.

DesBrisay Museum

In Bridgewater, this museum focuses on local history.

East Hants Historical Society Museum

Also known as the Lower Selma Museum, this spot in Selma shares local history.

Fishermen's Life Museum

In Jeddore Oyster Pond, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It's an early 1900s period fishermen's house.

Fort Point Museum

In LaHave, this museum focuses on local history.

Fraser's Homestead

In Glen Margaret, this is a historic house.

Fultz House

In Lower Sackville, this museum shares local history.

Glace Bay Heritage Museum

In Glace Bay, this museum tells the local history.

Goldboro Interpretive Centre

In Goldboro, this center shares local history and information about mining.

Grand-Pré National Historic Site

In Wolfville, this site teaches about the history and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation.

Gut of Canso Museum

In Port Hastings, this museum focuses on local history. It used to be called the Port Hastings Museum.

Haliburton House Museum

In Windsor, this is the home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton and is part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Hector Heritage Quay

In Pictou, this site includes a replica of the 18th-century ship Hector. It has an interpretive center about Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, and a carpentry shop.

Hildaniel Brown House

In New Ross, this is a 19th-century period house.

Inverness Miner's Museum

In Inverness, this museum covers coal mining and pioneer history. It's located in an old railway station.

James House Museum

In Bridgetown, this museum has local history, military, and art exhibits.

Jost House

In Sydney, this is an 18th-century house with rooms from different time periods.

Kings County Museum

In Kentville, this museum focuses on local history.

Knaut-Rhuland House Museum

In Lunenburg, this is an early 19th-century period house.

Lawrence House Museum

In Maitland, this is a mid-19th-century Victorian mansion of a shipbuilder. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse

In Pubnico, this is an open-air museum and part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It shows an early 20th-century Acadian village.

LeNoir Forge Museum

In Arichat, this museum shares local history.

Les Trois Pignons

In Chéticamp, this is an Acadian cultural center. It includes a Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, and exhibits on local history and culture.

Little School Museum

In Lockeport, this is a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse.

Little White School House Museum

In Truro, this museum is in a one-room school. It tells the history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-1800s to the early 1970s.

Loch Broom Log Church

In Loch Broom, this is a replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s.

Lordly House Museum

In Chester, this is a historic house.

Lyceum Museum

In Sydney, this museum focuses on local history.

MacAskill House Museum

In St. Peter's, this is the 20th-century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill.

MacDonald House Museum

In East Lake Ainslie, this is an 1850s period house with a barn, agriculture equipment, and a one-room school.

MacPhee House Community Museum

In Sheet Harbour, this museum shows what home and community life was like on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950.

Mahone Bay Museum

In Mahone Bay, this museum focuses on local history.

Malagash Area Heritage Museum

In Malagash, this museum is at the site of Canada's first rock salt mine. It covers the salt industry, fishing, farming, and local history.

Marble Mountain Library & Museum

In Marble Mountain, this museum shares the history of the marble quarry.

McCulloch Heritage Centre

In Pictou, this center focuses on local history.

McCulloch House Museum

Also in Pictou, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It tells the story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his work in education and politics in the early 1800s.

Memory Lane Heritage Village

In Lake Charlotte, this is a village set up to look like it did in the 1940s.

Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum

In Mount Hanley, this is a one-room schoolhouse museum.

Mulgrave Heritage Centre

In Mulgrave, this center focuses on local history.

Nicolas Denys Museum

In St. Peter's, this museum is about New France leader Nicolas Denys.

North Highlands Community Museum

In Cape North, this museum shares local history and information about rural life.

North Hills Museum

In Granville Ferry, this is a 1764 farmhouse with a collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, and furniture. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

North Queens Heritage House Museum

In Caledonia, this museum has local history and period room displays.

North Sydney Historical Museum

In North Sydney, this museum focuses on local history.

O'Dell House Museum

In Annapolis Royal, this is a Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern.

Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough

In Guysborough, this museum focuses on local history.

Old Meeting House Museum

In Barrington, this is an 18th-century meeting house and place of worship. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Old Temperance Hall Museum

In Smith's Cove, this museum shares local history.

Orangedale Historical Society Museum

In Orangedale, this museum focuses on local history.

Ottawa House by the Sea Museum

In Parrsboro, this museum shares local history.

Parkdale-Maplewood Museum

In Maplewood, this museum covers local history and rural life from 1840 to today.

Pelton-Fuller House

In Yarmouth, this was the late Victorian summer home of Alfred Fuller, the original "Fuller Brush Man."

Perkins House Museum

In Liverpool, this is an 18th-century period house and part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It teaches about early Nova Scotia culture and colonial life.

Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum

In Point Tupper, this museum focuses on local history.

Port Bickerton Lighthouse

In Port Bickerton, this museum shares local history and area maritime history.

Port Royal Farm and Country Museum

In Granville Ferry, this museum has farm tools, household items, and rural artifacts.

Port-Royal National Historic Site

Also in Granville Ferry, this site is a recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters.

Prescott House Museum

In Starr's Point, this is a mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Queens County Museum

In Liverpool, this museum focuses on local history.

Randall House Museum

In Wolfville, this is a 19th-century period house.

Riverview Ethnographic Museum

In Bear River, this museum has folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries.

Ross Farm Museum

In New Ross, this is a working farm museum from the 19th century.

Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum

In Shelburne, this is an 18th-century period store and house, part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Samuel Wood Museum

In Lower Woods Harbour, this museum shares local history.

Scott Manor House

In Bedford, this 18th-century house has local history artifacts.

Shand House Museum

In Windsor, this is a late 19th-century Victorian period house, part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Shelburne County Museum

In Shelburne, this museum focuses on local history.

Sherbrooke Village Museum

In Sherbrooke, this is a living museum that shows a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to just before World War I. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Sinclair Inn Museum

In Annapolis Royal, this is an 18th-century inn.

SS Atlantic Heritage Park

In Terence Bay, this center has recovered artifacts and a monument at the site where the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic sank in 1873.

St. Patrick's Church Museum

In Sydney, this museum has local history exhibits inside an 1828 church.

Stewiacke Valley Museum

In Upper Stewiacke, this museum focuses on local history.

Sydney Mines Heritage Museum

In Sydney Mines, this museum shares local history and is located in an old railway station.

Tupperville School Museum

In Bridgetown, this is a one-room schoolhouse museum.

Uniacke Estate Museum Park

In Mount Uniacke, this is an early 19th-century Georgian estate with beautiful antiques. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Valley Medical Heritage Museum

In Kentville, this museum tells the history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium.

Wallace and Area Museum

In Wallace, this museum focuses on local history.

Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum

Also known as the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, this spot in Shubenacadie includes an 1890s tin shop, a 1920s hardware store, and displays of local crafts, period living rooms, and military tributes.

Waverley Heritage Museum

In Waverley, this museum has local history exhibits inside an old church.

West Hants Historical Society Museum

In Windsor, this museum covers local and county history.

Weymouth Historical Society

In Weymouth, this society focuses on local history.

Whitman House Museum

In Canso, this museum shares local history.

Whitney Pier Historical Museum

In Sydney, this museum focuses on local history and is located in a former synagogue.

Yarmouth County Museum & Archives

In Yarmouth, this museum covers local history.

Science and Technology Museums

Explore the wonders of science, old machines, and how things work.

Balmoral Grist Mill Museum

In Balmoral Mills, this is a water-powered grist mill and part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Bangor Sawmill Museum

In Bangor, this museum has a restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill.

Bayhead Radio Museum

In Bayhead, this museum displays antique radios, and also hubcaps and license plates.

Blue Beach Fossil Museum

In Hantsport, this museum has fossils of tetrapods (early four-legged animals), fish, and plants.

Cape Breton Fossil Centre

In Sydney Mines, this center has plant fossils from the Sydney coal field.

Design Fort Computer Museum

In Annapolis Royal, this museum features vintage microcomputers and video games.

Fundy Geological Museum

In Parrsboro, this museum is about geology, rocks, minerals, and fossils. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Joggins Fossil Centre

In Joggins, this center displays fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs and information about area coal mining.

Marconi National Historic Site

In Glace Bay, this is the site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless station.

Mastodon Ridge

In Stewiacke, this roadside attraction has an interpretive center that displays mastodon bones found in the area and an exhibit about the Bay of Fundy.

Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum

In Milton, this museum is a blacksmith shop with old tools and equipment.

Nova Scotia Museum of Industry

In Stellarton, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It covers mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, and more.

Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum

In Parrsboro, this museum has fossils, rocks, and minerals.

Sutherland Steam Mill Museum

In Denmark, this is a restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Sydney Steel Plant Museum

In Sydney, this museum tells the history of the Sydney Steel Corporation.

Wile Carding Mill

In Bridgewater, this is a water-powered wool carding mill and part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Military and Aviation Museums

Learn about Canada's military history and the story of flight.

Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum

In Enfield, this museum explores Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage.

Cape Breton Highlanders Museum

In Sydney, this museum shares the history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders.

Cornwallis Military Museum

In Clementsport, this museum tells the history of the CFB Cornwallis military base.

Debert Military Museum

In Debert, this museum has military artifacts and history from CFS Debert.

Fort Anne National Historic Site

In Annapolis Royal, this site has fort ruins and a museum about over 400 years of military history.

Fort Edward National Historic Site

In Windsor, this site has an 18th-century blockhouse with exhibits.

Fort Petrie Military Museum

In New Victoria, this is a military museum.

Greenwood Military Aviation Museum

In Greenwood, this museum focuses on military aviation in Atlantic Canada.

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

In Halifax, this is a 19th-century fort where you can see living history demonstrations.

Maritime Command Museum

In Halifax, this museum covers the history of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command.

Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum

In Amherst, this museum tells the history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders.

Pictou County Military Heritage Museum

In New Glasgow, this museum explores the area's military past.

Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum

In Dartmouth, this museum has military displays.

Shearwater Aviation Museum

In Shearwater, this museum focuses on Canadian maritime military aviation.

Western Counties Military Museum

In Barrington, this museum is operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society.

Maritime Museums

Dive into the rich history of the sea, ships, and fishing in Nova Scotia.

Age of Sail Heritage Centre

In Port Greville, this center focuses on the area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage.

Cape Forchu Lighthouse

In Cape Forchu, this lighthouse has a museum in the keeper's quarters.

Dory Shop Museum

In Shelburne, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum and features a dory shop.

Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia

In Yarmouth, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It has vintage firefighting equipment and artifacts.

Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic

In Lunenburg, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It's all about fishing and the sea.

Fort Point Lighthouse

In Liverpool, this lighthouse has a keeper's house and teaches about maritime history.

HMCS Sackville

In Halifax, this is a 1940s World War II-era Flower-class corvette ship that is now a museum. You can visit it in the summer.

Halifax and South Western Railway Museum

In Lunenburg, this museum has a 1940s stationmaster's office, a model railroad, and artifacts.

Hector Heritage Quay

In Pictou, this site includes a replica of the 18th-century ship Hector and an interpretive center about Scottish settlers.

Killam Brothers' Shipping Office

In Yarmouth, this is a restored 19th-century shipping office.

Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit

In Digby, this museum is on a 98-foot fishing vessel.

LaHave Islands Marine Museum

In LaHave, this museum tells the history of inshore fisheries and life on the LaHave Islands.

Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum

In Little River, this museum focuses on the local fishing industry.

Louisbourg Marine Museum

In Louisbourg, this museum covers marine life, shipwreck artifacts, and fishing.

Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum

In New Victoria, this is a maritime museum.

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

In Halifax, this museum includes small boats and the CSS Acadia, a steam-powered survey ship launched in 1913. It's part of the Nova Scotia Museum.

Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre

In Shelburne, this center teaches about the area's shipbuilding industry.

Musée La Pirogue

In Chéticamp, this museum focuses on the fishing industry.

Northumberland Fisheries Museum

In Pictou, this museum covers the area's fishing industry and sea heritage. It has three locations, including an old railway station, a lobster hatchery, and a replica lighthouse.

Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre

In Port Bickerton, this center is at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse. It has a restored 1930s keeper's house and exhibits about lighthouses in Nova Scotia.

Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum

In Half Island Cove, this museum shows what life was like on a lightstation.

Seal Island Lighthouse Museum

In Barrington, this museum has a half-size replica of the original lighthouse and exhibits about lighthouses in the area.

Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre

In Wedgeport, this museum has equipment, items, and photos related to sport tuna fishing.

W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum

In Yarmouth, this museum has a simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with sheds for fishing, processing, and ship repair. It also has marine art and maritime gear.

Other Interesting Museums

These museums cover unique topics from music to sports and more!

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

In Baddeck, this site explores the life and work of inventor Alexander Graham Bell.

Anne Murray Centre

In Springhill, this center celebrates the life of singer Anne Murray.

Discovery Centre

In Halifax, this is a science museum where you can explore and learn.

Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre

In South Maitland, this center teaches about the natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history, and maritime heritage.

George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum

In Berwick, this museum displays carriages, sleighs, and related equipment.

Giant MacAskill Museum

In Englishtown, this museum tells the life story of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage.

Hank Snow Home Town Museum

In Liverpool, this museum is about musician Hank Snow. It also includes the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame and a railroad exhibit room.

Margaree Salmon Museum

In Northeast Margaree, this museum is about trout and salmon fishing and the life of the salmon.

Memory Lane Railway Museum

In Middleton, this museum has items and artifacts from the Dominion Atlantic Railway.

Moose River Gold Mines Museum

In Moose River Gold Mines, this is a park and gold mining museum.

Muriel's Doll Museum

In Berwick, this museum has a collection of dolls.

Musquodoboit Railway Museum

In Musquodoboit Harbour, this museum has information about railways.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

In Halifax, this museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. It explores the natural history of Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame

In Halifax, this hall celebrates outstanding athletes, teams, and sports builders in Nova Scotia.

Orangedale Railway Museum

In Orangedale, this museum is in an 1886 railroad station with artifacts, a model railroad, and equipment.

Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame

In New Glasgow, this hall celebrates the sports heritage of Pictou County.

River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum

In River Hebert, this museum focuses on coal mining.

Ross Creek Centre for the Arts

In Canning, this is an art center with a gallery.

Rossignol Cultural Centre

In Liverpool, this is a complex that includes several museums: the Apothecary Museum, Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History, Wildlife Museum, Folk Art Museum, an open-air Cultural Village, and the Outhouse Museum.

St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre

In Sherbrooke, this center teaches about salmon angling, the life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, and river ecology.

Springhill Miners' Museum

In Springhill, this museum focuses on area coal mining.

Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum

In Louisbourg, this museum tells the story of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its connections to the sea.

Thomas McCulloch Museum

In Halifax, this museum is part of Dalhousie University. It has preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, and butterflies.

Whale Interpretive Centre

In Pleasant Bay, this center teaches about the natural history of whales.

Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre

In Windsor, this center explores the history of ice hockey.

See also

• Nature centres in Nova Scotia

Museums That Are No Longer Open

Sometimes museums close down. Here are a couple that used to be open:

• Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre, Baddeck, closed in 2014.
• Wild Blueberry & Maple Centre, Oxford, closed in 2009.