Best known as the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell was also one of the outstanding figures of his generation in the education of the deaf. Bell first came to Baddeck in 1885 and returned the next year to ...

Constructed in 1787, Cossit House is Sydney’s oldest home. Heritage interpreters in period costume welcome you at this restored one-and-a-half storey house, believed to be the oldest surviving house in Sydney. Buil ...

A visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg — the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America — is a series of experiences that set a mood. Ramparts, streets, households and interpreters help to c ...

The Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, the only institution of its kind in North America, has gained an international reputation for helping maintain and preserve Gaelic language and culture. Students travel to C ...

The aim of this project is to restore the Old Town Hall in Glace Bay to its former glory and establish a fully operational heritage museum. The project has a time line with the 100th birthday since Glace Bay was establis ...

The Highland Village is a living history museum and folk life centre that celebrates the Gaelic experience in Nova Scotia. On a 43-acre hillside overlooking the world-renouned Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia's rich ...

Established in the former Canadian National Railway Station (1901), the Museum's purpose is to promote, conserve, research, communicate, and exhibit history, heritage, and local culture to the community and visitors. Ext ...

Les Trois Pignons, a cultural and information centre is a reflection of the desire in the community to not only preserve the past but to move into the future with Acadian culture intact.Dr. Elizabeth LeFort, "Canada ...

Wallace R. MacAskill (1890-1956) has been called the world's best marine photographer. His photos portray the changing majesty of Nova Scotia landscape and the seas along its rocky coast, through all seasons and in all w ...

A drive around Lake Ainslie to MacDonald House Museum will provide you with spectacular views of Bald Eagles, Osprey, beautiful blue water and rolling hills. On calm evenings you will hear the call of the loon. Trout f ...