Interested in learning more about the many museums that are a part of the ANSM family? Click the links to explore by region and visit their sites.
ANSM services and programs are made possible with support from the Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage.
Member Museums
Cape Breton Region
- Cape Breton Miners MuseumGlace Bay, NS
- Chestico Museum & Historical SocietyPort Hood, NS
- Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic SiteLouisbourg, NS
- Glace Bay Heritage MuseumGlace Bay, NS
- Heritage Cape Breton Connection Cooperative
- Highland Village MuseumIona, NS
- Inverness Miners' MuseumInverness, NS
- Isle Madame Historical SocietyArichat, NS
- Jost House MuseumSydney, NS
- Les Trois Pignons Centre CulturelCheticamp, NS
- MacDonald House MuseumLake Ainslie, NS
- Margaree Salmon MuseumMargaree Valley, NS
- North Highlands Community MuseumDingwall, NS
- Old Sydney SocietySydney, NS
- Orangedale Station MuseumOrangedale, NS
- Port Hastings Historical Museum and ArchivesPort Hastings, NS
- Sydney & Louisbourg Railway MuseumLouisbourg, NS
- Sydney Mines Heritage SocietySydney Mines, NS
- Whitney Pier Historical MuseumWhitney Pier, NS
Central Region
- Acadian House MuseumWest Chezzetcook, NS
- Africville Heritage TrustHalifax, NS
- Atlantic Canada Aviation MuseumHalifax, NS
- Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21Halifax, NS
- Canadian Naval Memorial HMCS SackvilleDartmouth, NS
- Cole Harbour Heritage Farm MuseumDartmouth, NS
- Dartmouth Heritage MuseumDartmouth, NS
- Fisherman's Life MuseumJeddore Oyster Pond, NS
- Fultz House MuseumLower Sackville, NS
- Hooked Rug Museum of North AmericaHubbards, NS
- MacPhee House Community MuseumSheet Harbour, NS
- Maritime Museum of the AtlanticHalifax, NS
- Museum of Natural HistoryHalifax, NS
- Nova Scotia Sport Hall of FameHalifax, NS
- Saint Mary's University Art GalleryHalifax, NS
- Scott Manor HouseBedford, NS
- Shearwater Aviation MuseumShearwater, NS
- SS Atlantic Heritage ParkTerence Bay, NS
- The Army MuseumHalifax, NS
- Urban Farm MuseumHalifax, NS
- Waverley Heritage MuseumWaverley, NS
North East Region
- Antigonish Heritage MuseumAntigonish, NS
- Balmoral Grist MillTatamagouche, NS
- Carmichael-Stewart HouseNew Glasgow, NS
- Colchester HistoreumTruro, NS
- Congregation of the Sisters of Saint MarthaAntigonish, NS
- Creamery SquareTatamagouche, NS
- Cumberland County Museum & ArchivesAmherst, NS
- Debert Military MuseumDebert, NS
- Fundy Geological MuseumParrsboro, NS
- Joggins Fossil CentreJoggins, NS
- Little White Schoolhouse MuseumTruro, NS
- Malagash Salt Mine MuseumMalagash, NS
- McCulloch House MuseumPictou, NS
- Mi'Kmawey Debert Cultural CentreTruro, NS
- Millbrook Cultural & Heritage CentreMillbrook, NS
- Museum of IndustryStellarton, NS
- North Cumberland Historical SocietyPugwash, NS
- Northumberland Fisheries MuseumPictou, NS
- Old Court House MuseumGuysborough, NS
- Ottawa House MuseumParrsboro, NS
- Pictou County Military Heritage MuseumWestville, NS
- Sherbrooke VillageSherbrooke, NS
- Sutherland Steam MillDenmark, NS
- The Age of Sail MuseumParrsboro, NS
- The McCulloch Heritage CentrePictou, NS
- The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental MuseumAmherst, NS
- Wallace & Area MuseumWallace, NS
South West Region
- Admiral Digby MuseumDigby, NS
- Annapolis Heritage SocietyAnnapolis Royal, NS
- Annapolis Valley Macdonald MuseumMiddleton, NS
- Apple Capital Museum SocietyBerwick, NS
- Argyle Township Courthouse & GaolTusket, NS
- Avon River Heritage MuseumAvondale, NS
- Barrington Woolen Mill MuseumBarrington, NS
- Cape Sable Historical SocietyBarrington, NS
- Charles Macdonald Concrete HouseKentville, NS
- DesBrisay Museum & Exhibit CentreBridgewater, NS
- Dory Shop MuseumShelburne, NS
- Fieldwood Heritage SocietyCanning, NS
- Firefighter's Museum of Nova ScotiaYarmouth, NS
- Fisheries Museum of the AtlanticLunenburg, NS
- Fort Anne National Historic SiteAnnapolis Royal, NS
- Fort Point MuseumLaHave, NS
- Greenwood Military Aviation MuseumGreenwood, NS
- Haliburton House MuseumWindsor, NS
- Islands MuseumFreeport, NS
- James House MuseumBridgetown, NS
- Kings County MuseumKentville, NS
- L'Association du Musée de WedgeportWedgeport, NS
- La Musée Acadien et Archives de Pubnico-OuestWest Pubnico, NS
- LaHave Islands Marine MuseumLaHave, NS
- Lawrence House MuseumMaitland, NS
- Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-ÉcossePubnico, NS
- Little School MuseumLockeport, NS
- Lordly House MuseumChester, NS
- Mahone Bay MuseumMahone Bay, NS
- Mount Hanley Schoolhouse MuseumMount Hanley, NS
- Musée Eglise Sainte-Marie MuseumChurch Point, NS
- North Hills MuseumGranville Ferry, NS
- Old Meeting House MuseumBarrington, NS
- Parkdale-Maplewood Community MuseumMaplewood, NS
- Perkins House MuseumLiverpool, NS
- Prescott House MuseumStarrs Point, NS
- Queens County MuseumLiverpool, NS
- Randall HouseWolfville, NS
- Ross Farm MuseumNew Ross, NS
- Ross-Thomson House & Store MuseumShelburne, NS
- Shand House MuseumWindsor, NS
- Shelburne County MuseumShelburne, NS
- St. John's Anglican ChurchLunenburg, NS
- Tupperville School MuseumTupperville, NS
- Uniacke Estate Museum ParkMt Uniake, NS
- West Hants Historical SocietyWindsor, NS
- Wile Carding Mill MuseumBridgewater, NS
- Yarmouth County Museum & ArchivesYarmouth, NS