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Museums

Ross Farm Winter
Discover the Past at Ross Farm Museum

Ross Farm Museum is a living, working, farm museum depicting 150 years of agriculture in Nova Scotia. Rosebank Cottage, the original home of the Ross family, was built in 1817. During your visit there, you may see food being prepared over an open fire, straw hats being woven or wool
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The Army Museum at the Halifax Citadel
Army Museum at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

The Army Museum is a private, non-profit institution preserving and promoting Atlantic Canada’s military heritage. Located at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, the museum is open seasonally, with FREE admission each Remembrance Day.  The museum features a number of illuminating artifacts and the exhibition, ‘Road to Vimy’, an installation commemorating
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Pier 21 Nowruz
Nowruz at the Museum

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is an ancestral festivity that marks the first day of spring and the renewal of nature. Rooted in a 3,000-year-old mythology, today more than 300 million people celebrate Nowruz worldwide through a variety of different practices and rituals that welcome new beginnings. All are welcome
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Discovery Centre Rubiks
Discovery Centre: Beyond Rubik’s Cube

The world’s most popular puzzle – the Rubik’s Cube! This Fall, the feature exhibit, ‘Beyond Rubik’s Cube’, will be coming to the Discovery Centre. This multi-sensory, interactive experience celebrates over 40 years of creativity based on world’s most popular puzzle. Examine first-hand how a small puzzle became, and remains, a
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Museum of Natural History Sensory Friendly Sundays

Autism Nova Scotia and the Museum of Natural History presents Sensory Friendly Sundays at the Museum from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on the first Sunday of each month. During this time, you can enjoy all the museum has to offer, including an earlier opening time, reduced lighting, reduced sound,
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Halifax Citadel
The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site opens for the 2019 season on Tuesday, May 7th.  The big event will be celebrated with 78th Highlander pageantry, pipes and drum performances, guided tours, and of course the historic noon gun. Planning some summer fun? Why not sign your kids up for A Soldier’s Life –
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Museum
Welcome Wednesdays at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a magical space for young explorers! Each Wednesday morning, the Museum invites young families, daycares and newcomers to visit the exhibits and have fun with puppets, toys, colouring, crafts and story time. Their self-guided and staff-guided activities vary each week with special guests
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A Soldier's Life, Parks Canada program at the Halifax Citadel. Photo by Debbie Malaidack
Enlist your Kids in the Army! Hands-on Adventure with A Soldier’s Life at The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Who says history can’t be fun?  To experience history hands-on, I dispatched two very special envoys to check out A Soldier’s Life, now in its fourth year at the Halifax Citadel and Historic Site. With a strong sense of adventure and a keen interest in military history, my Godson and his brother, aged
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Pier 21 Family
Family Bonds and Belonging Exhibition Opening at Pier 21

What is family, anyway? Can you pick your family or is it determined by biology? Is family the people you share holidays with? Or, is it more of a feeling? Family Bonds and Belonging honours and interprets the many ideas of family. Through four themes –belonging, growth and change, gatherings
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Louisbourg Wake up in the past Photo by Debbie Malaidack
18th Century Camping at the Fortress Louisbourg: An Incredible, Historical Cape Breton Experience from Parks Canada

Would your family enjoy spending the night alone in an 18th Century fortress…with only a single sheet of canvas between you and the elements? How about the freedom to explore the restored town, beach and trails throughout the night, and then again the next morning, before any visitors or staff arrive? With
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