The Acadian Village of Nova Scotia / Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse	West Pubnico	June 15 - Oct.15
Located on a 17-acre panoramic site overlooking the Pubnico Harbour, the Acadian Village presents and interprets Nova Scotia's Acadian heritage. On site, visit houses, a fish shed and a blacksmith shop. The Village is located in Pubnico, the oldest Acadian region still inhabited by descendants of its founder, Baron Philippe Muis-d'Entremont. Learn an Acadian phrase from bilingual guides. Tour the site, interpretive displays, and Visitors Reception Centre.
Balmoral Grist Mill	Balmoral Mills	June 1 - Oct.15
In the 1880s, Alexander MacKay's water-powered grist mill was just one of five mills on Matheson's Brook grinding wheat, oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat into flour and meal. Today it is one of the few mills left in the province and offers visitors the opportunity to see flour being ground and to examine the mill's unique Scottish oat-drying kiln.
Barrington Woolen Mill	Barrington	June1-Sept.30
Begun by local citizens in 1882 and taken over by Robert Doane in 1894, this water-turbine-powered mill made yarn and cloth from local wool for nearly 80 years. In 1968 its carding machines, spinning mule, loom, twister, and skeiner became part of the Nova Scotia Museum.
Cossit House	Sydney	June 1 - Oct.15
In 1787 the Reverend Ranna Cossit, the first Anglican minister assigned to Cape Breton, built what is believed to be the oldest surviving house in Sydney. Today his simple one-and-a-half-storey home with its gable roof has been restored to its late-18th-century appearence.
The Dory Shop Museum	Shelburne	June 1 - Sept. 30
When the John Williams dory shop was established in 1880 dories were in great demand for use in the Banks fishery. This shop was a "dory factory": its five to seven workers were organized into an elementary production line and produced hundreds of dories each year.
Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia	Yarmouth	Year Round
You can see almost every kind of fire engine ever used in Nova Scoita in this Museum, from an 1819 Hopwood and Tilley hand-drawn hand pumper to an 1863 Amoskeag steam fire engine, to a 1933 motor-driven Chev pumper. Smaller items on display include photos of famous fires, rubber and leather water buckets, and antique toy fire engines.
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic	Lunenburg	Year Round (limited winter hours)
Visit us on Lunenburg's waterfront and experience Atlantic Canada's seafaring heritage! Explore fresh and saltwater aquariums filled with neat native fish, our large Bluenose exhibit, the Banks Fisheries Gallery, the Hall of Inshore Fisheries, the Dory Shop, our Whales & Whaling and August Gales exhibits, the Fishermen's Memorial Room, and lots of other exhibits about shipbuilding, rum-running, life in fishing communities & old marine engines. Experience demonstrations of seafaring skills, lobster traps & traditional crafts.
Fisherman's Life Museum	Jeddore Oyster Ponds	June 1 - Oct.15
This modest house is a typical Nova Scotia inshore fisherman's house of the early 1900s. It has been furnished with the ordinary things of rural living in Nova Scotia fishing communities: a parlour pump organ, hooked mats, grandmother's favorite dishes, and a wood stove.
Fundy Geological Museum	Parrsboro	Year Round
This important and exciting museum exhibits minerals, fossils, and models that help the visitor explore prehistoric landscape and life in the Bay of Fundy region. The Museum is set against a natural backdrop featuring the world's highest tides, rich mineral deposits, and the famous fossil cliffs. Learn about Canada's oldest dinosaurs and reptiles.
Haliburton House Museum	Windsor	June 1 - Oct.15
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was a lawyer, judge, historian, and member of the Legislative Assembly and the British House of Commons, but he is best remembered as the creator of Sam Slick, the fictional Yankee clock peddler, whose witty sayings are still used. Haliburton's villa, set in a 16-hectare (40-acre) estate overlooking Windsor, was built in 1836. A series of walking trails now wind throughout this extensive estate with its tall trees and old apple orchard.
Highland Village/ An Clachan Gàidhealach	Iona	May 20 - Oct. 15
The Highland Village is a 43 acre living history museum and cultural centre that interprets, presents and celebrates Nova Scotia's Gaelic language and culture. Overlooking the world famous Bras d'Or Lakes, costumed staff in 10 period buildings take visitors on a journey through 140 years of cultural evolution in Scotland and Nova Scotia. In addition to the museum, the site also features Gaelic programming, special cultural events, Roots Cape Breton Genealogy & Family History Centre, a music research centre and outdoor amphiteathre.
Lawrence House Museum	Maitland, Hants County	June 1 - Oct.15
Lawrence House is representative of the homes of Nova Scotia's prosperous small-town shipbuilders, owners, and captains in the Golden Age of Sail. Built in about 1870, it overlooked William D. Lawrence's shipbuilding yard on Cobequid Bay.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic	Halifax	Year Round
Explore the riches of Nova Scotia's maritime heritage. The Maritime Museum is located on Halifax's historic waterfront. See a big ship and small boats, models and figureheads, blocks, bells and ditty bags, sail needles, foghorns and much more to help show you why the sea gets in our blood.
McCulloch House Museum	Pictou	call between June1-Oct.15 for special events
Historic McCulloch House, built about 1806, was home to Reverend Dr. Thomas McCulloch, father of non-sectarian education in Nova Scotia and a leading naturalist. On display are some of McCulloch's furnishings, an original Audubon bird print, and samples from his scientific collection.
Museum of Industry	Stellarton	Year Round
Built on the site of the Foord Pit of the Albion Mines, this museum chronicles the impact of industry on the people, economy and landscape of the Province. The museum's exhibits tell the story of how changes in technology and the ways people worked affected their lives and their communities. See Canada's oldest surviving locomotives, Samson and Albion, an historic model railway layout, a belt-driven working machine shop, and a collection of Nova Scotia's unique Trenton glass.
Museum of Natural History	Halifax	Year Round
Discover the natural wonders of Nova Scotia's land and sea: ancient fossils, glittering gold, deadly mushrooms, frogs and snakes, whale skeletons and Canada's oldest dinosaurs. From an eagle's nest to the ocean floor, there's something for everyone. Explore displays of stunning Mi'kmaq artifacts and an archaeology gallery.
North Hills Museum	Granville Ferry	June 1 - Oct.15
Enter this simple 200-year-old farm house and be amazed at the elegant Georgian decor created by antiques collector Robert Patterson, who lived here among his fine collection of 18th-century paintings, furniture and furnishings. Imagine living a comfortable life surrounded by beautiful things, like the dresser filled with New Hall dishes from the1700s, rare Worcester and Spode china, and superb glass.
Old Meeting House	Barrington	June 1 - Sept.30
The Old Meeting House is the oldest nonconformist house of worship still standing in Canada. Framed in 1765 by the Cape Cod founders of Barrington, it was used by the local Council until 1838 and by various religious groups until 1934.
Perkins House Museum	Liverpool	June 1 - Oct.15
This house was built in 1766 for Simeon Perkins, merchant, judge and Member of the Assembly. Perkins also kept a remarkable diary in which he recorded events in his large family's life such as their vaccinations for smallpox, just at the period when this procedure was first being used.
Prescott House Museum	Starrs Point	June 1 - Oct.15
Built as the home of the Honourable Charles Prescott about 1814, this is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in Nova Scotia. The house was restored by Mary Allison Prescott in the 1930s. She added a fine collection of oriental rugs, and a selection of early needlework samplers. The Museum also has an elegant garden and extensive grounds with some unusual trees.
Ross Farm Museum	New Ross	Year Round
Capture the flavour of country life in early Nova Scotia. Savor the delicious aromas of good food cooking over an open hearth or the fresh smell of wood shavings in the Cooper Shop. Walk alongside a team of oxen at work and touch cows, sheep, hens, pigs and more kittens than you can count. Explore living history and agriculture on an 1800s family farm.
Ross-Thomson House Museum	Shelburne	June 1 - Oct.15
Built about 1785, this double building served as house and store for George and Robert Ross (and later their clerk Robert Thomson and his family) during the Loyalist boom in Shelburne, when the community was twice the size of Halifax and larger than Montreal.
Shand House Museum	Windsor	June 1 - Oct. 15
With its original indoor plumbing, electricity, and factory-made furniture, Shand House provides an excellent link with Nova Scotia's industrial and economic history. The house has wonderful woodwork throughout and a tall tower from which visitors can see the Avon River and surrounding countryside for miles.
Sherbrooke Village	Sherbrooke	June 1 - Oct.15
Discover the peace and tranquility of village life in old Nova Scotia, unruffled by the gold rush that brought Sherbrooke instant prosperity in the 1860s. Hear the splash of the water-powered sawmill, the squeak of a horse-drawn wagon passing by, the muffled thump of the weaver at her loom or smell newly-shaved wood in the woodturner's shop. Explore more than 25 authentic buildings, from the rare Ambrotype photography studio to the pottery shop.
Sutherland Steam Mill	Denmark	June 1 - Oct.15
By the late 1800s, steam was replacing water as the motive force for industry in Nova Scotia. Alexander Sutherland built his mill in 1894, near the railway rather than by water. The Sutherland operation supplied the local community with rough-sawn wood, dressed lumber, wagons, carriages, windows, doors and fancy trim for houses.
Uniacke Estate Museum Park	Mount Uniacke	June 1 - Oct.15 (Trails Open Year Round)
Experience a grand country mansion and its parkland. Imagine you are visiting Richard John Uniacke, who built this wonderful estate nearly 200 years ago. There are 7 walking trails and a very special house to explore. Antique lovers will delight in the early Wedgwood china, fine George Adams furniture, colonial portraits and furnishings. Birdwatchers will love the Piliated Woodpeckers.
Wile Carding Mill	Bridgewater	June 1 - Sept.30
Dean Wile built his wool carding mill in 1860 and charged five cents a pound for picking and carding. He also made wool batts, which were used to stuff wool beds and quilts. Sense the power of the waterwheel and hear stories of women who worked at the mill.