Nova Scotia Museum is the corporate name for the most decentralized museum in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 - 27 museums across Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, including over 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, specialized museums and close to a million artifacts and specimens. These resources are managed either directly or through a unique system of co-operative agreements with societies and local boards. The NSM delivers its programs, exhibits and products to serve both local residents and tourists in Nova Scotian communities. Over 620,000 people visited last year, making it a huge part of the province's tourism infrastructure.

The NSM is created by the Nova Scotia Museum Act, a provincial legislation. Through its museums, collections, research, exhibits and programs, the Nova Scotia Museum provides Nova Scotians and visitors to the province with an opportunity to experience and learn about Nova Scotia's social and natural history.

History

The Nova Scotia Museum began with the collection of the Mechanics Institute in Halifax, founded in December 1831. The museum was formally established in 1868. The Rev. Dr. David Honeyman was the first curator. He was followed by Harry Piers

Harry Piers

Harry Piers, was a long-serving and influential historian and curator at the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Piers was born on February 12, 1870 in Halifax....

 who as curator from 1899 to 1940 oversaw a steady and meticulously documented expansion of the museum's collection.

List of individual museums

• The Acadian Village of Nova Scotia, Isle Madame
  Isle Madame
  Isle Madame is a Canadian island located at off the southeastern corner of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.The island was settled by France as part of its colony of Île-Royale . It is presumed to have been named for Madame de Maintenon, the second wife of France's King Louis XIV. After the fall...
  
   
  • Balmoral Grist Mill Museum
    Balmoral Grist Mill Museum
    The Balmoral Grist Mill Museum is a restored 1874 water powered grist mill located in Balmoral Mills, Nova Scotia. The site includes a 1 km walking trail along the ravine of Balmoral Brook. The mill is part of the Nova Scotia Museum system. Alexander MacKay owned this water-powered grist mill...
    
    , Balmoral
  • Barrington Woolen Mill, Barrington
    Barrington, Nova Scotia
    Barrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :...
    
    
  • Barrington Old Meeting House, Barrington
    Barrington, Nova Scotia
    Barrington is a municipal district in western Shelburne County, Nova Scotia.Barrington forms the southernmost part of the province and contains Cape Sable, the eastern boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine.- Demographics :...
    
    
  • Cossit House, Sydney
    Sydney, Nova Scotia
    Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
    
    
  • Dory Shop Museum, Shelburne
    Shelburne, Nova Scotia
    Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Shelburne County.-History:-Settlers:...
    
     
    • Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth
      Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
      Yarmouth is a town and fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Yarmouth County. The town is located in the heart of the world's largest lobster fishing grounds and has Canada's highest lobster catch.- History :The townsite may...
      
       
      • Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
        Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
        Lunenburg , is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality.The...
        
        
      • Fisherman's Life Museum, Jeddore-Oyster Pond
      • Fundy Geological Museum
        Fundy Geological Museum
        The Fundy Geological Museum is a geological museum in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. It first opened in 1993. It has received over 300,000 visitors since it opened, averaging more than 21,000 per year. The museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum system....
        
        , Parrsboro
        Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
        Parrsboro is a Canadian town located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.The town is known for its port on the Minas Basin, the Ship's Company Theatre productions and the Fundy Geological Museum.-History:...
        
         
        • Haliburton House Museum
          Haliburton House Museum
          The Haliburton House Museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum system and is located in Windsor, Nova Scotia. It was originally built in the 1830s for Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Windsor native who was one of Canada's first famous authors)...
          
          , Windsor
          Windsor, Nova Scotia
          Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
          
          
          • Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach
            Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach
            The Highland Village Museum / An Clachan Ghàidhealaich is an outdoor living history museum dedicated to Nova Scotia’s Gaelic folk-life, culture, and language...
            
            , Iona
            Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia
            Grand Narrows is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is at 45°57′24″ N, 60°47′32″ W.-Origin of name:...
            
            
          • Lawrence House Museum, Maitland
            Maitland, Hants County, Nova Scotia
            Maitland, East Hants, Nova Scotia is a village in the East Hants, Nova Scotia municipal district, and home to the historic Lawrence House Museum, part of the Nova Scotia Museum...
            
             
            • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
              Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
              The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a Canadian maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia.The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts...
              
              , Halifax
            • McCulloch House Museum
              McCulloch House Museum
              The McCulloch House Museum, a part of the Nova Scotia Museum and affiliated with the Hector Exhibit Centre and Archives is located in Pictou, Nova Scotia. It boasts interpretive materials designed to tell the story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the...
              
              , Pictou
              Pictou, Nova Scotia
              Pictou is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km north of the larger town of New Glasgow....
              
              
            • Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
              Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
              The Nova Scotia Museum of Industry is a provincial museum located in Stellarton, Nova Scotia dedicated to the story of Nova Scotia work and workers...
              
              , Stellarton
              Stellarton, Nova Scotia
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            • Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax
            • North Hills Museum, Granville Ferry
              Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
              Annapolis Royal is a town located in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Known as Port Royal until the Conquest of Acadia in 1710 by Britain, the town is the oldest continuous European settlement in North America, north of St...
              
               
              • Perkins House Museum, Liverpool
                Liverpool, Nova Scotia
                Liverpool is a Canadian community and former town located along the Atlantic Ocean of the Province of Nova Scotia's South Shore. It is situated within the Region of Queens Municipality which is the local governmental unit that comprises all of Queens County, Nova Scotia...
                
                
                • Prescott House Museum
                  Prescott House Museum
                  Prescott House is a historic house located in Starr's Point, Nova Scotia which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. Built between 1812 and 1816 by Charles Ramage Prescott as the centrepiece of his country estate called "Acacia Grove", it is one of the best preserved Georgian houses in Atlantic Canada...
                  
                  , Starrs Point
                  Starr's Point, Nova Scotia
                  Starr's Point is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County two miles west of Port Williams near the mouth of the Cornwallis River. It is an agricultural area noted for apple orchards. Wellington Dyke in Starr's Point encloses more than beside the Canard River...
                  
                   
                  • Ross Farm Museum
                    Ross Farm Museum
                    The Ross Farm Museum is an agricultural museum located in New Ross, Nova Scotia, about an hour's drive from Halifax. The exhibits feature working artisans, live animals, historic buildings, and antique implements and furnishings. The goal of the Ross Farm Museum is to give visitors an...
                    
                    , New Ross
                    New Ross, Nova Scotia
                    New Ross is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Chester Municipal District. Home of the Ross Farm Museum.New Ross was the end-point for construction of the Western segment of the Annapolis Road which was intended to eventually reach Halifax...
                    
                    
                    • Ross-Thomson House Museum, Shelburne
                      Shelburne, Nova Scotia
                      Shelburne is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the shire town of Shelburne County.-History:-Settlers:...
                      
                      
                    • Shand House Museum
                      Shand House Museum
                      The Shand House Museum is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. Located in Windsor, Nova Scotia, it was built in 1890-91 for Clifford and Henrie Shand. It is an late-Victorian Era home, and most of its elaborate machine-made trim features are still intact...
                      
                      , Windsor
                      Windsor, Nova Scotia
                      Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
                      
                       
                      • Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke
                        Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
                        Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia is a Canadian rural community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.Sherbrooke is nestled between Sherbrooke Lake and St. Mary's River...
                        
                        
                      • Sutherland Steam Mill Museum
                        Sutherland Steam Mill Museum
                        The Sutherland Steam Mill Museum is a restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s located in Denmark, Nova Scotia. The mill operated until 1958...
                        
                        , Denmark
                        Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
                        Tatamagouche is a Canadian village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometers north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along the south side of Tatamagouche Bay at the mouths of the French and Waugh Rivers...
                        
                        
                      • Uniacke Estate Museum Park, Mount Uniacke
                        Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia
                        Mount Uniacke is an unincorporated community in Hants County, Nova Scotia Canada. It lies about 40 km to the north of Halifax. , there were about 3,500 residents in the community ....
                        
                        
                      • Wile Carding Mill
                        Wile Carding Mill
                        The Wile Carding Mill is a defunct carding mill, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. The mill is now operated as a museum.This water-powered mill was owned and operated by the Wile family from 1860 to 1968. The Wiles ran the mill but employed a number of workers, usually unmarried women, to...
                        
                        , Bridgewater
                        Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
                        Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the navigable limit of the LaHave River. It is the largest town in the South Shore region. While the majority of the South Shore's economy is based upon the tourist trade, Bridgewater is more a commercial and industrial centre and...
                        
                        
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