Nova Scotia Museum

Nova Scotia Museum Telling Nova Scotia’s extraordinary stories. Over 620,000 people visited last year, making it a huge part of the province's tourism infrastructure.

Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) is the corporate name for the most decentralized museum in Canada - 28 museums across the province, including over 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, specialized museums and close to a million artifacts and specimens. These resources are managed either directly or through a unique system of co-operative agreements with societies and local boards. The NS

M delivers its programs, exhibits and products to serve both local residents and tourists in Nova Scotian communities.

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Nova Scotia drop a photo of your favourite tree in the comments.
06/05/2026

Nova Scotia drop a photo of your favourite tree in the comments.

The Nova Scotia Museum recognizes that it has an important role to play in addressing the climate crisis and modelling e...
06/05/2026

The Nova Scotia Museum recognizes that it has an important role to play in addressing the climate crisis and modelling environmental stewardship. Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time. Impacts are being felt across our province and around the world. Our well-being and our social and economic systems are linked to, and dependent on, the health of our environment.

As the provincial museum, we have a responsibility to help preserve, protect and promote our natural and cultural heritage; this includes the planet on which we live.

We must act now.

Learn about our ongoing efforts: https://museum.novascotia.ca/about -change-and-environmental-sustainability

We are all Treaty People.
06/04/2026

We are all Treaty People.

Signed in Boston, 15 December 1725, by J. Willard, Secretary of the General Court or Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and various leaders from First Nations in Nova Scotia and New England.

The final clause of the treaty states that it "shall be ratified at Annapolis Royal," which took place 300 years ago on 4 June 1726. No copies of that ratification exist at the Nova Scotia Archives.

This is an original document. Other copies of the original can be found at the National Archives (London UK) in the Colonial Office Papers, CO 217, Vol. 4, No. 349.

Transcript is from W. E. Daugherty, Maritime Indian treaties in historical perspective (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981); Treaty No. 239 in their numbered treaty series.

Date: 1725
Retrieval no.: Peace and Friendship Treaties Nova Scotia Archives O/S number 511
Link: https://archives.novascotia.ca/mikmaq/archives/?ID=615

06/04/2026

We are excited to celebrate West Hants Pride with free admission to Clifton Museum Park and The Birthplace of Hockey Museum! Saturday June 6, 10am - 4pm. Enjoy the parade down Gerrish St. and other great activities in the area. Check out westhantspride.ca for details.
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We love Gus ❤️

06/04/2026

What a beautiful day to visit Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village Museum! ☀️

We're open today from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and look forward to welcoming visitors for a day of history, culture, stunning views, and fresh Cape Breton air.

As always, well-behaved dogs are welcome on site, but for the safety and comfort of all visitors, we kindly ask that they remain on a leash at all times.

See you at the Village!

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1747 Summer Street
Halifax, NS
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