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Cape Breton Museums

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Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre
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The Ecology of Bras d'Or exhibit provides visitors with insight into the complex ecological systems of the region. Available at the centre is information regarding the salty lakes' species, tides and ocean channels.
Address: Main Street | Baddeck, NS [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 295-1675
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Chestico Museum & Historical Society
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The former Harbourview School houses museum artifacts and historical/genealogical records related to early settlers of the Port Hood area. Admission free, donations welcome.
Address: 8095 Route 19 | Port Hood, NS
Tel: 1 902 787-2244

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Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science
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The Centre for Heritage and Science is open year-round and features a variety of permanent and changing exhibits, which delineate the history and culture of Cape Breton Island. Displays for children are offered in Discovery Corner.
Address: 225 George Street | Sydney, NS | B1P 1J5 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 539-1572

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Acadian Museum
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Small display of relics of the Acadian people of this area. Demonstrations of wool carding, spinning, weaving and rug hooking. Craft shop featuring locally-made hooked rugs. Acadian-style food served. French spoken. Admission free, donations welcome.
Address: 15067 Main St, PO Box 98 | Cheticamp, NS | B0E 1H0
Tel: 1 902 224-2170
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Cape Breton Miner's Museum
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This museum offers the once-in-a-lifetime chance to tour an actual mine, Oceans Deep Colliery, with the help of true former miners. The authentic miner's village has a variety of displays and exhibits that reflect the lives and important contributions of coal miners. Browse through the miner's store and tour the home of an early miner.
Address: 42 Birkley Street | Glace Bay, NS | B1A 5T8
Tel: 1 902 849-4522
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Glace Bay Heritage Museum
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Vibrant heritage museum in the restored former Old Town Hall (c 1903). Exhibits include Glace Bay Harbour c 1940 during the heyday of swordfishing, and a working pit pony; rotating displays on day-to-day life.
Address: 14 McKeen St | Glace Bay, NS
Tel: 1 902 842-5345
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Sydney Mines Heritage Museum and Fossil Centre
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In the former train station. Focus is on the history and heritage of the town of Sydney Mines, steel making and coal mining. 300-million-year-old plant fossils from the Sydney coal field. Fossil museum opening July 2004.
Address: Off Legatto St | Sydney Mines, NS
Tel: 1 902 544-0992

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LeNoir Forge Museum
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Restored 18th-century French stone blacksmith shop, located on the beautiful Arichat waterfront. Admission free, donations welcome.
Address: Lower St | Arichat, NS
Tel: 1 902 226-9364

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North Highlands Community Museum
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Interpretive exhibits illustrating the way of life experienced by the early settlers of northern Cape Breton. Exhibits include gypsum quarry, stores, church histories, shipwrecks, furnishings, school and transportation. Extensive genealogy centre and archives and information centre. Admission $2 donations welcome.
Address: . | Cape North, NS | B0C 1G0
Tel: 1 902 383-2579
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Gut of Canso Museum and Archives
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History comes alive in this 100-year-old Cape Breton house overlooking the Canso Strait that features the Pioneer Room, commerce room (local history), family room and early hobbies and pastimes. Displays on the construction of the world’s deepest man-made causeway and its impact on the railroad, ferry and lives of families in the area. Main floor wheelchair-accessible. Admission free, donations appreciated.
Address: 9 Church St | Port Hastings, NS
Tel: 1 902 625-0779
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Cossit House Museum
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Built in 1787, this was the residence of the Rev. Ranna Cossit, Sydney's first permanent Anglican minister. It is believed to be Sydney's oldest surviving house and features early New England colonial architecture and period furnishings. Open June 1 - October 15, donations welcomed.
Address: 75 Charlotte Street | Sydney, NS | B1P 4P4 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 539-7973
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Margaree Salmon Museum
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Exhibits relate to salmon angling on the Margaree River. In a former schoolhouse, excellent collections of fishing tackle, photos and memorabilia of famous anglers. Admission adults $1, children 25˘.
Address: 60 East Big Intervale Rd | Margaree, NS
Tel: 1 902 248-2848

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Dr. Elizabeth LeFort Gallery and Museum: Les Trois Pignons
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As well as being an Acadian cultural and geneological information centre, this houses some of the work of the world famous Dr LeFort who created more than 300 wool tapestries.
Address: 15584 Main Street | Cheticamp, NS | B0E 1H0
Tel: 1 902 224-2642

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Les Trois Pignons: Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life
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Acadian, cultural, genealogical and visitor information centre. The museum’s theme joins the story of the settlement of Cheticamp and the story of the hooked rugs. Guided tours. French spoken. Admission charged.
Address: 15584 Main St | Cheticamp, NS
Tel: 1 902 224-1579
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Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre
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Pjila’si (Welcome) to the Wagmatcook Cultural Centre, where visitors can experience the rich culture and history of the Mi’kmaq people of the tranquil and majestic Cape Breton. The centre has a museum, a craft shop, a restaurant and several meeting spaces.
Address: Wagmatcook, 10 minutes west of | Baddeck, NS | B0E 3N0 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 295-2999

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Nova Scotia Highland Village Museum
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This museum is dedicated to the early Scottish settlers of this area. There are ten historic buildings including houses, a mill, a schoolhouse and a forge. Costumed guides are on hand to answer questions.
Address: 4119 Rte. 223 | Iona, NS | B2C 1A3
Tel: 1 902 725-2272
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St. Patrick's Church Museum
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The oldest Roman Catholic church on Cape Breton Island, erected in 1828 in the Pioneer Gothic style of architecture, this restored stone building now houses artifacts depicting the history of Sydney. Admission by donation.
Address: 87 Esplanade | Sydney, NS [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 562-8237
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Sydney and Louisburg Railway Museum
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The restored railway station (1895) exhibits the history of the S&L Railway, railway technology and marine artifacts. The original freight shed houses a working model of the line. Rolling stock includes two passenger cars (1881, 1914), a box car, tank car and caboose. The Roundhouse displays unique memorial quilts. Admission free, donations welcome.
Address: . | Louisbourg, NS
Tel: 1 902 733-2720

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Main-a-Dieu Fisherman's Museum
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Visit the ship replica on the grounds of the museum. See & read all about the local history of fishing in Main-ŕ-Dieu and area, the lobsterland of the Maritimes. Admission free, donations welcome.
Address: . | Louisbourg, NS

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The Jost House
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The Jost House, circa 1786, was purchased by Thomas Jost in 1836. Jost was a Halifax merchant and his family remained on the property until 1971. Today the house is filled with Victorian artifacts and each room features a different theme. The kitchen is housed in the basement with a cooking fireplace and a beehive bake-oven. Local collections can be found within the house, as well as 20th century medicinals.
Address: 54 Charlotte Street | Sydney, NS | B1P 1B8 [ Map ]
Tel: 1 902 539-0366

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