Nova Scotia Listings - Art and culture
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1: Historic Ottawa House by the Sea Museum, Parrsboro
HISTORIC OTTAWA HOUSE BY-THE-SEA MUSEUM - Built circa 1775, this Georgian-style dwelling overlooking island, beach and bay, was originally the focal point for world renowned shipbuilding and international trading businesses. In 1871, Sir Charles Tupper, Prime Minister and Father of Confederation, purchased and expanded the house as his summer residence for the next 18 years. After thriving for .....
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2: Cossit House, Sydney
The Rev. Mr. Ranna Cossit was the first Anglican minister to live and work in Sydney. In the late 1700s, he became involved in a struggle for control of political power in Cape Breton, at the time a colony separate from mainland Nova Scotia. In 1800, his archbishop put an end to a budding political career by transferring him to Yarmouth (which is about as far away as you can get from Sydney and .....
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3: Yarmouth County Museum, Yarmouth
Award-winning museum and archives, plus historic Pelton-Fuller House. The third largest ship portrait collection in Canada. One of the largest costume collection in Nova Scotia. The largest non-institutional archives in Nova Scotia
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4: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the marine history division of the Nova Scotia Museum a family of 27 museums operated by the Province of Nova Scotia. The mandate of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: to create for all an awareness, appreciation and understanding of Nova Scotia's marine heritage through collection, preservation, research, interpretation and exhibition. The Museum is .....
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5: Sherman Hines Museum of Photography, Liverpool
In the Museum, you will find comprehensive collections of images, cameras and artifacts from all of the key figures in the history of Nova Scotian photography Dodge, Garber, Gavin, Gentzell, Hines, Knickle, MacAskill, Rogers, Sponagle, and many others. As well as the Nova Scotians, you'll be delighted to discover a generous number of remarkable photographs by William Notman, Yousuf Karsh, .....
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