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| Name | Town/City | County | Region | Type | Summary | | Acadia University Art Gallery | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | website, located in the Beveridge Arts Centre |
| Acadian House Museum | West Chezzetcook | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | History | Local history, period room displays |
| Acadian Museum | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history and Acadian culture[1] |
| Admiral Digby Museum | Digby | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items |
| Age of Sail Heritage Centre | Port Greville | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Maritime | www.ageofsailmuseum.ca Area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage |
| Alderney Landing | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Includes an art gallery |
| Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site | Baddeck | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | Life and works of inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| Amos Seaman School Museum | Minudie | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | History | Local history exhibits in a former one room schoolhouse[2] |
| An Drochaid Museum | Mabou | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history and Gaelic culture, also known as the Bridge Museum |
| Anna Leonowens Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515232205/http://nscad.ca/en/home/galleriesevents/galleries/default.aspx website], part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, three galleries with exhibitions of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design |
| Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum | Middleton | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Multiple | website, local history, Nova Scotia Museum's clock and pocket watch collection, art gallery, 1940s general store and early 20th century schoolroom displays, operated by the Annapolis Valley Historical Society |
| Anne Murray Centre | Springhill | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Biographical | Life of singer Anne Murray |
| Antigonish Heritage Museum | Antigonish | Antigonish | Northumberland Shore | History | website, local history |
| Apple Capital Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history and area apple industry |
| Archelaus Smith Museum | Centreville | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history and culture of Cape Sable Island, life of Archelaus Smith[3] |
| Argyle Township Court House & Gaol | Argyle | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Prison | website, restored 19th century courthouse and jail |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Includes house and folk art by Maud Lewis |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Art | Western branch |
| Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum | Enfield | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Aviation | Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage |
| Avon Heritage Museum | Avondale | Hants | Fundy Shore | Multiple | website, local maritime history, New England Planters, local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology; operated by the Avon River Heritage Society |
| Baird's Tradesmen Museum | Aspen | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | Antique tools from different trades[4][5] |
| Balmoral Grist Mill Museum | Balmoral Mills | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Mill | Water-powered grist mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Bangor Sawmill Museum | Bangor | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Technology | Restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill[6] |
| Barney's River Station School Museum | Barney's River Station | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Education | website, typical one room school |
| Bass River Heritage Museum | Bass River | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | website, local history, period room displays |
| Bayhead Radio Museum | Bayhead | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Technology | Antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates[7] |
| Bear River Heritage Museum | Bear River | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | [https://bearrivermuseum.wordpress.com/heritage-museum/ website], local history, operated by the Bear River Historical Society |
| Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia | Cherrybrook | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Ethnic | Black Nova Scotian history and culture |
| Black Loyalist Heritage Centre | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Ethnic | website, local history of the Black Loyalists |
| Blair House Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Area agriculture industry and local history |
| Blue Beach Fossil Museum | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Natural history | website, fossil tetrapods, fish, invertebrates and plants |
| Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point |
| Canso Islands National Historic Site | Canso | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | website, information, visitor center exhibits about local history and history of Grassy Island Fort |
| Candle in the Window | Port George | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history, collectibles and craft shop; may be closed[8] |
| Canning Heritage Centre | Canning | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | website, local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter, operated by the Fieldwood Heritage Society[9] |
| Cape Breton Fossil Centre | Sydney Mines | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | website, plant fossils from the Sydney coal field |
| Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100558/http://www.oldsydney.com/cape-breton-centre-for-heritage-science/ website], operated by the Old Sydney Society, local history |
| Cape Breton Highlanders Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Military | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301213632/http://cbmuseums.tripod.com/id44.html website], history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders |
| Cape Breton Miner's Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Mining | website, coal mining, mining village and underground tour of the Ocean Deeps Colliery |
| Cape Breton University Art Gallery | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Art | website, located in the Student, Culture and Heritage Centre |
| Cape Forchu Lighthouse | Cape Forchu | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters |
| Cape George Heritage School House | Cape George | Antigonish | Cape George | History | Historic school house displaying artifacts from life in a fishing community.[10] |
| Carmichael Stewart House Museum | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | History | Historic house with local history and antiques displays[11][12] |
| Celtic Music Interpretive Centre | Judique | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Music | website |
| Chapel Hill Museum | Shag Harbour | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history, located in a historic church building[13] |
| Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum | Centreville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | Art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald |
| Chestico Museum | Port Hood | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history |
| Churchill House | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | 19th century Victorian period house |
| Colchester Historeum | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | website, local history, operated by the Colchester Historical Society |
| Cole Harbour Heritage Farm | Cole Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Agriculture | website, historic working farm museum, farmhouse with household artifacts from three centuries, farm machinery |
| Cornwallis Military Museum | Clementsport | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Military | website, history of the CFB Cornwallis |
| Cossit House | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | [https://cossithouse.novascotia.ca/ website], part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house with costumed guides, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Creamery Square Heritage Centre | Tatamagouche | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Multiple | website, includes Giantess Anna Swan Museum, Sunrise Trail Museum with local history and culture exhibits, Brule fossils exhibit of conifers and footprints of amphibians and reptiles older than the dinosaurs, and a creamery exhibit |
| Crombie House | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150111202749/http://www.thecrombiehouse.com/ website], display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art, paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, the Group of Seven (artists) and their contemporaries |
| Cumberland County Museum | Amherst | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | Multiple | website, industrial and social history of Cumberland County, art exhibits |
| Dalhousie Arts Centre | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Part of Dalhousie University, includes a contemporary art gallery |
| Dartmouth Heritage Museum | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Historic house | website, operates the late 18th century Quaker House with whaling ties, and the Victorian period Evergreen House |
| Debert Military Museum | Debert | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Military | Military artifacts and history of CFS Debert |
| deGarthe Gallery | Peggy's Cove | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Art | Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe |
| DesBrisay Museum | Bridgewater | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history |
| Discovery Centre | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Science |
| Dory Shop Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, dory shop |
| East Hants Historical Society Museum | Selma | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, local history, also known as the Lower Selma Museum |
| Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Firefighting | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia |
| Design Fort Computer Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Technology | Vintage microcomputers and video games[14] |
| Fishermen's Life Museum | Jeddore Oyster Pond | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Historic house | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century period fishermen's house |
| Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Fort Anne National Historic Site | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Military | Fort ruins and museum of over 400 years of military history |
| Fort Edward National Historic Site | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Military | 18th century blockhouse with exhibits |
| Fort Petrie Military Museum | New Victoria | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Military | [15] |
| Fort Point Lighthouse | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history |
| Fort Point Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, local history |
| Fortress of Louisbourg | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Living | Reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town |
| Fraser's Homestead | Glen Margaret | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Historic house | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100629114137/http://www.peggyofthecove.com/pages/tour/index.html website] |
| Fultz House | Lower Sackville | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Local history |
| Fundy Geological Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Natural history | Geology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre | South Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | Multiple | website, natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history and maritime heritage |
| George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Transportation | Carriages, sleighs and equipment[16] |
| Giant MacAskill Museum | Englishtown | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | Life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage |
| Gilberts Cove Lighthouse | Gilberts Cove | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, lighthouse museum operated by the Gilberts Cove and District Historical Society |
| Glace Bay Heritage Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history |
| Goldboro Interpretive Centre | Goldboro | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | Local history and mining[17] |
| Grand-Pré National Historic Site | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | History and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation |
| Great Hall of Clans Museum | Englishtown | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Ethnic | website, part of The Gaelic College, social and military history of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia |
| Greenwood Military Aviation Museum | Greenwood | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Aviation | website, military aviation in Atlantic Canada |
| Gut of Canso Museum | Port Hastings | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history, formerly the Port Hastings Museum |
| Halifax Citadel National Historic Site | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | 19th-century fort with living history demonstrations |
| Haliburton House Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Biographical | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton |
| Halifax and South Western Railway Museum | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Railway | website, 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts |
| Hank Snow Home Town Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Music | website, musician Hank Snow, includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room |
| Sackville|K181|6}} | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Maritime | Flower|corvette|1}} museum ship, open in summer |
| Hector Heritage Quay | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Maritime | website, includes replica 18th-century ship Hector, interpretive center of Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, rigger's shop, carpentry shop, resident artist's studio |
| Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach | Iona | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Living | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village |
| Hildaniel Brown House | New Ross | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | 19th century period house[18] |
| Inverness Miner's Museum | Inverness | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Mining | Coal mining and area pioneer history, located in a railway station, operated by the Ned MacDonald Historical Society[19][20] |
| James House Museum | Bridgetown | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | website, local history, military and art exhibits |
| Joggins Fossil Centre | Joggins | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Natural history | Fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, area coal mining |
| Jost House | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | website, 18th-century house with rooms from different periods, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Killam Brothers' Shipping Office | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | Operated by the Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, restored 19th century period shipping office |
| Kings County Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history |
| Khyber Centre for the Arts | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Contemporary art centre |
| Knaut-Rhuland House Museum | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house |
| Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit | Digby | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131142245/http://www.fundyrestaurant.com/ladyvanessa.shtml website], 98' fishing vessel museum ship |
| LaHave Islands Marine Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands |
| Lawrence House Museum | Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th century Victorian period mansion of a shipbuilder |
| Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse | Pubnico | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Open air | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century Acadian village |
| LeNoir Forge Museum | Arichat | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102131353/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/forge_e.html website], local history |
| Les Trois Pignons | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Multiple | website, Acadian cultural centre including Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, local history and culture |
| Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum | Little River | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102801/http://cbmuseums.tripod.com/id34.html information], local fishing industry |
| Little School Museum | Lockeport | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Education | [https://web.archive.org/web/20090331114534/http://www.lockeport.ns.ca/page_1164222424125.html website], 19th century one room schoolhouse |
| Little White School House Museum | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Education | website, located in a one-room school, history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s |
| Loch Broom Log Church | Loch Broom | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Religious | information, photos, replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s |
| Lordly House Museum | Chester | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | website |
| Louisbourg Marine Museum | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | website, marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing |
| Lunenburg Art Gallery | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Art | website |
| Lyceum Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100411072530/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/lyceum.html website], local history, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| MacAskill House Museum | St. Peter's | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102130448/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/Maskill.html website], 20th century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill |
| MacDonald House Museum | East Lake Ainslie | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | 1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school, operated by the Lake Ainslie Historical Society[21] |
| MacPhee House Community Museum | Sheet Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950 |
| Mahone Bay Museum | Mahone Bay | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, local history |
| Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum | New Victoria | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | information |
| Malagash Area Heritage Museum | Malagash | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | History | information, site of the first rock salt mine in Canada, salt industry, fishing, farming, local history |
| Marble Mountain Library & Museum | Marble Mountain | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Mining | information, history of the marble quarry |
| Marconi National Historic Site | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Technology | Site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless station |
| Margaree Salmon Museum | Northeast Margaree | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Sports | website, trout and salmon fishing, life of the salmon[22] |
| Maritime Command Museum | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | History of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command |
| Maritime Museum of the Atlantic | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Maritime | Includes small craft and the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Mary E. Black Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | website, contemporary crafts, operated by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design |
| Mastodon Ridge | Stewiacke | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Natural history | website, roadside attractino that includes a craft store, toy store, mini golf, and an interpretive centre which displays area mastodon bones and a Bay of Fundy exhibit |
| McCulloch Heritage Centre | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | History | website, local history |
| McCulloch House Museum | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Ethnic | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the early 19th century |
| Memory Lane Heritage Village | Lake Charlotte | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Living | website, 1940s period village |
| Memory Lane Railway Museum | Middleton | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Railway | website, memorabilia and artifacts from the Dominion Atlantic Railway |
| Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | First Nations | website, Mi'kmaq heritage and culture, formerly known as the Glooscap Heritage Centre |
| Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum | Milton | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Technology | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110405185522/http://www.qcis.ns.ca/blacksmith/index.html website], blacksmith shop with tools and equipment |
| Moose River Gold Mines Museum | Moose River Gold Mines | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Mining | information under attractions, park and gold mining museum |
| Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum | Mount Hanley | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Education | One room schoolhouse |
| MSVU Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | website, part of Mount Saint Vincent University, contemporary art with a focus on the representation of women as cultural subjects and producers |
| Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, area shipbuilding industry |
| Mulgrave Heritage Centre | Mulgrave | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091217114057/http://www.townofmulgrave.ca/Tourism/MulgraveHeritageCentre/tabid/1760/Default.aspx information], local history |
| Muriel's Doll Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Toy | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091123204400/http://www.annapolis-valley-vacation.com/museum.html information] |
| Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos | West Pubnico | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Multiple | website, Acadian history and culture, located in an 1864 historic house, collection of cameras |
| Musée La Pirogue | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720093429/http://cbmuseums.tripod.com/id58.html website], fishing industry |
| Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum | Church Point | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Religious | Early 20th century wooden church, largest wooden church in North America |
| Musquodoboit Railway Museum | Musquodoboit Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Railway | information |
| Nicolas Denys Museum | St. Peter's | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | [https://web.archive.org/web/20090705163839/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/denys.html website], New France leader Nicolas Denys |
| North Highlands Community Museum | Cape North | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history and rural life |
| North Hills Museum | Granville Ferry | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | website, website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 1764 farmhouse with collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, glassware and furniture |
| North Queens Heritage House Museum | Caledonia | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20010220182026/http://www.northqueens.com/ information under Attractions], local history, period room displays |
| North Sydney Historical Museum | North Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423053846/http://www.northsydneymuseum.ca/ website], local history |
| Northumberland Fisheries Museum | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Maritime | website, area fishing industry and sea heritage; 3 sites in town, including a Canadian former National Railway Station, a lobster hatchery, and a replica lighthouse |
| Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum | Amherst | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | Military | website, history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders |
| Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre | Port Bickerton | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Maritime | information, information, located at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse, restored 1930s keeper's house and lighthouse, exhibits on lighthouses in Nova Scotia |
| Nova Scotia Museum of Industry | Stellarton | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Industry | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, includes mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, railroads and more |
| Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Natural history | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Sports | Outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in Nova Scotia |
| O'Dell House Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern |
| Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough | Guysborough | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | website, information, local history |
| Old Hall Wilderness Heritage Centre | Porters Lake | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Multiple | website, local history and natural history |
| Old Meeting House Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century meeting house and non-conformist house of worship, managed by the Cape Sable Historical Society |
| Old Temperance Hall Museum | Smith's Cove | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091123204400/http://www.annapolis-valley-vacation.com/museum.html information], local history |
| Orangedale Historical Society Museum | Orangedale | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102131830/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/orange.html website], local history |
| Orangedale Railway Museum | Orangedale | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Railway | 1886 railroad station with artifacts, model railroad and equipment[23] |
| Ottawa House by the Sea Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Central | History | website, local history |
| Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum | Half Island Cove | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Maritime | information, information, way of life on a lightstation |
| Parkdale-Maplewood Museum | Maplewood | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, local history, rural life from 1840 to present |
| Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Central | Natural history | website{{dead link>date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, fossils, rocks, minerals |
| Pelton-Fuller House | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Historic house | [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202130401/http://yarmouthcountymuseum.ednet.ns.ca/pelton.html website], operated by the Yarmouth County Historical Society, late Victorian period summer home of Alfred Fuller, the original "Fuller Brush Man" |
| Perkins House Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house, history of early Nova Scotia pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle |
| Pictou County Military Heritage Museum | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Military | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213026/http://www.westville.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=16 information], area's military past |
| Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Sports | information |
| Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum | Point Tupper | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | History | information, local history |
| Port Bickerton Lighthouse | Port Bickerton | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | website, local history and area maritime history |
| Port Loggia Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515232205/http://nscad.ca/en/home/galleriesevents/galleries/default.aspx website], part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University's Port Campus |
| Port Royal Farm and Country Museum | Granville Ferry | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Agriculture | information, farm implements and tools, farm household utensils, rural household items |
| Port-Royal National Historic Site | Port Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Open air | Recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters |
| Prescott House Museum | Starr's Point | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott |
| Queens County Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | History | information, local history |
| Randall House Museum | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | 19th century period house, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society |
| River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum | River Hebert | Cumberland | Central | Mining | information, coal mining |
| Riverview Ethnographic Museum | Bear River | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Textiles | information, folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries |
| Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Canning | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | website, art centre with gallery |
| Ross Farm Museum | New Ross | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Agriculture | 19th century working farm |
| Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | website, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period store and house |
| Rossignol Cultural Centre | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Multiple | website, complex includes the Apothecary Museum; Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History; Wildlife Museum; Folk Art Museum; open air Cultural Village; Laing Art Gallery; Wildlife Art Gallery; Outhouse Museum |
| Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | information{{Dead link>date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Saint Mary's University Art Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | website, part of Saint Mary's University (Halifax), contemporary art |
| Samuel Wood Museum | Lower Woods Harbour | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024151407/http://novascotia.com/en/home/whattodo/attractions/listingdetails.aspx?mode=4&id=T1383&pg=1&key=lobster information], local history |
| Scott Manor House | Bedford | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Historic house | 18th-century house with local history artifacts |
| Seal Island Lighthouse Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society, 1/2 size replica of original lighthouse, exhibits of artifacts and memorabilia from lighthouses in the area |
| Shand House Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, late 19th century Victorian period house |
| Shearwater Aviation Museum | Shearwater | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Aviation | Canadian maritime military aviation |
| Shelburne County Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, local history |
| Sherbrooke Village Museum | Sherbrooke | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Living | website, depicts a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Sherman Hines Museum of Photography | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Photographys | website, images, cameras and artifacts from key figures in Nova Scotian photography |
| Sinclair Inn Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 18th century inn |
| Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre | Wedgeport | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, equipment, memorabilia and photos of sport tuna angling |
| Springhill Miners' Museum | Springhill | Cumberland | Central | Mining | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100806132801/http://town.springhill.ns.ca/Attractions.html information], area coal mining |
| SS Atlantic Heritage Park | Terence Bay | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Art | website, interpretive center with recovered artifacts and monument at site of 1873 sinking of the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic |
| St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery | Antigonish | Antigonish | Northumberland Shore | Art | information, part of St. Francis Xavier University |
| St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre | Sherbrooke | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Natural history | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091020123735/http://stmarysriverassociation.com/eandicentre.html website], salmon angling, life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, river ecology |
| St. Patrick's Church Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history exhibits in an 1828 church, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Stewiacke Valley Museum | Upper Stewiacke | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091627/http://www.davidblaikie.com/upper_stewiacke/stewiacke_valley_museum.htm website], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022185828/http://www.freewebs.com/usdirectory/stewiackevalleymuseum.html website], local history |
| Sutherland Steam Mill Museum | Denmark | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Technology | Restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Railway | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070615122341/http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/historic/s_l.html website], coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections |
| Sydney Mines Heritage Museum | Sydney Mines | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history, located in a former railway station |
| Sydney Steel Plant Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Industry | website, history of the Sydney Steel Corporation |
| Thomas McCulloch Museum | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Natural history | [https://web.archive.org/web/20040312202932/http://biotype.biology.dal.ca/museum/ website], part of Dalhousie University, preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, butterflies |
| Tupperville School Museum | Bridgetown | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Education | information, one room schoolhouse |
| Uniacke Estate Museum Park | Mount Uniacke | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century period Georgian estate with fine antiques |
| U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Ethnic | [https://web.archive.org/web/20101102011750/http://www.unia.webs.com/ website], history and contributions of African Nova Scotians |
| Valley Medical Heritage Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Medical | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706183905/http://www.kentville.ca/virtualtour/virtualtour_1.html information], history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium |
| Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre | Wagmatcook | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | First Nations | website, history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People |
| Wallace and Area Museum | Wallace | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | History | website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706190847/http://www.northshoremuseums.ca/northshoremuseums_007.htm information], local history |
| Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum | Shubenacadie | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, also known at the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, includes 1890s tin shop, a hardware store from the 1920s,an artisans room, local handcrafts, period living rooms and clothing, farm relics, military tribute |
| Waverley Heritage Museum | Waverley | Cumberland | Metro Halifax | History | website{{dead link>date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, local history exhibits in a former church |
| West Hants Historical Society Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | website, local and county history |
| Western Counties Military Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Military | [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921004133/http://www.capesablehistoricalsociety.com/Military_Museum.html website], operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society |
| Weymouth Historical Society | Weymouth | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | website, local history |
| Whale Interpretive Centre | Pleasant Bay | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | information, natural history of whales |
| Whitman House Museum | Canso | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | information, information, local history |
| Whitney Pier Historical Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | website, local history, located in a former synagogue |
| Wile Carding Mill | Bridgewater | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Textile | Water-powered wool carding mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Sports | [https://web.archive.org/web/20091223072148/http://www.townofwindsor.ns.ca/birthplace-of-hockey.html information], information, history of ice hockey |
| W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | website, includes simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with fishing, processing and ship repair sheds, wharf decks and a coastal freighter, marine art, maritime gear and equipment |
| Yarmouth County Museum & Archives | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | History | Local history |
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