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Top 10 Specialty Museums in Nova Scotia South Shore, Southwest Nova Scotia
Discover the best top things to do in Nova Scotia South Shore, United States including Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Shelburne's Museums By The Sea, Hank Snow Home Town Museum, Perkins House Museum, LaHave Islands Marine Museum, Ross-Thomson House Museum, Queens County Museum, Rossignol Cultural Centre, Fort Point Museum, Halifax & Southwestern Railway Museum.
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1. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 902 reviews
2020 Guided Tour Experience In order to keep our visitors and staff safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, we have adapted the museum experience we offer this season. We are offering a guided tour of the first floor. The small group sizes allow for easy physical distancing and the wearing of a non-medical face mask is strongly recommended while on site. This high value experience gives the opportunity to discover how our ocean connects to our maritime identity. Small groups sizes allow for the benefit of a 1 to 5 staff to visitor ratio, and our staff are wow makers! Our ocean is a pillar of Nova Scotia’s natural and cultural heritage. We identify with our ocean but what are we doing to protect it? This tour will touch on some ocean preservation initiatives plus more! To book your tour: Call 902-930- FISH (3474)
Reviewed By cliffl973
My wife and I visited in late September. We expected to breeze through in maybe half an hour. Actually spent a couple of hours, and it was educational and informative and very entertaining. They have the best collections of shipbuilding tools I've seen, and a wonderful old birchbark canoe—just two of the many highlights of our visit. And make sure to view the cod-cleaning video by Rosie Tanner (I bough a DVD copy at the well-stocked gift shop for a friend who fancies himself an expert fish cleaner). Lisa, the interpretive guide at the aquarium, was personable, enthusiastic, and a font of knowledge. My only suggestion for the acquarium might be that they provide a nook or crevice for the Wolf Fish to retire to when he's feeling shy. On our two-week driving tour of Western Nova Scotia, this was certainly one of the most enjoyable experiences.
2. Shelburne's Museums By The Sea
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
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. Hank Snow Home Town Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By Singent - Halifax, Canada
We visited the Hank Snow Home Town Museum yesterday. It was very easy to find as it is located in the old railway station. What a great venue for this museum, considering the connection Hank Snow had to it. This museum is well maintained and is a lovely tribute to Hank Snow and there is even a display for other country artists from Nova Scotia. There are some of Hank’s costumes and many of displays of his personal items. There are even two of his cars here. The gift shop has books, CD’s, T-shirts and many other items to choose from. The prices are very reasonable and tax free. Hank Snow had a very difficult early life and it’s truly heart warming to see how he overcame many obstacles to be a star on stage and in life. This is a museum you truly must visit.
4. Perkins House Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
5. LaHave Islands Marine Museum
6. Ross-Thomson House Museum
7. Queens County Museum
8. Rossignol Cultural Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By 210brendaa - Groton, United States
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit! Not only were the exhibits fascinating but Wendy, the attendant working that day, was extremely knowledgeable about the founder of the museum as well as all of the exhibits. She had many wonderful stories about the origins of some of the pieces. And at $5 per person you can't go wrong! We spent 2 hours just talking to Wendy after we had finished touring all of the rooms and the outdoor exhibits!
9. Fort Point Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Local museum focused on preserving the history of the community of LaHave through the many artifacts that fill the museum alongside wonderful staff to guide you along the way. In addition to the breathtaking history the museum the grounds feature picturesque views perfect for picnics on the coast or just enjoying the sun on the beach .
10. Halifax & Southwestern Railway Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By Jasper-Dreams
So this review is horrendously late. My girlfriend and I visited this fantastic place (or rather stumbled upon it) during a trip to Canada for a friend's wedding that we extended into a holiday to Nova Scotia. It was a warm September in 2018 (not 2019 but TA will not let me input earlier) and we were out biking the back roads heading back to our B&B when I cam across a sign indicating this railway museum. Now I love my trains and the girlfriend was willing to tolerate a detour. I expected to have fun as I love watching model trains and I was NOT disappointed but the happier occurrence was my girlfriend's taking to the passion, whimsy and knowledge of the owner of this fine passion project of an establishment. They chatted happily away about running a small museum while I gazed at tiny trains passing through meticulously created historical local landscapes. A true joy and I'm sorry it took me so long to say so BUT I've only recently started a TA profile.
