Museums

 Berwick

Founded in 1998 with a generous donation of the Margeson building, Berwick, the Apple Capital Museum Society co-ordinates the support and operation of the Apple Capital Interpretive Centre.

The centre will collect and display historical paraphernalia on the Annapolis Valley apple industry and its founders, as well as information on residents and community history of interest to Berwick and District.

The Apple Capital Museum Society is a non-profit organization, made up of volunteers. A board of directors oversees operations according to society by-laws, with regular meetings of the general membership and newsletters throughout the year.

 Centreville

In his ninety-three years, Charles Macdonald was a sailor, a sculptor, a painter, a builder, a munufacturer, and a socialist. The Charles Macdonald House of Centreville Society celebrates the life and work of this exceptional Nova Scotian.

 Grand-Pré

Immerse in a powerful monument that unites the Acadian people. Uncover the tale of Le grand dérangement through engaging multimedia. Admire the statue of Evangeline, heroine of an epic Longfellow poem. View impressive artefacts and statues, storytellers of a turbulent history. Located in the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this is Grand-Pré National Historic Site—once the epicentre of Acadian culture and now the most significant memorial to their tragic upheaval.

 Kentville

The Kings Historical Society, established in 1978, acquired the near-century old Kings County Courthouse and renovated it so that it could be used as a county museum. This courthouse was the seat of justice and municipal government from 1903 to 1980. The Society provides ongoing administrative and financial support to the Museum.

 Starr's Point

Come calling at "Acacia Grove", an elegant Georgian house in the picturesque Annapolis Valley. Here, horticulturalist Charles Prescott cultivated Nova Scotia’s apple industry from 1811 to 1859.

Discover how his great grand daughter, Mary Allison Prescott, rescued the derelict building in the 1930s to recreate a gracious home. See family portraits, antique furnishings and Miss Prescott’s collections of hand-stitched samplers and tribal Oriental carpets. Delight in the garden and lush countryside surrounding this special place.

 Wolfville

The Randall House Museum is operated by the Wolfville Historical Society [WHS]. The WHS is a registered Canadian Charitable Organization, incorporated in Nova Scotia by the Societies Act. The Society’s mission is to interpret and maintain the Randall House as a museum for the benefit of the residents of Wolfville, its surrounding communities, and its visitors.

 Greenwood

Experience Greenwood's exciting military history and learn of its heroes through the Museum's permanent and temporary exhibits that chronicle its beginnings as an RAF Station in 1942; to its present day status as the largest airbase in Atlantic Canada.

 Avonport

Blue Beach, a world-class and even world-famous fossil site, has long been known by Paleontologists and Geologists for its unique treasures and evidence for the invasion of the land by the first invertebrates (creatures with backbones) to dare to leave the sea. The fossil trackways were first discovered in 1841, making Blue Beach the official birthplace of vertebrate paleontology in Canada!

 Kentville

On May 29, 1981, during the celebration of the 50th Apple Blossom Festival, the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association opened the Blair House museum to the public. The museum was created to preserve and display the history of the apple growing industry and of the Research Station. The Blair House Museum, located on the Kentville Agricultural Centre grounds, offers both an interesting and educational look at the history of the apple industry in Nova Scotia, as well as the modern research being performed at the Kentville Agricultural Centre.

 Canning

The Fieldwood Heritage Society was organized in the winter of 1988 and held its first meeting on February 25 during Heritage Week. It was incorporated as a society on November 20, 1989.

 Hall's Harbour

The Hall’s Harbour Historical Society was formed in 1997. The objectives of the Society are to preserve artifacts, information, photographs and any other items relating to the people and their life in Hall’s Harbour. The Society has opened and operated the Red Fish House Museum in the summer months each year.

 Cambridge

The Northville Farm Heritage Centre was founded in 2000 by a group of people interested in preserving the tools, implements and farming methods of the past. Its fifteen acre site is situated at the foot of the North Mountain, which defines the northern edge of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. The Bay of Fundy, behind the Mountain, is only four miles away as the crow flies.

 Cambridge

George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum offers Museums services in Kings, Subd. A, NS area.