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Halifax Maritime Museum
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.
Collection
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. The collection includes everything from sextants, binnacles and figureheads to small craft, anchors, armaments and marine portraits and our largest artifact, the 1913 hydrographic vessel CSS Acadia
LOCATION: At the Heart of Halifax's Historic Waterfront, on Lower Water Street at the foot of Prince Street... just a short five minute stroll from Historic Properties.
ADMISSION: Varies. See website for details.
WEBSITE: Come Aboard the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
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