Museum sights in Halifax
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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Part of this impressive waterfront Maritime Museum of the Atlantic was a chandlery, where all the gear needed to outfit a vessel was sold. You can smell the charred ropes, cured to protect them from saltwater, and try pumping a hand-operated foghorn. There's a wildly popular display on the Titanic and another on the Halifax Explosion. Outside at the dock you can explore the CSS Acadia, a retired hydrographic vessel from England.
The last WWII corvette HMCS Sackville is docked nearby and staffed by the Canadian Navy.
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Pier 21 Center
Pier 21 was to Canada what Ellis Island was to the USA. Between 1928 and 1971 over a million immigrants entered Canada through Pier 21. Their stories and the historical context that led them to abandon their homelands are presented in this museum.
The museum features a large pavilion with information displays, boutiques, cafes and multilmedia exhibits detailing the travails of refugees and immigrants hoping to call Canada home.
Pier 21 is somewhat hidden behind the VIA Rail station - go around the side of the Westin Hotel on Terminal Rd. Better yet, follow the waterfront boardwalk south from the Historic Properties and you'll bump right into it.
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Maritime Command Museum
The Admiral of the British navy for all of North America was based in Halifax until 1819 and threw grand parties at Admiralty House, now the Maritime Command Museum. Apart from the beautiful Georgian architecture, the museum is worth a visit for its eclectic collections: cigarette lighters, silverware and ships' bells, to name a few. One notable bell is a cracked specimen from the victorious Shannon, which took the USS Chesapeake in a famous skirmish of the War of 1812.
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Museum of Natural History
Daily summer programs introduce children to Gus the toad and demonstrate the cooking of bugs. Exhibits on history and the natural world will keep parents engaged, too. It's just a couple of blocks north of Spring Garden Rd or west of Citadel Hill.
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