Queens County Museum

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Queens County Museum
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Queens County Museum
Established1980 (1980)
Location Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
Coordinates 44°02′23″N64°42′43″W / 44.0397°N 64.7119°W / 44.0397; -64.7119
Type Heritage museum
Accreditation Canadian Museums Association
Key holdings Simeon Perkins diaries, scale-replica of the Liverpool Packet, Mi'kmaq artifacts
Collections Mi'kmaq, natural history, Privateer, military, shipbuilding
Website queenscountymuseum.com

The Queens County Museum is a heritage museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. [1]

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History

The Queens County Museum was established in 1980. The building was constructed to resemble a colonial warehouse, [2] as it is located next to the Perkins House Museum, which is a preserved colonial home built in 1766. [3]

The museum is home to the Simeon Perkins diaries, which detail Perkins' life in Liverpool from 1766 to his death in 1812. [4]

In 2016, the museum received a grant of CA$2,000 from the Region of Queens Municipality, the first grant received from the municipality in 35 years. [5]

In 2017, the Queens County Museum agreed to begin operating the historic Liverpool Courthouse, which had sat vacant since 2015. After the Queens County Museum took ownership of the courthouse, it became the Queens Museum of Justice & Exhibit Centre. [6]

A book containing a Babe Ruth autograph was donated to the Queen County Museum in 2015. In 1933, 11-year-old Granville Nickerson approached Ruth and asked him to sign his copy of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. [7]

The Queens County Museum began operating the Fort Point Lighthouse in Liverpool as a seasonal attraction in 2021. [8]

Thomas Raddall Research Centre

The Queens County Museum houses the Thomas Raddall Research Centre, which contains a library of local history materials. Publicly accessible archival holdings include genealogical, shipping, probate, and census records; a Mi'kmaq and Black Nova Scotian history collection, and every issue of the Queens County Advance published since 1929. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ McKenna, Barb (7 December 2016). "A Charles Dickens' London comes to Queens County Museum". PNI Atlantic News . Liverpool, N.S.: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  2. ↑ [Tourism NS] (2025). "Queens County Museum". Halifax, N.S.: Tourism Nova Scotia. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Perkins House". Perkins House. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Diary of Simeon Perkins". Perkins House. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  5. ↑ McKenna, Barb (27 June 2016). "Queens County Museum finally gets grant after public outcry". PNI Atlantic News . Liverpool, N.S.: Postmedia Network . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  6. ↑ [CKBW] (9 March 2017). "Queens County Museum to operate Liverpool Courthouse". CKBW-FM . Bridgewater, N.S.: Acadia Broadcasting . Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ↑ [CBC] (26 August 2015). "Babe Ruth autograph donated to Queens County Museum". CBC News . Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Evan (25 March 2021). "Fort Point Lighthouse To Be Managed By Queens County Museum". CKBW-FM . Bridgewater, N.S.: Acadia Broadcasting . Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Raddall Research Centre". Queens County Museum. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  10. ↑ [CBC] (26 June 2018). "Queens County Advance prints final edition after 140 years". CBC News . Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 14 November 2025.


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