Museums in Nova Scotia

215 museums across Nova Scotia, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Pier 21 · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia · museum · Yarmouth · Must-see
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic · museum · Lunenburg · Must-see
Africville Museum · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Cape Breton Miners Museum · museum · Cape Breton · Must-see
Marconi National Historic Site · museum · Cape Breton · Must-see
Museum of Industry · museum · Pictou · Must-see
Steele Wheels Motor Museum · museum · Halifax · Must-see
DesBrisay Museum · museum · Lunenburg · Must-see
Fultz House Museum · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Lawrence House Museum · museum · Hants · Must-see
McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre · museum · Pictou · Must-see
Queens County Museum · museum · Queens · Must-see
Scott Manor House · museum · Halifax · Must-see
Alexander Graham Bell Museum · museum · Victoria
Tin Shop Museum · museum · Hants
Shearwater Aviation Museum · museum · Halifax
Naval Museum of Halifax · museum · Halifax
HMCS Sackville · museum · Halifax
CSS Acadia · museum · Halifax
Yarmouth County Museum and Archives · museum · Yarmouth
MacPhee House Museum · museum · Halifax
Old Court House · museum · Guysborough
Uniacke Estate Museum Park Entrance · museum · Hants
Wile Carding Mill · museum · Lunenburg
Balmoral Grist Mill Museum · museum · Colchester
Sutherland Steam Mill Museum · museum · Pictou
Perkins House · museum · Queens
Knaut-Rhuland House · museum · Lunenburg
Public Archives of Nova Scotia · museum · Halifax
Greenwood Aviation Museum · museum · Kings
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame · museum · Halifax
Halifax Citadel National Historic Site · museum · Halifax
Prescott House Museum · museum · Kings
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 · museum · Halifax
Hank Snow Museum · museum · Queens
Canadian Military Museum · museum · Halifax
Hooked Rug Museum of North America · museum · Halifax
Barrington Woolen Mill · museum · Shelburne
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre · museum · Shelburne
Dory Shop Museum · museum · Shelburne
Chestico Museum & Gift Shop · museum · Inverness
Sydney Mines Fossil Centre · museum · Cape Breton
Inverness Miners Museum · museum · Inverness
Moose River Gold Mines Memorial · museum · Halifax
Shelburne's Museums by the Sea · museum · Shelburne
Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum · museum · Cape Breton
Barney's River School House Museum · museum · Pictou
Cape George Heritage School Museum · museum · Antigonish
Colchester Historeum · museum · Colchester
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm · museum · Halifax
LaHave Islands Marine Museum · museum · Lunenburg
Malagash salt mine museum · museum · Cumberland
Whitney Pier Historical Society · museum · Cape Breton
St. Paul Island South Point light · museum · Victoria
Old Barrington Meeting House · museum · Shelburne
Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Museum · museum · Halifax
Nicolas Denys Museum · museum · Richmond
Stewiacke Valley Museum · museum · Colchester
Wedgeport Sport Tuna Fishing Museum · museum · Yarmouth
Margaree Salmon Museum · museum · Inverness
Wallace and Area Museum · museum · Cumberland
Hector Heritage Quay · museum · Pictou
LeNoir Forge · museum · Richmond
North Queens Heritage House Museum · museum · Queens
deGarthe Gallery · museum · Halifax
Carmichael-Stewart House Museum · museum · Pictou
Dominion Heritage School House Museum · museum · Cape Breton
Jost House · museum · Cape Breton
North Sydney Heritage Museum · museum · Cape Breton
SS Atlantic Heritage Interpretation Park · museum · Halifax
Strait Museum · museum · Inverness
Acadien House Museum · museum · Halifax
Antigonish Heritage Museum · museum · Antigonish
Cossit House Museum · museum · Cape Breton
Fisherman's Life Museum · museum · Halifax
Fort Point Museum · museum · Lunenburg
Goldenville Gold Mining Interpretive Centre · museum · Guysborough
Harbour · museum · Yarmouth
Oceanview Memorial · museum · Victoria
southwestern railway museum · museum · Lunenburg
Mulgrave Heritage Centre · museum · Guysborough
Northumberland Fisheries Museum · museum · Pictou
Shag Harbour UFO Centre · museum · Shelburne
Peggy of the Cove · museum · Halifax
Paul's Hall · museum · Halifax
River John Heritage Museum · museum · Pictou
Chapel Hill Museum · museum · Shelburne
Lower Selma Museum · museum · Hants
Goldboro Interpretive Centre · museum · Guysborough
Coastal Discovery Centre · museum · Cape Breton
Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum · museum · Queens
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia · museum · Yarmouth
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum · museum · Halifax
Black Smith Shop · museum · Kings
Blair House · museum · Kings
Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre · museum · Antigonish
Churchill House · museum · Hants
Clifton Museum · museum · Hants
Clifton Museum Park · museum · Hants
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum · museum · Halifax
Cumberland County Museum & Archives · museum · Cumberland
Driftwood Gallery · museum · Richmond
Evergreen House · museum · Halifax
Fairbanks Centre · museum · Halifax
Fortress of Louisbourg · museum · Cape Breton
Ft. Anne NHS · museum · Annapolis
Fundy Geological Museum · museum · Cumberland
Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Commemorative Gardens · museum · Kings
Joggins Fossil Centre · museum · Cumberland
Little White Schoolhouse · museum · Colchester
Lordly House Museum · museum · Lunenburg
Macdonald Museum · museum · Annapolis
Middleton Railway Museum · museum · Annapolis
Museum Boat Shop & Exhibit · museum · Lunenburg
North Highlands Community Museum · museum · Victoria
Oak Island Interpretive Center · museum · Lunenburg
Orangedale Railway Museum · museum · Inverness
Ottawa House By The Sea · museum · Cumberland
Oxford Riverside Gallery · museum · Cumberland
Paradise Heritage Centre · museum · Annapolis
Peace Park Pavillion · museum · Halifax
SS Atlantic Interpretative Centre · museum · Halifax
St. Mary's River Association Salmon Musuem · museum · Guysborough
St. Patricks · museum · Cape Breton
Tatamagouche Heritage Center Ship Workshop · museum · Colchester
Tatamagouche Heritage Centre · museum · Colchester
The Bridge · museum · Inverness
Uniacke House · museum · Hants
Antiques and Art Gallery · museum · Annapolis
Apple Capital Museum · museum · Kings
Army Museum · museum · Halifax
Baird's Tradesmen Museum · museum · Guysborough
Bear River First Nation Heritage & Cultural Centre · museum · Digby
Blast To The Past · museum · Hants
Cranston Gallery · museum · Lunenburg
DR. Elizabeth Lefort Gallery & Museum: Les Trois Pignons · museum · Inverness
Ethan Rouse Nature and Wildlife Gallery · museum · Victoria
Foundry Art Gallery · museum · Lunenburg
Goldmine Interpretive Centre · museum · Guysborough
Harvest Gallery · museum · Kings
Heritage Interpretive Classroom · museum · Lunenburg
Hermes Gallery · museum · Halifax
Ilio Fibre Art · museum · Annapolis
Iron Art · museum · Victoria
Isabel Simpson Heritage Centre · museum · Cumberland
Jost House Museum · museum · Cape Breton