Maritime Museum

   The museum has a wide variety of exhibits covering the maritime history of Nova Scotia and Halifax. Ship crews from Halifax recovered bodies of victims of the Titanic and also fished pieces of the ship from the water. Many of the Titanic artifacts are displayed. Another exhibit covers an explosion in the Halifax harbor of a WWII Norwegian munitions ship which killed 2,000 people and destroyed a large portion of the city.  Other exhibits are about the Canadian navy, shipwrecks along Nova Scotia’s coast, and the evolution from sail to steam. The CSS Acadia, hydrographic research ship, is located outside at the dock. Tours of the ship are included with  museum admission.

  The museum is all accessible. The CSS Acadia has a steep ramp with cleating. We didn’t have time to attempt a visit.

  Parking is available in several lots along the boardwalk. Smaller RVs will fit by taking up two spaces.  Museum
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Fisherman’s Life Museum

  The lives of a typical rural family, who lived along the eastern shore of Nova Scotia in early 1900s, are portrayed in this small house museum. Ervine Myers, his wife Ethelda, and their 13 daughters were pretty self sufficient with a vegetable garden, chicken coop, and enough land to support a few animals. Ervine fished in the summer, bringing his catch back home to be salted and dried, and worked in a lumber camp in the winter.

  The site consists of the little house, a barn, fish house, and outbuildings. Staff in period costumes give a guided tour of the house. Visitors are free to roam the grounds on their own.

  The property is not accessible. A steep, grassy hill, lacking a clear path, must be navigated to get to the entrance to the house. The doorways are narrow and the house is small. Accessing the other buildings also requires climbing up or down steep hills.

  The parking area is large enough to park and turn around RVs.  Museum
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   Cute babies :-)

Sherbrooke Village

  Gold was discovered in 1861 near Sherbooke, a small fishing, farming and timber town, which started a gold boom. The boom lasted for a short time - about twenty years. Afterwards the economy returned to relying on fishing and timber. As people moved away or died their houses stood empty. Not wishing lose a treasure of 19th century buildings, the Sherbooke Village Restoration was established in 1969 to conserve the southern end of town.  Unlike many other living history villages this one is almost completely original with exhibits that depict the activates that would have taken place in each building in the mid and late 1800s.  Over thirty buildings are opened for touring. Most have staff dressed in period clothing to explain the history and answer questions.
     
   All of the buildings have ramps!  Many of the ramps are at the rear entrances and getting to them may require pushing through the grass but the ramps are a big help. A few of the buildings are two story without accessible access to the second floor. The recommended touring path follows a paved road and loops around on a gravel road to return to the information center. The gravel road has a slight uphill grade. We didn’t have time to visit the saw mill, stamp mill, lumber camp, or Anglican church which are all off site.

  The parking lot is large enough for any RV. .Museum   45.13803, -61.98298

Highland Village Museum

  Ten historic buildings have been relocated to form a village on a hillside overlooking the Bras d’Or Lakes. Visitors walk through time, starting at a stone cottage representing a Scottish Highland dwelling of the late 1700s. The next house is a log cabin, the first home of Scottish immigrants in Canada. Each house has more improvements and the last, from the early 1900s, is located along a street with a schoolhouse, general store, blacksmith’s shop, and a carding mill. The houses are staffed with costumed interpreters who can answer any questions. The woman in the stone cottage is excellent so spend some time talking with her.

  The village is not wheelchair accessible. The gift shop where the admission desk is located has a ramp without a landing, a door that opens outward, and a very high threshold. All of the buildings have steps without ramps. The paths are steep and surfaced with large, loose gravel. Two parking lots are located at different levels of the village for visitors who have trouble walking up hills.

  The main parking lot is large enough for RVs. The road to the additional handicapped lots is very steep but the lots are large enough for big RVs.   Village
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Museum of Industry

    Nova Scotia natural resources supported a variety of industries – coal mines, steel mills, lobster canneries, paper mills, cotton mills, and glass factories. Many of the companies are no longer in business due to dwindling resources and competition from other countries but the museum allows visitors to view the types of machinery and equipment used and to also get a glimpse into the lives of the workers and their families.

  There are 27 museums that are part of the Nova Scotia Museum. They’re located all over the province and include historic houses, old mills, and living history villages. If you’ll be visiting the museums you may want to buy a pass which is good for unlimited visits for one year to all 27.  Pass

  The museum is accessible but some of the hands-on exhibits can not be experienced by visitors using wheelchairs.  The Shopmobile exhibit has steps but no ramp.

  The parking lot is large enough for any RV.  Museum
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