Name Town/City County Region Type Summary Acadia University Art Gallery Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley Art website , located in the Beveridge Arts Centre Acadian House Museum West Chezzetcook Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore History Local history, period room displays Acadian Museum Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island History Local history and Acadian culture [1] Admiral Digby Museum Digby Digby Southern Nova Scotia History Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items Africville Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History website , Museum about the Africville community that was situated on the northern shore of Halifax Harbour until the 1960s Age of Sail Heritage Centre Port Greville Cumberland Fundy Shore Maritime www.ageofsailmuseum.ca Area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage Alderney Landing Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Includes an art gallery Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Baddeck Victoria Cape Breton Island Biographical Life and works of inventor Alexander Graham Bell Amos Seaman School Museum Minudie Cumberland Fundy Shore History Local history exhibits in a former one room schoolhouse [2] An Drochaid Museum Mabou Inverness Cape Breton Island History Local history and Gaelic culture, also known as the Bridge Museum Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website , part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University , three galleries with exhibitions of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum Middleton Annapolis Annapolis Valley Multiple website , local history, Nova Scotia Museum 's clock and pocket watch collection, art gallery, 1940s general store and early 20th century schoolroom displays, operated by the Annapolis Valley Historical Society Anne Murray Centre Springhill Cumberland Fundy Shore Biographical Life of singer Anne Murray Antigonish Heritage Museum Antigonish Antigonish Northumberland Shore History website , local history Apple Capital Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley History Local history and area apple industry Archelaus Smith Museum Centreville Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History Local history and culture of Cape Sable Island , life of Archelaus Smith [3] Argyle Township Court House & Gaol Argyle Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Prison website , restored 19th century courthouse and jail Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Includes house and folk art by Maud Lewis Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Art Western branch Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum Enfield Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Aviation Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage Avon Heritage Museum Avondale Hants Fundy Shore Multiple website , local maritime history, New England Planters , local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology; operated by the Avon River Heritage Society Baird's Tradesmen Museum Aspen Guysborough Eastern Shore History Antique tools from different trades [4] [5] Balmoral Grist Mill Museum Balmoral Mills Colchester Northumberland Shore Mill Water-powered grist mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Bangor Sawmill Museum Bangor Digby Southern Nova Scotia Technology Restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill [6] Barney's River Station School Museum Barney's River Station Pictou Northumberland Shore Education website , typical one room school Bass River Heritage Museum Bass River Colchester Fundy Shore History website , local history, period room displays Bayhead Radio Museum Bayhead Colchester Fundy Shore Technology Antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates [7] Bear River Heritage Museum Bear River Annapolis Annapolis Valley History website , local history, operated by the Bear River Historical Society Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia Cherry Brook Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Ethnic Black Nova Scotian history and culture Black Loyalist Heritage Centre Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Ethnic website , local history of the Black Loyalists Blair House Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley History Area agriculture industry and local history Blue Beach Fossil Museum Hantsport Hants Fundy Shore Natural history website , fossil tetrapods , fish, invertebrates and plants Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point Canso Islands National Historic Site Canso Guysborough Eastern Shore History website , information , visitor center exhibits about local history and history of Grassy Island Fort Candle in the Window Port George Annapolis Annapolis Valley History Local history, collectibles and craft shop; may be closed [8] Canning Heritage Centre Canning Kings Annapolis Valley History website , local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter , operated by the Fieldwood Heritage Society [9] Cape Breton Fossil Centre Sydney Mines Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Natural history website , plant fossils from the Sydney coal field Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , operated by the Old Sydney Society, local history Cape Breton Highlanders Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Military website , history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders Cape Breton Miner's Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Mining website , coal mining, mining village and underground tour of the Ocean Deeps Colliery Cape Breton University Art Gallery Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Art website , located in the Student, Culture and Heritage Centre Cape Forchu Lighthouse Cape Forchu Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters Cape George Heritage School House Cape George Antigonish Cape George History Historic school house displaying artifacts from life in a fishing community. [10] Carmichael Stewart House Museum New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore History Historic house with local history and antiques displays [11] [12] Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Judique Inverness Cape Breton Island Music website Chapel Hill Museum Shag Harbour Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History Local history, located in a historic church building [13] Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum Centreville Kings Annapolis Valley Art Art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald Chestico Museum Port Hood Inverness Cape Breton Island History website , local history Churchill House Hantsport Hants Fundy Shore Historic house 19th century Victorian period house Colchester Historeum Truro Colchester Fundy Shore History website , local history, operated by the Colchester Historical Society Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Cole Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Agriculture website , historic working farm museum, farmhouse with household artifacts from three centuries, farm machinery Cornwallis Military Museum Clementsport Annapolis Annapolis Valley Military website , history of the CFB Cornwallis Cossit House Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Historic house website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , 18th century period house with costumed guides, operated by the Old Sydney Society Creamery Square Heritage Centre Tatamagouche Colchester Northumberland Shore Multiple website , includes Giantess Anna Swan Museum, Sunrise Trail Museum with local history and culture exhibits, Brule fossils exhibit of conifers and footprints of amphibians and reptiles older than the dinosaurs, and a creamery exhibit Crombie House New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Art website , display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art, paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff , the Group of Seven (artists) and their contemporaries Cumberland County Museum Amherst Cumberland Northumberland Shore Multiple website , industrial and social history of Cumberland County, art exhibits Dalhousie Arts Centre Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Part of Dalhousie University , includes a contemporary art gallery Dartmouth Heritage Museum Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Historic house website , operates the late 18th century Quaker House with whaling ties, and the Victorian period Evergreen House Debert Military Museum Debert Colchester Fundy Shore Military Military artifacts and history of CFS Debert deGarthe Gallery Peggys Cove Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Art Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe DesBrisay Museum Bridgewater Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History Local history Discovery Centre Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Science Dory Shop Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , dory shop East Hants Historical Society Museum Selma Hants Fundy Shore History website , local history, also known as the Lower Selma Museum Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Firefighting website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia Design Fort Computer Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Technology Vintage microcomputers and video games [14] Fishermen's Life Museum Jeddore Oyster Pond Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Historic house website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , early 20th century period fishermen's house Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum Fort Anne National Historic Site Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Military Fort ruins and museum of over 400 years of military history Fort Edward National Historic Site Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Military 18th century blockhouse with exhibits Fort Petrie Military Museum New Victoria Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Military [15] Fort Point Lighthouse Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history Fort Point Museum LaHave Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website , local history Fortress of Louisbourg Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Living Reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town Fraser's Homestead Glen Margaret Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Historic house website Fultz House Lower Sackville Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax History Local history Fundy Geological Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Fundy Shore Natural history Geology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre South Maitland Hants Fundy Shore Multiple website , natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history and maritime heritage George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley Transportation Carriages, sleighs and equipment [16] Giant MacAskill Museum Englishtown Victoria Cape Breton Island Biographical Life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage Gilberts Cove Lighthouse Gilberts Cove Digby Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , lighthouse museum operated by the Gilberts Cove and District Historical Society Glace Bay Heritage Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History Local history Goldboro Interpretive Centre Goldboro Guysborough Eastern Shore History Local history and mining [17] Grand-Pré National Historic Site Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley History History and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation Great Hall of Clans Museum Englishtown Victoria Cape Breton Island Ethnic website , part of The Gaelic College , social and military history of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Greenwood Kings Annapolis Valley Aviation website , military aviation in Atlantic Canada Gut of Canso Museum Port Hastings Inverness Cape Breton Island History website , local history, formerly the Port Hastings Museum Halifax Citadel National Historic Site Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military 19th-century fort with living history demonstrations Haliburton House Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Biographical Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton Halifax and South Western Railway Museum Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Railway website , 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts Hank Snow Home Town Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Music website , musician Hank Snow , includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room HMCS Sackville Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Maritime 1940s WW II-era Flower-class corvette museum ship, open in summer Hector Heritage Quay Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Maritime website , includes replica 18th-century ship Hector , interpretive center of Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, rigger's shop, carpentry shop, resident artist's studio Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach Iona Victoria Cape Breton Island Living Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village Hildaniel Brown House New Ross Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house 19th century period house [18] Inverness Miner's Museum Inverness Inverness Cape Breton Island Mining Coal mining and area pioneer history, located in a railway station, operated by the Ned MacDonald Historical Society [19] [20] James House Museum Bridgetown Annapolis Annapolis Valley History website , local history, military and art exhibits Joggins Fossil Centre Joggins Cumberland Fundy Shore Natural history Fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, area coal mining Jost House Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Historic house website , 18th-century house with rooms from different periods, operated by the Old Sydney Society Killam Brothers' Shipping Office Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime Operated by the Yarmouth County Museum & Archives , restored 19th century period shipping office Kings County Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley History Local history Khyber Centre for the Arts Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art Contemporary art centre Knaut-Rhuland House Museum Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit Digby Digby Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , 98' fishing vessel museum ship LaHave Islands Marine Museum LaHave Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands Lawrence House Museum Maitland Hants Fundy Shore History website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , mid-19th century Victorian period mansion of a shipbuilder Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse Pubnico Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Open air website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , early 20th century Acadian village LeNoir Forge Museum Arichat Richmond Cape Breton Island History website , local history Les Trois Pignons Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island Multiple website , Acadian cultural centre including Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, local history and culture Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum Little River Victoria Cape Breton Island Maritime information , local fishing industry Little School Museum Lockeport Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Education website , 19th century one room schoolhouse Little White School House Museum Truro Colchester Fundy Shore Education website , located in a one-room school, history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s Loch Broom Log Church Loch Broom Pictou Northumberland Shore Religious information , photos , replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s Lordly House Museum Chester Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Historic house website Louisbourg Marine Museum Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Maritime website , marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing Lunenburg Art Gallery Lunenburg Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Art website Lyceum Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , local history, operated by the Old Sydney Society MacAskill House Museum St. Peter's Richmond Cape Breton Island Historic house website , 20th century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill MacDonald House Museum East Lake Ainslie Inverness Cape Breton Island Historic house 1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school, operated by the Lake Ainslie Historical Society [21] MacPhee House Community Museum Sheet Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore History Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950 Mahone Bay Museum Mahone Bay Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website , local history Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum New Victoria Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Maritime information Malagash Area Heritage Museum Malagash Cumberland Northumberland Shore History information , site of the first rock salt mine in Canada, salt industry, fishing, farming, local history Marble Mountain Library & Museum Marble Mountain Inverness Cape Breton Island Mining information , history of the marble quarry Marconi National Historic Site Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Technology Site of Guglielmo Marconi 's first transatlantic wireless station Margaree Salmon Museum Northeast Margaree Inverness Cape Breton Island Sports website , trout and salmon fishing, life of the salmon [22] Maritime Command Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military History of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Maritime Includes small craft and the CSS Acadia , a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Mary E. Black Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website , contemporary crafts, operated by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design Mastodon Ridge Stewiacke Colchester Fundy Shore Natural history website , roadside attraction that includes a craft store, toy store, mini golf, and an interpretive centre which displays area mastodon bones and a Bay of Fundy exhibit McCulloch Heritage Centre Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore History website , local history McCulloch House Museum Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Ethnic Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the early 19th century Memory Lane Heritage Village Lake Charlotte Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Living website , 1940s period village Memory Lane Railway Museum Middleton Annapolis Annapolis Valley Railway website Archived 2017-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Dominion Atlantic Railway Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre Truro Colchester Fundy Shore First Nations website , Mi'kmaq heritage and culture, formerly known as the Glooscap Heritage Centre Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum Milton Queens Southern Nova Scotia Technology website , blacksmith shop with tools and equipment Moose River Gold Mines Museum Moose River Gold Mines Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Mining information under attractions , park and gold mining museum Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum Mount Hanley Annapolis Annapolis Valley Education One room schoolhouse MSVU Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website , part of Mount Saint Vincent University , contemporary art with a focus on the representation of women as cultural subjects and producers Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , area shipbuilding industry Mulgrave Heritage Centre Mulgrave Guysborough Eastern Shore History information , local history Muriel's Doll Museum Berwick Kings Annapolis Valley Toy information Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos West Pubnico Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Multiple website , Acadian history and culture, located in an 1864 historic house, collection of cameras Musée La Pirogue Chéticamp Inverness Cape Breton Island Maritime website , fishing industry Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum Church Point Digby Southern Nova Scotia Religious Early 20th century wooden church, largest wooden church in North America Musquodoboit Railway Museum Musquodoboit Harbour Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Railway information Nicolas Denys Museum St. Peter's Richmond Cape Breton Island Biographical website , New France leader Nicolas Denys North Highlands Community Museum Cape North Victoria Cape Breton Island History website , local history and rural life North Hills Museum Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website , website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 1764 farmhouse with collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, glassware and furniture North Queens Heritage House Museum Caledonia Annapolis Annapolis Valley History information under Attractions , local history, period room displays North Sydney Historical Museum North Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , local history Northumberland Fisheries Museum Pictou Pictou Northumberland Shore Maritime website , area fishing industry and sea heritage; 3 sites in town, including a Canadian former National Railway Station, a lobster hatchery , and a replica lighthouse Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum Amherst Cumberland Northumberland Shore Military website , history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre Port Bickerton Guysborough Eastern Shore Maritime information , information , located at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse, restored 1930s keeper's house and lighthouse, exhibits on lighthouses in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Museum of Industry Stellarton Pictou Northumberland Shore Industry Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , includes mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, railroads and more Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Natural history website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Sports Outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in Nova Scotia O'Dell House Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website , operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough Guysborough Guysborough Eastern Shore History website , information , local history Old Meeting House Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , 18th century meeting house and non-conformist house of worship, managed by the Cape Sable Historical Society Old Temperance Hall Museum Smith's Cove Digby Southern Nova Scotia History information , local history Orangedale Historical Society Museum Orangedale Inverness Cape Breton Island History website , local history Orangedale Railway Museum Orangedale Inverness Cape Breton Island Railway 1886 railroad station with artifacts, model railroad and equipment [23] Ottawa House by the Sea Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Central History website , local history Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum Half Island Cove Guysborough Eastern Shore Maritime information , information , way of life on a lightstation Parkdale-Maplewood Museum Maplewood Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia History website , local history, rural life from 1840 to present Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum Parrsboro Cumberland Central Natural history website [ permanent dead link ] Pelton-Fuller House Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Historic house website , operated by the Yarmouth County Historical Society, late Victorian period summer home of Alfred Fuller , the original "Fuller Brush Man" Perkins House Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , 18th century period house, history of early Nova Scotia pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle Pictou County Military Heritage Museum New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Military information , area's military past Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame New Glasgow Pictou Northumberland Shore Sports information Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum Point Tupper Richmond Cape Breton Island History information , local history Port Bickerton Lighthouse Port Bickerton Guysborough Eastern Shore History website , local history and area maritime history Port Loggia Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website , part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University 's Port Campus Port Royal Farm and Country Museum Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Agriculture information , farm implements and tools, farm household utensils, rural household items Port-Royal National Historic Site Granville Ferry Annapolis Annapolis Valley Open air Recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters Prescott House Museum Starr's Point Kings Annapolis Valley Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott Queens County Museum Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia History information , local history Randall House Museum Wolfville Kings Annapolis Valley Historic house 19th century period house, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum River Hebert Cumberland Central Mining information , coal mining Riverview Ethnographic Museum Bear River Annapolis Annapolis Valley Textiles information , folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries Ross Creek Centre for the Arts Canning Kings Annapolis Valley Art website , art centre with gallery Ross Farm Museum New Ross Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Agriculture 19th century working farm Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Historic house website , part of the Nova Scotia Museum , 18th century period store and house Rossignol Cultural Centre Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Multiple website , complex includes the Apothecary Museum; Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History; Wildlife Museum; Folk Art Museum; open air Cultural Village; Laing Art Gallery; Wildlife Art Gallery; Outhouse Museum Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum Dartmouth Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Military information [ permanent dead link ] Saint Mary's University Art Gallery Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Art website , part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax) , contemporary art Samuel Wood Museum Lower Woods Harbour Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History information , local history Scott Manor House Bedford Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Historic house 18th-century house with local history artifacts Seal Island Lighthouse Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Maritime website , operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society, 1/2 size replica of original lighthouse, exhibits of artifacts and memorabilia from lighthouses in the area Shand House Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , late 19th century Victorian period house Shearwater Aviation Museum Shearwater Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Aviation Canadian maritime military aviation Shelburne County Museum Shelburne Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia History website , local history Sherbrooke Village Museum Sherbrooke Guysborough Eastern Shore Living website , depicts a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Sherman Hines Museum of Photography Liverpool Queens Southern Nova Scotia Photography website , images, cameras and artifacts from key figures in Nova Scotian photography Sinclair Inn Museum Annapolis Royal Annapolis Annapolis Valley Historic house website , operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 18th century inn Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre Wedgeport Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime website , equipment, memorabilia and photos of sport tuna angling Springhill Miners' Museum Springhill Cumberland Central Mining information , area coal mining SS Atlantic Heritage Park Terence Bay Halifax Regional Municipality Eastern Shore Art website , interpretive center with recovered artifacts and monument at site of 1873 sinking of the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery Antigonish Antigonish Northumberland Shore Art information , part of St. Francis Xavier University St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre Sherbrooke Guysborough Eastern Shore Natural history website , salmon angling, life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, river ecology St. Patrick's Church Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , local history exhibits in an 1828 church, operated by the Old Sydney Society Stewiacke Valley Museum Upper Stewiacke Colchester Fundy Shore History website , website , local history Sutherland Steam Mill Museum Denmark Colchester Northumberland Shore Technology Restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum Louisbourg Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Railway website , coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections Sydney Mines Heritage Museum Sydney Mines Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , local history, located in a former railway station Sydney Steel Plant Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Industry website , history of the Sydney Steel Corporation Thomas McCulloch Museum Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality Metro Halifax Natural history website , part of Dalhousie University , preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, butterflies Tupperville School Museum Bridgetown Annapolis Annapolis Valley Education information , one room schoolhouse Uniacke Estate Museum Park Mount Uniacke Hants Fundy Shore Historic house Part of the Nova Scotia Museum , early 19th century period Georgian estate with fine antiques U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum Glace Bay Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Ethnic website , history and contributions of African Nova Scotians Valley Medical Heritage Museum Kentville Kings Annapolis Valley Medical information , history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre Wagmatcook Victoria Cape Breton Island First Nations website , history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People Wallace and Area Museum Wallace Cumberland Northumberland Shore History website , information , local history Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum Shubenacadie Hants Fundy Shore History website , also known at the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, includes 1890s tin shop, a hardware store from the 1920s,an artisans room, local handcrafts, period living rooms and clothing, farm relics, military tribute Waverley Heritage Museum Waverley Cumberland Metro Halifax History website [ permanent dead link ] West Hants Historical Society Museum Windsor Hants Fundy Shore History website , local and county history Western Counties Military Museum Barrington Shelburne Southern Nova Scotia Military website , operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society Weymouth Historical Society Weymouth Digby Southern Nova Scotia History website , local history Whale Interpretive Centre Pleasant Bay Inverness Cape Breton Island Natural history information , natural history of whales Whitman House Museum Canso Guysborough Eastern Shore History information , information , local history Whitney Pier Historical Museum Sydney Cape Breton Cape Breton Island History website , local history, located in a former synagogue Wile Carding Mill Bridgewater Lunenburg Southern Nova Scotia Textile Water-powered wool carding mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre Windsor Hants Fundy Shore Sports information , information , history of ice hockey W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia Maritime website , includes simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with fishing, processing and ship repair sheds, wharf decks and a coastal freighter, marine art, maritime gear and equipment Yarmouth County Museum & Archives Yarmouth Yarmouth Southwestern Nova Scotia History Local history 
