Museums & The Arts
Experience Halifax’s Past and Present
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
With a history dating to 1908, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia acts as a gateway for the visual arts in Atlantic Canada by bringing the art of the world to Nova Scotia and the art of Nova Scotia to the world.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime Museum in Canada. The collection includes artifacts, images, charts and plans relating to the marine history of Nova Scotia. The Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian merchant marine, Nova Scotia small craft and local shipwrecks are particular strengths of the collection much of which represents the period 1850 to the present.
Other Galleries and Museums to visit include:
- Acadian House Museum
- Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum
- Anna Leonowens Gallery
- Army Museum
- Black Cultural Centre
- Dalhousie Art Gallery
- Dartmouth Heritage Museum
- Fisherman’s Life Museum
- Khyber Centre for the Arts
- Maritime Command Museum
- Mary E. Black Gallery
- Museum of Natural History
- Musquodoboit Railway Museum
- Quaker House
- Shearwater Aviation Museum
