Top Things to do in Nova Scotia South Shore
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What to do and see in Nova Scotia South Shore, Southwest Nova Scotia: The Best Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Nova Scotia South Shore, United States including Laurie Swim Gallery, Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Dory Shop Museum, LaHave Islands Marine Museum, Ross-Thomson House Museum, Shelburne's Museums By The Sea, Spruce Top Rug Hooking Studio, Birdsall-Worthinton Pottery Ltd., Hank Snow Home Town Museum, Queens County Museum.
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1. Laurie Swim Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 66 reviews
Award-winning visual artist and author, who is nationally and internationally recognized; Laurie creates painterly works of art in fabric and thread portraying the landscapes and people of the South Shore. Visit the Laurie Swim Gallery in beautiful Old Town Lunenburg and see these beautiful works for yourself.
2. Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
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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.
3. Dory Shop Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 87 reviews
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!
4. LaHave Islands Marine Museum
5. Ross-Thomson House Museum
6. 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.
7. Spruce Top Rug Hooking Studio
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4.5 based on 23 reviews
Our studio contains a wonderful collection of galleries featuring some of Nova Scotia's finest artists and craftspeople. It's located in a mid-1800's house on the main street in Mahone Bay. Spruce Top also provides a wide range of rug hooking services and sales.
8. Birdsall-Worthinton Pottery Ltd.
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Darlene649
We found them in the community centre, in a studio location. Apparently this is their retirement project,downsized but still going strong! I loved their work.
9. 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.
