Experience Arts & Culture in Nova Scotia this Winter
Create unforgettable memories with friends and family this winter through vibrant arts and crafts, UNESCO World Heritage sites and more!
From peace conferences to Scottish immigrants; shipwrecks to steam mills this region has a diverse and interesting history that is just waiting to be explored.
Hector Heritage Quay, Pictou
Board the Ship Hector replica and retrace the steps of the many Scottish immigrants who left their homes in search of a better life in the New World. This historic voyage marked the beginning of large-scale immigration to North America and is the reason Pictou became known as “the birthplace of New Scotland”.
McCulloch Heritage Centre, Pictou
Dedicated to telling the story of Scots in the new world, this extensive genealogical archive, which includes church, cemetery, census, and shipping records, community histories, and preserved newspapers, will help you explore family roots.
Northumberland Fisheries Museum, Pictou
Explore a rich array of artifacts from shipwrecks, a lighthouse, and an operating, one-of-a-kind lobster hatchery featuring an aquarium with rare coloured lobsters. The museum also offers an Adopt-a-Lobster program with each adopter receiving a certificate to commemorate the adoption and the opportunity to name their lobster.
Nova Scotia Museum of Industry, Stellarton
Behind the story of Nova Scotia’s industrial past, at the Museum of Industry you will discover technology, steam engines, cars, and coal mining. Costumed interpreters, interactive exhibits, and fascinating artifacts—including the nation’s oldest steam locomotives—tell the story of Nova Scotia’s early thriving industries.
Thinkers’ Lodge National Historic Site, Pugwash
The Village of Pugwash held the first Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in 1957. This conference, which hosted 22 scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain to discuss the threat of nuclear weapons, was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 and the site is now a National Historic Site.
Sutherland Steam Mill, Denmark and Balmoral Grist Mill, Balmoral Mills
Restored to its 19th-century glory, Sutherland Steam Mill displays the woodworking machinery the Sutherland family used to supply their community with dressed lumber, wagons, sleighs, windows and doors, and wooden “gingerbread” trim. Then, just a short drive down the road, watch grain being ground into flour with huge water-powered granite millstones at the Balmoral Grist Mill.
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