List of museums in Nova Scotia

This list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Town/City County Region Type Summary
Acadia University Art Gallery Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley Art website, located in the Beveridge Arts Centre
Acadian House Museum West Chezzetcook Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore History Local history, period room displays
Acadian Museum Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island History Local history and Acadian culture[1]
Admiral Digby Museum Digby Digby Southern Nova Scotia History Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items
Africville Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History website, Museum about the Africville community that was situated on the northern shore of Halifax Harbour until the 1960s
Age of Sail Heritage Centre Port Greville Cumberland Fundy Shore Maritime www.ageofsailmuseum.ca Area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage
Alderney Landing Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Includes an art gallery
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Baddeck Victoria Cape Breton Island Biographical Life and works of inventor Alexander Graham Bell
Amos Seaman School Museum Minudie Cumberland Fundy Shore History Local history exhibits in a former one room schoolhouse[2]
An Drochaid Museum Mabou Inverness Cape Breton Island History Local history and Gaelic culture, also known as the Bridge Museum
Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website, part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, three galleries with exhibitions of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design
Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum Middleton Annapolis Annapolis Valley Multiple website, local history, Nova Scotia Museum's clock and pocket watch collection, art gallery, 1940s general store and early 20th century schoolroom displays, operated by the Annapolis Valley Historical Society
Anne Murray Centre Springhill Cumberland Fundy Shore Biographical Life of singer Anne Murray
Antigonish Heritage Museum Antigonish Antigonish Northumberland Shore History website, local history
Apple Capital Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley History Local history and area apple industry
Archelaus Smith Museum Centreville Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History Local history and culture of Cape Sable Island, life of Archelaus Smith[3]
Argyle Township Court House & Gaol Argyle Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Prison website, restored 19th century courthouse and jail
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Includes house and folk art by Maud Lewis
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Art Western branch
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum Enfield Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Aviation Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage
Avon Heritage Museum Avondale Hants Fundy Shore Multiple website, local maritime history, New England Planters, local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology; operated by the Avon River Heritage Society
Baird's Tradesmen Museum Aspen Guysborough Eastern Shore History Antique tools from different trades[4][5]
Balmoral Grist Mill Museum Balmoral Mills Colchester Northumberland Shore Mill Water-powered grist mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Bangor Sawmill Museum Bangor Digby Southern Nova Scotia Technology Restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill[6]
Barney's River Station School Museum Barney's River Station Pictou Northumberland Shore Education website, typical one room school
Bass River Heritage Museum Bass River Colchester Fundy Shore History website, local history, period room displays
Bayhead Radio Museum Bayhead Colchester Fundy Shore Technology Antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates[7]
Bear River Heritage Museum Bear River Annapolis Annapolis Valley History website, local history, operated by the Bear River Historical Society
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia Cherry Brook Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Ethnic Black Nova Scotian history and culture
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Ethnic website, local history of the Black Loyalists
Blair House Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley History Area agriculture industry and local history
Blue Beach Fossil Museum Hantsport Hants Fundy Shore Natural history website, fossil tetrapods, fish, invertebrates and plants
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point
Canso Islands National Historic Site Canso Guysborough Eastern Shore History website, information, visitor center exhibits about local history and history of Grassy Island Fort
Candle in the Window Port George Annapolis Annapolis Valley History Local history, collectibles and craft shop; may be closed[8]
Canning Heritage Centre Canning Kings Annapolis Valley History website, local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter, operated by the Fieldwood Heritage Society[9]
Cape Breton Fossil Centre Sydney Mines Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Natural history website, plant fossils from the Sydney coal field
Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, operated by the Old Sydney Society, local history
Cape Breton Highlanders Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Military website, history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders
Cape Breton Miner's Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Mining website, coal mining, mining village and underground tour of the Ocean Deeps Colliery
Cape Breton University Art Gallery Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Art website, located in the Student, Culture and Heritage Centre
Cape Forchu Lighthouse Cape Forchu Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters
Cape George Heritage School House Cape George Antigonish Cape George History Historic school house displaying artifacts from life in a fishing community.[10]
Carmichael Stewart House Museum New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore History Historic house with local history and antiques displays[11][12]
Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Judique Inverness Cape Breton Island Music website
Chapel Hill Museum Shag Harbour Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History Local history, located in a historic church building[13]
Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum Centreville Kings Annapolis Valley Art Art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald
Chestico Museum Port Hood Inverness Cape Breton Island History website, local history
Churchill House Hantsport Hants Fundy Shore Historic house 19th century Victorian period house
Colchester Historeum Truro Colchester Fundy Shore History website, local history, operated by the Colchester Historical Society
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Cole Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Agriculture website, historic working farm museum, farmhouse with household artifacts from three centuries, farm machinery
Cornwallis Military Museum Clementsport Annapolis Annapolis Valley Military website, history of the CFB Cornwallis
Cossit House Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Historic house website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house with costumed guides, operated by the Old Sydney Society
Creamery Square Heritage Centre Tatamagouche Colchester Northumberland Shore Multiple website, includes Giantess Anna Swan Museum, Sunrise Trail Museum with local history and culture exhibits, Brule fossils exhibit of conifers and footprints of amphibians and reptiles older than the dinosaurs, and a creamery exhibit
Crombie House New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Art website, display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art, paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, the Group of Seven (artists) and their contemporaries
Cumberland County Museum Amherst Cumberland Northumberland Shore Multiple website, industrial and social history of Cumberland County, art exhibits
Dalhousie Arts Centre Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Part of Dalhousie University, includes a contemporary art gallery
Dartmouth Heritage Museum Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Historic house website, operates the late 18th century Quaker House with whaling ties, and the Victorian period Evergreen House
Debert Military Museum Debert Colchester Fundy Shore Military Military artifacts and history of CFS Debert
deGarthe Gallery Peggys Cove Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Art Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe
DesBrisay Museum Bridgewater Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History Local history
Discovery Centre Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Science
Dory Shop Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, dory shop
East Hants Historical Society Museum Selma Hants Fundy Shore History website, local history, also known as the Lower Selma Museum
Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Firefighting website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia
Design Fort Computer Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Technology Vintage microcomputers and video games[14]
Fishermen's Life Museum Jeddore Oyster Pond Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Historic house website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century period fishermen's house
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Fort Anne National Historic Site Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Military Fort ruins and museum of over 400 years of military history
Fort Edward National Historic Site Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Military 18th century blockhouse with exhibits
Fort Petrie Military Museum New Victoria Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Military [15]
Fort Point Lighthouse Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history
Fort Point Museum LaHave Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website, local history
Fortress of Louisbourg Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Living Reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town
Fraser's Homestead Glen Margaret Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Historic house website
Fultz House Lower Sackville Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History Local history
Fundy Geological Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Fundy Shore Natural history Geology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre South Maitland Hants Fundy Shore Multiple website, natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history and maritime heritage
George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley Transportation Carriages, sleighs and equipment[16]
Giant MacAskill Museum Englishtown Victoria Cape Breton Island Biographical Life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage
Gilberts Cove Lighthouse Gilberts Cove Digby Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, lighthouse museum operated by the Gilberts Cove and District Historical Society
Glace Bay Heritage Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History Local history
Goldboro Interpretive Centre Goldboro Guysborough Eastern Shore History Local history and mining[17]
Grand-Pré National Historic Site Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley History History and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation
Great Hall of Clans Museum Englishtown Victoria Cape Breton Island Ethnic website, part of The Gaelic College, social and military history of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia
Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Greenwood Kings Annapolis Valley Aviation website, military aviation in Atlantic Canada
Gut of Canso Museum Port Hastings Inverness Cape Breton Island History website, local history, formerly the Port Hastings Museum
Halifax Citadel National Historic Site Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military 19th-century fort with living history demonstrations
Haliburton House Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Biographical Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Halifax and South Western Railway Museum Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Railway website, 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts
Hank Snow Home Town Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Music website, musician Hank Snow, includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room
HMCS Sackville Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Maritime 1940s WW II-era Flower-class corvette museum ship, open in summer
Hector Heritage Quay Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Maritime website, includes replica 18th-century ship Hector, interpretive center of Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, rigger's shop, carpentry shop, resident artist's studio
Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach Iona Victoria Cape Breton Island Living Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village
Hildaniel Brown House New Ross Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house 19th century period house[18]
Inverness Miner's Museum Inverness Inverness Cape Breton Island Mining Coal mining and area pioneer history, located in a railway station, operated by the Ned MacDonald Historical Society[19][20]
James House Museum Bridgetown Annapolis Annapolis Valley History website, local history, military and art exhibits
Joggins Fossil Centre Joggins Cumberland Fundy Shore Natural history Fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, area coal mining
Jost House Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Historic house website, 18th-century house with rooms from different periods, operated by the Old Sydney Society
Killam Brothers' Shipping Office Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime Operated by the Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, restored 19th century period shipping office
Kings County Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley History Local history
Khyber Centre for the Arts Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Contemporary art centre
Knaut-Rhuland House Museum Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house
Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit Digby Digby Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, 98' fishing vessel museum ship
LaHave Islands Marine Museum LaHave Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands
Lawrence House Museum Maitland Hants Fundy Shore History website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th century Victorian period mansion of a shipbuilder
Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse Pubnico Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Open air website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century Acadian village
LeNoir Forge Museum Arichat Richmond Cape Breton Island History website, local history
Les Trois Pignons Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island Multiple website, Acadian cultural centre including Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, local history and culture
Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum Little River Victoria Cape Breton Island Maritime information, local fishing industry
Little School Museum Lockeport Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Education website, 19th century one room schoolhouse
Little White School House Museum Truro Colchester Fundy Shore Education website, located in a one-room school, history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s
Loch Broom Log Church Loch Broom Pictou Northumberland Shore Religious information, photos, replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s
Lordly House Museum Chester Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house website
Louisbourg Marine Museum Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Maritime website, marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing
Lunenburg Art Gallery Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Art website
Lyceum Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, local history, operated by the Old Sydney Society
MacAskill House Museum St. Peter's Richmond Cape Breton Island Historic house website, 20th century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill
MacDonald House Museum East Lake Ainslie Inverness Cape Breton Island Historic house 1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school, operated by the Lake Ainslie Historical Society[21]
MacPhee House Community Museum Sheet Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore History Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950
Mahone Bay Museum Mahone Bay Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website, local history
Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum New Victoria Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Maritime information
Malagash Area Heritage Museum Malagash Cumberland Northumberland Shore History information, site of the first rock salt mine in Canada, salt industry, fishing, farming, local history
Marble Mountain Library & Museum Marble Mountain Inverness Cape Breton Island Mining information, history of the marble quarry
Marconi National Historic Site Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Technology Site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless station
Margaree Salmon Museum Northeast Margaree Inverness Cape Breton Island Sports website, trout and salmon fishing, life of the salmon[22]
Maritime Command Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military History of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Maritime Includes small craft and the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Mary E. Black Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website, contemporary crafts, operated by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design
Mastodon Ridge Stewiacke Colchester Fundy Shore Natural history website, roadside attraction that includes a craft store, toy store, mini golf, and an interpretive centre which displays area mastodon bones and a Bay of Fundy exhibit
McCulloch Heritage Centre Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore History website, local history
McCulloch House Museum Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Ethnic Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the early 19th century
Memory Lane Heritage Village Lake Charlotte Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Living website, 1940s period village
Memory Lane Railway Museum Middleton Annapolis Annapolis Valley Railway website Archived 2017-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, memorabilia and artifacts from the Dominion Atlantic Railway
Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre Truro Colchester Fundy Shore First Nations website, Mi'kmaq heritage and culture, formerly known as the Glooscap Heritage Centre
Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum Milton Queens Southern Nova Scotia Technology website, blacksmith shop with tools and equipment
Moose River Gold Mines Museum Moose River Gold Mines Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Mining information under attractions, park and gold mining museum
Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum Mount Hanley Annapolis Annapolis Valley Education One room schoolhouse
MSVU Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website, part of Mount Saint Vincent University, contemporary art with a focus on the representation of women as cultural subjects and producers
Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, area shipbuilding industry
Mulgrave Heritage Centre Mulgrave Guysborough Eastern Shore History information, local history
Muriel's Doll Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley Toy information
Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos West Pubnico Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Multiple website, Acadian history and culture, located in an 1864 historic house, collection of cameras
Musée La Pirogue Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island Maritime website, fishing industry
Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum Church Point Digby Southern Nova Scotia Religious Early 20th century wooden church, largest wooden church in North America
Musquodoboit Railway Museum Musquodoboit Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Railway information
Nicolas Denys Museum St. Peter's Richmond Cape Breton Island Biographical website, New France leader Nicolas Denys
North Highlands Community Museum Cape North Victoria Cape Breton Island History website, local history and rural life
North Hills Museum Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website, website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 1764 farmhouse with collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, glassware and furniture
North Queens Heritage House Museum Caledonia Annapolis Annapolis Valley History information under Attractions, local history, period room displays
North Sydney Historical Museum North Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, local history
Northumberland Fisheries Museum Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Maritime website, area fishing industry and sea heritage; 3 sites in town, including a Canadian former National Railway Station, a lobster hatchery, and a replica lighthouse
Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum Amherst Cumberland Northumberland Shore Military website, history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders
Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre Port Bickerton Guysborough Eastern Shore Maritime information, information, located at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse, restored 1930s keeper's house and lighthouse, exhibits on lighthouses in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Museum of Industry Stellarton Pictou Northumberland Shore Industry Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, includes mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, railroads and more
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Natural history website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Sports Outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in Nova Scotia
O'Dell House Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern
Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough Guysborough Guysborough Eastern Shore History website, information, local history
Old Meeting House Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century meeting house and non-conformist house of worship, managed by the Cape Sable Historical Society
Old Temperance Hall Museum Smith's Cove Digby Southern Nova Scotia History information, local history
Orangedale Historical Society Museum Orangedale Inverness Cape Breton Island History website, local history
Orangedale Railway Museum Orangedale Inverness Cape Breton Island Railway 1886 railroad station with artifacts, model railroad and equipment[23]
Ottawa House by the Sea Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Central History website, local history
Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum Half Island Cove Guysborough Eastern Shore Maritime information, information, way of life on a lightstation
Parkdale-Maplewood Museum Maplewood Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website, local history, rural life from 1840 to present
Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Central Natural history website[permanent dead link‍], fossils, rocks, minerals
Pelton-Fuller House Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Historic house website, operated by the Yarmouth County Historical Society, late Victorian period summer home of Alfred Fuller, the original "Fuller Brush Man"
Perkins House Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house, history of early Nova Scotia pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle
Pictou County Military Heritage Museum New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Military information, area's military past
Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Sports information
Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum Point Tupper Richmond Cape Breton Island History information, local history
Port Bickerton Lighthouse Port Bickerton Guysborough Eastern Shore History website, local history and area maritime history
Port Loggia Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website, part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University's Port Campus
Port Royal Farm and Country Museum Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Agriculture information, farm implements and tools, farm household utensils, rural household items
Port-Royal National Historic Site Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Open air Recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters
Prescott House Museum Starr's Point Kings Annapolis Valley Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott
Queens County Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia History information, local history
Randall House Museum Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley Historic house 19th century period house, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society
River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum River Hebert Cumberland Central Mining information, coal mining
Riverview Ethnographic Museum Bear River Annapolis Annapolis Valley Textiles information, folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts Canning Kings Annapolis Valley Art website, art centre with gallery
Ross Farm Museum New Ross Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Agriculture 19th century working farm
Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Historic house website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period store and house
Rossignol Cultural Centre Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Multiple website, complex includes the Apothecary Museum; Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History; Wildlife Museum; Folk Art Museum; open air Cultural Village; Laing Art Gallery; Wildlife Art Gallery; Outhouse Museum
Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military information[permanent dead link‍]
Saint Mary's University Art Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website, part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax), contemporary art
Samuel Wood Museum Lower Woods Harbour Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History information, local history
Scott Manor House Bedford Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Historic house 18th-century house with local history artifacts
Seal Island Lighthouse Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society, 1/2 size replica of original lighthouse, exhibits of artifacts and memorabilia from lighthouses in the area
Shand House Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, late 19th century Victorian period house
Shearwater Aviation Museum Shearwater Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Aviation Canadian maritime military aviation
Shelburne County Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History website, local history
Sherbrooke Village Museum Sherbrooke Guysborough Eastern Shore Living website, depicts a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Sherman Hines Museum of Photography Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Photography website, images, cameras and artifacts from key figures in Nova Scotian photography
Sinclair Inn Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 18th century inn
Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre Wedgeport Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime website, equipment, memorabilia and photos of sport tuna angling
Springhill Miners' Museum Springhill Cumberland Central Mining information, area coal mining
SS Atlantic Heritage Park Terence Bay Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Art website, interpretive center with recovered artifacts and monument at site of 1873 sinking of the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic
St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery Antigonish Antigonish Northumberland Shore Art information, part of St. Francis Xavier University
St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre Sherbrooke Guysborough Eastern Shore Natural history website, salmon angling, life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, river ecology
St. Patrick's Church Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, local history exhibits in an 1828 church, operated by the Old Sydney Society
Stewiacke Valley Museum Upper Stewiacke Colchester Fundy Shore History website, website, local history
Sutherland Steam Mill Museum Denmark Colchester Northumberland Shore Technology Restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Railway website, coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections
Sydney Mines Heritage Museum Sydney Mines Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, local history, located in a former railway station
Sydney Steel Plant Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Industry website, history of the Sydney Steel Corporation
Thomas McCulloch Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Natural history website, part of Dalhousie University, preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, butterflies
Tupperville School Museum Bridgetown Annapolis Annapolis Valley Education information, one room schoolhouse
Uniacke Estate Museum Park Mount Uniacke Hants Fundy Shore Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century period Georgian estate with fine antiques
U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Ethnic website, history and contributions of African Nova Scotians
Valley Medical Heritage Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley Medical information, history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium
Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre Wagmatcook Victoria Cape Breton Island First Nations website, history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People
Wallace and Area Museum Wallace Cumberland Northumberland Shore History website, information, local history
Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum Shubenacadie Hants Fundy Shore History website, also known at the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, includes 1890s tin shop, a hardware store from the 1920s,an artisans room, local handcrafts, period living rooms and clothing, farm relics, military tribute
Waverley Heritage Museum Waverley Cumberland Metro Halifax History website[permanent dead link‍], local history exhibits in a former church
West Hants Historical Society Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore History website, local and county history
Western Counties Military Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Military website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society
Weymouth Historical Society Weymouth Digby Southern Nova Scotia History website, local history
Whale Interpretive Centre Pleasant Bay Inverness Cape Breton Island Natural history information, natural history of whales
Whitman House Museum Canso Guysborough Eastern Shore History information, information, local history
Whitney Pier Historical Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website, local history, located in a former synagogue
Wile Carding Mill Bridgewater Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Textile Water-powered wool carding mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum
Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Sports information, information, history of ice hockey
W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime website, includes simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with fishing, processing and ship repair sheds, wharf decks and a coastal freighter, marine art, maritime gear and equipment
Yarmouth County Museum & Archives Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia History Local history

See also

Defunct museums

References

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