Nova Scotia Museum
The Nova Scotia Museum ( Nova Scotia Museum ) is the umbrella name for a network of 27 museums in Nova Scotia with a million artifacts, 210 buildings, four watercraft and 9 locomotives. It was established as a provincial institution based on the Nova Scotia Museum Act .
history
The museum goes back to the collections of the Mechanics Institute in the provincial capital Halifax , which was established in December 1831 and has been a museum since October 1868. Its first curator was Dr. David Honeyman, followed by Harry Piers from 1899 to 1940. Piers was also provincial librarian from 1900 and Deputy Keeper of Public Records of the province from 1899 to 1931. Donald Crowdis succeeded Piers as curator, this 0. J. Lynton Martin from 1965. Candace Stevenson was executive director from 1983.
In 1947 the Provincial Museum was named Nova Scotia Museum of Science . It was not until 1951 that the museum passed from the Department of Public Works and Mines to that of the Department of Education (today: Department of Education and Culture ), i.e. from the Ministry of Public Works and Mines to the Ministry of Education (and Culture) .
The house only lost its character as an exclusively natural science museum in 1955 with the establishment of the History Branch , which was located in the city citadel (Halifax Citadel). This change was placed on a legal basis in 1960 when the museum was given the task of presenting human history and culture, creating collections and ensuring that they are preserved.
Management and associated museums
The overall management is led by a Board of Governors who directly manage ten museums, while the remaining 17 are run by local boards . The executive director is Bill Greenlaw, another five employees manage the library and various collections, and twelve curators share the areas of archeology , ethnology , botany , zoology , natural history , history and maritime history .
The associated museums and their locations are as follows:
- The Acadian Village of Nova Scotia , Isle Madame
- Balmoral Grist Mill Museum , Nova Scotia Trunk 6 (street name)
- Barrington Woolen Mill , Barrington
- Barrington Old Meeting House , Barrington
- Cossit House , Sydney
- Dory Shop Museum , Shelburne
- Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia , Yarmouth
- Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic , Lunenburg
- Fisherman's Life Museum , Oyster Pond
- Fundy Geological Museum , Parrsboro
- Haliburton House Museum , Windsor
- Highland Village Museum / An Clachan Gàidhealach , Iona
- Lawrence House Museum , Maitland
- Maritime Museum of the Atlantic , Halifax
- McCulloch House Museum , Pictou
- Nova Scotia Museum of Industry , Stellarton
- Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History , Halifax
- North Hills Museum , Granville Ferry
- Perkins House Museum , Liverpool
- Prescott House Museum , Starrs Point
- Ross Farm Museum , New Ross
- Ross-Thomson House Museum , Shelburne
- Shand House Museum , Windsor
- Sherbrooke Village , Sherbrooke
- Sutherland Steam Mill Museum , Denmark
- Uniacke Estate Museum Park , Mount Uniacke
- Wile Carding Mill , Bridgewater
Web links
- Site of the Nova Scotia Museum
- Location of the associated museums with museum links ( Memento from September 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Footnotes
- ↑ https://museum.novascotia.ca/
- ^ Nova Scotia Museum Act
- ^ Nova Scotia Museum ( Memento February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ https://museum.novascotia.ca/our-museums