Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
The Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History is a natural history and archaeological museum located in Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia . It is part of the Nova Scotia Museum system .
The museum dates back to 1868. The Institute of Science in Halifax, the provincial capital, called for the collection of the Halifax Mechanics Institute to go to a museum. In October 1868 the first museum opened in Nova Scotia. Artifacts of the Mi'kmaq were exhibited as well as scientific equipment, fossils and minerals, animals, paintings and prints.
The house moved several times, first from the post office, which was occupied in 1868, to the Burns & Murray Building on Hollis Street in 1898 , and then to a department of the Nova Scotia Technical College Building on Spring Garden Road in 1910 . In 1947 it was named Nova Scotia Museum of Science .
In 1970 the current location at 1747 Summer Street was moved to to accommodate the larger space requirements. The house had the task of representing the natural and applied sciences as well as human activities in the province.
In 1993 the museum landscape in Nova Scotia was reorganized, with the museum in Halifax becoming part of a network of 27 museums in the province. The actual Museum of Natural History was created with its current focus; the administrative department of the overarching organization remained in-house.
The house has six so-called Gallerys, namely for archeology, botany, ethnology, geology, mammals and birds and one for oceanography. In the Nature Lab Museum, visitors can conduct experiments and follow the museum's plans. The botanical section represents more than 60,000 pieces, the herbarium alone has around 20,000 vascular plants, i.e. those with pathways, and 25,000 non-vascular plants, plus 9,000 photos. The geological department has over 9,000 minerals, plus around 20,000 paleontological finds, of which just under 4,000 are animals. There are also 10 meteorites. The zoological department alone has 300,000 entries.
The ethnological department, which for reasons of tradition is still part of the natural history museum landscape, is called Netukulimk after a word from the Mi'kmaq . It opened with a new concept in June 2011.
The house also has a reference library .
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Coordinates: 44 ° 38 '44 " N , 63 ° 35' 5.9" W.