8 Museums in Shelburne That You Shouldn't Miss

January 3, 2022 Kiesha Cripe

Discover the best top things to do in Shelburne, Canada including Dory Shop Museum, Shelburne's Museums By The Sea, Ross-Thomson House Museum, Osprey Arts Centre, Black Loyalist Heritage Centre, Tides of Time Gallery & GIfts, Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre, Little School Museum.
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1. Dory Shop Museum

Dock Street Historic Waterfront, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-4003 [email protected] http://www.shelburnemuseums.com/the-dory-shop
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4.5 based on 87 reviews

Dory Shop Museum

Reviewed By wimsey54 - Granum, Canada

Driving around Shelburne, we stopped to ask for info, from a fellow, who took us over to see the Dory Museum & boat building shop. We are grateful to have run into Mr. M Buchanan, the boat builder, and for him to share, his wonderful stories, of the Dory Boat & building. He was very friendly, informative, & interesting. We would definitely return!

2. Shelburne's Museums By The Sea

20 Dock St., Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-3219 [email protected] http://www.shelburnemuseums.com/
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4.5 based on 63 reviews

Shelburne's Museums By The Sea

​Shelburne’s Museums by the Sea is a group of three unique museums located in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. The Dory Shop Museum, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, is also a working dory shop and brings to life Shelburne’s rich boat building heritage. ​The Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum, also a part of the Nova Scotia Museum, is a living history museum interpreting the home and business lives of Loyalist settlers George and Robert Ross and Robert Thomson. Shelburne County Museum presents the diverse history and heritage of Shelburne County from the founding peoples - the Mi'kmaq, Loyalist, Black Loyalist, Acadian and Welsh - to the glorious age-of-sail shipbuilding era and the fishery. The museum complex is operated by the Shelburne Historical Society.

Reviewed By hans-jaguar - Santa Comba Dao, Portugal

By visiting the “Shelburne Museum Complex” you have to think that you are in a kind of open air museum, who is excisting out of one principal street. Being so the walk along the main street is a stroll through the past, For us personally whas the shop and small museum from the “Dolly” a small boat, You can see Shelburne as a bit of a small unique town with a solid history. A nice small location also for couples wit children.

3. Ross-Thomson House Museum

9 Charlotte Lane, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-3219 http://rossthomson.novascotia.ca/
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4.5 based on 31 reviews

Ross-Thomson House Museum

4. Osprey Arts Centre

107 Water, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-2359 [email protected] http://ospreyartscentre.ca/
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4.5 based on 10 reviews

Osprey Arts Centre

The Osprey Arts Centre, located on historic Dock Street along Shelburne’s picturesque harbour, presents popular and classical music, dance, live theatre, film, and art exhibitions. The Lobby Gallery presents visual art exhibits by professional and emerging artists with a local connection, while the theatre hosts a diverse selection of local and touring performances. The Osprey also hosts events across Shelburne County in schools and other venues and rents its space to community groups and private concerns for public and private functions such as weddings, meetings, conferences and lectures. Visit our website ospreyartscentre.ca for more information and details on upcoming events.

5. Black Loyalist Heritage Centre

119 Birchtown Rd, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-1310 [email protected] http://blackloyalist.com
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4.5 based on 114 reviews

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre

Depending on the weather you may want to bring a picnic lunch and nourish yourself before you begin this extraordinary experience of the old and new. Climb up the Shaw Turret where we commemorated all Black Loyalist communities as you overlook Birchtown Bay. Or enter into the Centre's Lindsey Gallery and dive into the multimedia presentation of the Black Loyalist journey from Africa to the US then to Nova Scotia and back to Africa. Explore the virtual copy of the Carlton's Book of Negroes and search for your ancestor who may have experienced part of this incredible journey. Also explore our amazing archaeological pit which embodies this extraordinary narrative of the past and present. Have fun examining the archaeological artifacts excavated here in Birchtown. Before you leave us please take the time to create a virtual quilt square that will tell us about your experience and how this story has impacted you and what you have learned. Please continue to explore our site and visit our historical buildings where you can view our Bunce Island exhibit and movie, the National Historic Monument that commemorated the 1783 Black Loyalist Landings of Nova Scotia, explore our Heritage Trail and visit the Pit House. Be prepared to spend some time with us.

Reviewed By RitaandPhilC - Shelburne, Canada

Set in beautiful surroundings this modern building exposes the visitors in a humbling and profound way to the authetic history of black loyalists and the struggles faced. It was a long time coming and so justly needed. Everyone hsould go and it shoudl be compulsory for all schools and colledges.

22 Spruce Street, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1L0 Canada +1 902-656-2259 [email protected] http://www.novascotia.com/see-do/fine-arts/tides-of-time-gallery-gifts/6076
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

7. Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre

13 Geroge Street, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1W0 Canada +1 902-875-1114 [email protected] http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/GetMuseumProfile.do?chinCode=guadms&lang=en
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3.0 based on 4 reviews

8. Little School Museum

29 37 Locke Street, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia B0T 1L0 Canada +1 902-656-2850 http://www.lockeport.ns.ca/page_1164222424125.html
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3.0 based on 1 reviews

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