List of museums in Nova Scotia
This list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace are not included.
| Name | Town/City | County | Region | Type | Summary |
| Acadia University Art Gallery | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | , located in the Beveridge Arts Centre |
| Acadian House Museum | West Chezzetcook | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | History | Local history, period room displays |
| Acadian Museum | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history and Acadian culture |
| Admiral Digby Museum | Digby | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Historic house with 19th-century-period rooms, local maritime and cultural history displays, clothing and children's items |
| Age of Sail Heritage Centre | Port Greville | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Maritime | www.ageofsailmuseum.ca Area's shipbuilding and lumbering heritage |
| Alderney Landing | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Includes an art gallery |
| Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site | Baddeck | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | Life and works of inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| Amos Seaman School Museum | Minudie | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | History | Local history exhibits in a former one room schoolhouse |
| An Drochaid Museum | Mabou | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history and Gaelic culture, also known as the Bridge Museum |
| Anna Leonowens Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | , part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, three galleries with exhibitions of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design |
| Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum | Middleton | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Multiple | , local history, Nova Scotia Museum's clock and pocket watch collection, art gallery, 1940s general store and early 20th century schoolroom displays, operated by the Annapolis Valley Historical Society |
| Anne Murray Centre | Springhill | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Biographical | Life of singer Anne Murray |
| Antigonish Heritage Museum | Antigonish | Antigonish | Northumberland Shore | History | , local history |
| Apple Capital Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history and area apple industry |
| Archelaus Smith Museum | Centreville | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history and culture of Cape Sable Island, life of Archelaus Smith |
| Argyle Township Court House & Gaol | Argyle | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Prison | , restored 19th century courthouse and jail |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Includes house and folk art by Maud Lewis |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Art | Western branch |
| Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum | Enfield | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Aviation | Atlantic Canada's aviation heritage |
| Avon Heritage Museum | Avondale | Hants | Fundy Shore | Multiple | , local maritime history, New England Planters, local house histories, family histories and Avon River ecology; operated by the Avon River Heritage Society |
| Baird's Tradesmen Museum | Aspen | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | Antique tools from different trades |
| Balmoral Grist Mill Museum | Balmoral Mills | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Mill | Water-powered grist mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Bangor Sawmill Museum | Bangor | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Technology | Restored 19th-century water-powered turbine lumber sawmill |
| Barney's River Station School Museum | Barney's River Station | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Education | , typical one room school |
| Bass River Heritage Museum | Bass River | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | , local history, period room displays |
| Bayhead Radio Museum | Bayhead | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Technology | Antique radios, also hubcaps, license plates |
| Bear River Heritage Museum | Bear River | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | , local history, operated by the Bear River Historical Society |
| Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia | Cherrybrook | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Ethnic | Black Nova Scotian history and culture |
| Black Loyalist Heritage Centre | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Ethnic | , local history of the Black Loyalists |
| Blair House Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Area agriculture industry and local history |
| Blue Beach Fossil Museum | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Natural history | , fossil tetrapods, fish, invertebrates and plants |
| Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Canadian immigration experience, located at a historic immigration entry point |
| Canso Islands National Historic Site | Canso | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | , , visitor center exhibits about local history and history of Grassy Island Fort |
| Candle in the Window | Port George | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history, collectibles and craft shop; may be closed |
| Canning Heritage Centre | Canning | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | , local history, memorabilia and artifacts of country singer Wilf Carter, operated by the Fieldwood Heritage Society |
| Cape Breton Fossil Centre | Sydney Mines | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | , plant fossils from the Sydney coal field |
| Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , operated by the Old Sydney Society, local history |
| Cape Breton Highlanders Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Military | , history of the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders |
| Cape Breton Miner's Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Mining | , coal mining, mining village and underground tour of the Ocean Deeps Colliery |
| Cape Breton University Art Gallery | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Art | , located in the Student, Culture and Heritage Centre |
| Cape Forchu Lighthouse | Cape Forchu | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | Museum in the lighthouse keeper's quarters |
| Cape George Heritage School House | Cape George | Antigonish | Cape George | History | Historic school house displaying artifacts from life in a fishing community. |
| Carmichael Stewart House Museum | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | History | Historic house with local history and antiques displays |
| Celtic Music Interpretive Centre | Judique | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Music | |
| Chapel Hill Museum | Shag Harbour | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history, located in a historic church building |
| Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum | Centreville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | Art and home of Nova Scotia artist Charles Macdonald |
| Chestico Museum | Port Hood | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history |
| Churchill House | Hantsport | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | 19th century Victorian period house |
| Colchester Historeum | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | , local history, operated by the Colchester Historical Society |
| Cole Harbour Heritage Farm | Cole Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Agriculture | , historic working farm museum, farmhouse with household artifacts from three centuries, farm machinery |
| Cornwallis Military Museum | Clementsport | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Military | , history of the CFB Cornwallis |
| Cossit House | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house with costumed guides, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Creamery Square Heritage Centre | Tatamagouche | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Multiple | , includes Giantess Anna Swan Museum, Sunrise Trail Museum with local history and culture exhibits, Brule fossils exhibit of conifers and footprints of amphibians and reptiles older than the dinosaurs, and a creamery exhibit |
| Crombie House | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Art | , display of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian art, paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries |
| Cumberland County Museum | Amherst | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | Multiple | , industrial and social history of Cumberland County, art exhibits |
| Dalhousie Arts Centre | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Part of Dalhousie University, includes a contemporary art gallery |
| Dartmouth Heritage Museum | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Historic house | , operates the late 18th century Quaker House with whaling ties, and the Victorian period Evergreen House |
| Debert Military Museum | Debert | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Military | Military artifacts and history of CFS Debert |
| deGarthe Gallery | Peggy's Cove | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Art | Works by and home of painter and sculptor William E. deGarthe |
| DesBrisay Museum | Bridgewater | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | Local history |
| Discovery Centre | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Science | |
| Dory Shop Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, dory shop |
| East Hants Historical Society Museum | Selma | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | , local history, also known as the Lower Selma Museum |
| Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Firefighting | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, vintage firefighting equipment, artifacts, memorabilia |
| Design Fort Computer Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Technology | Vintage microcomputers and video games |
| Fishermen's Life Museum | Jeddore Oyster Pond | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Historic house | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century period fishermen's house |
| Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Fort Anne National Historic Site | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Military | Fort ruins and museum of over 400 years of military history |
| Fort Edward National Historic Site | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Military | 18th century blockhouse with exhibits |
| Fort Petrie Military Museum | New Victoria | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Military | |
| Fort Point Lighthouse | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , lighthouse, keeper's house, costumed interpreters, maritime history |
| Fort Point Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Fortress of Louisbourg | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Living | Reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town |
| Fraser's Homestead | Glen Margaret | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Historic house | |
| Fultz House | Lower Sackville | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Local history |
| Fundy Geological Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Natural history | Geology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre | South Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | Multiple | , natural history of the Bay of Fundy tides, local history and maritime heritage |
| George and Mary Lynch Heritage Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Transportation | Carriages, sleighs and equipment |
| Giant MacAskill Museum | Englishtown | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | Life history of Angus MacAskill and the local Scottish heritage |
| Gilberts Cove Lighthouse | Gilberts Cove | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , lighthouse museum operated by the Gilberts Cove and District Historical Society |
| Glace Bay Heritage Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | Local history |
| Goldboro Interpretive Centre | Goldboro | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | Local history and mining |
| Grand-Pré National Historic Site | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | History and culture of the Acadians and the story of the Acadian deportation |
| Great Hall of Clans Museum | Englishtown | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Ethnic | , part of The Gaelic College, social and military history of the Scottish Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia |
| Greenwood Military Aviation Museum | Greenwood | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Aviation | , military aviation in Atlantic Canada |
| Gut of Canso Museum | Port Hastings | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history, formerly the Port Hastings Museum |
| Halifax Citadel National Historic Site | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | 19th-century fort with living history demonstrations |
| Haliburton House Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Biographical | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, home of author Thomas Chandler Haliburton |
| Halifax and South Western Railway Museum | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Railway | , 1940s period stationmaster's office, model railroad layout, artifacts |
| Hank Snow Home Town Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Music | , musician Hank Snow, includes Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, railroad exhibit room |
| Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Maritime | 1940s WW II-era museum ship, open in summer | |
| Hector Heritage Quay | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Maritime | , includes replica 18th-century ship Hector, interpretive center of Scottish settlers, a working blacksmith shop, rigger's shop, carpentry shop, resident artist's studio |
| Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach | Iona | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Living | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century pioneer Scottish Gaelic village |
| Hildaniel Brown House | New Ross | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | 19th century period house |
| Inverness Miner's Museum | Inverness | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Mining | Coal mining and area pioneer history, located in a railway station, operated by the Ned MacDonald Historical Society |
| James House Museum | Bridgetown | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | , local history, military and art exhibits |
| Joggins Fossil Centre | Joggins | Cumberland | Fundy Shore | Natural history | Fossils from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, area coal mining |
| Jost House | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | , 18th-century house with rooms from different periods, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Killam Brothers' Shipping Office | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | Operated by the Yarmouth County Museum & Archives, restored 19th century period shipping office |
| Kings County Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | History | Local history |
| Khyber Centre for the Arts | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | Contemporary art centre |
| Knaut-Rhuland House Museum | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | Operated by the Lunenburg Heritage Society, early 19th century period house |
| Lady Vanessa Fisheries Exhibit | Digby | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , 98' fishing vessel museum ship |
| LaHave Islands Marine Museum | LaHave | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , history of the inshore fisheries and life on LaHave Islands |
| Lawrence House Museum | Maitland | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th century Victorian period mansion of a shipbuilder |
| Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse | Pubnico | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Open air | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 20th century Acadian village |
| LeNoir Forge Museum | Arichat | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history |
| Les Trois Pignons | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Multiple | , Acadian cultural centre including Museum of the Hooked Rug and Home Life, local history and culture |
| Little River Harbour Fisheries & Heritage Museum | Little River | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | , local fishing industry |
| Little School Museum | Lockeport | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Education | , 19th century one room schoolhouse |
| Little White School House Museum | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Education | , located in a one-room school, history of education in Nova Scotia from the mid-19th century to the early 1970s |
| Loch Broom Log Church | Loch Broom | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Religious | , , replica of the first church built in Pictou County in the 1780s |
| Lordly House Museum | Chester | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | |
| Louisbourg Marine Museum | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | , marine life, shipwreck artifacts, fishing |
| Lunenburg Art Gallery | Lunenburg | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Art | |
| Lyceum Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| MacAskill House Museum | St. Peter's | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | , 20th century period home of marine photographer Wallace MacAskill |
| MacDonald House Museum | East Lake Ainslie | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Historic house | 1850s period house, barn with agriculture equipment, one room school, operated by the Lake Ainslie Historical Society |
| MacPhee House Community Museum | Sheet Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | History | Domestic and institutional life on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia from about 1850 to 1950 |
| Mahone Bay Museum | Mahone Bay | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Main-a-Dieu Fishermen's Museum | New Victoria | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | |
| Malagash Area Heritage Museum | Malagash | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | History | , site of the first rock salt mine in Canada, salt industry, fishing, farming, local history |
| Marble Mountain Library & Museum | Marble Mountain | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Mining | , history of the marble quarry |
| Marconi National Historic Site | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Technology | Site of Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless station |
| Margaree Salmon Museum | Northeast Margaree | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Sports | , trout and salmon fishing, life of the salmon |
| Maritime Command Museum | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | History of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command |
| Maritime Museum of the Atlantic | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Maritime | Includes small craft and the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Mary E. Black Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | , contemporary crafts, operated by the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design |
| Mastodon Ridge | Stewiacke | Colchester | Fundy Shore | Natural history | , roadside attraction that includes a craft store, toy store, mini golf, and an interpretive centre which displays area mastodon bones and a Bay of Fundy exhibit |
| McCulloch Heritage Centre | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | History | , local history |
| McCulloch House Museum | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Ethnic | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, story of Dr. Thomas McCulloch and his roles in education and politics in Pictou in the early 19th century |
| Memory Lane Heritage Village | Lake Charlotte | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Living | , 1940s period village |
| Memory Lane Railway Museum | Middleton | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Railway | , memorabilia and artifacts from the Dominion Atlantic Railway |
| Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre | Truro | Colchester | Fundy Shore | First Nations | , Mi'kmaq heritage and culture, formerly known as the Glooscap Heritage Centre |
| Milton Blacksmith Shop Museum | Milton | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Technology | , blacksmith shop with tools and equipment |
| Moose River Gold Mines Museum | Moose River Gold Mines | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Mining | , park and gold mining museum |
| Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum | Mount Hanley | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Education | One room schoolhouse |
| MSVU Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | , part of Mount Saint Vincent University, contemporary art with a focus on the representation of women as cultural subjects and producers |
| Muir-Cox Shipbuilding Interpretive Centre | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , area shipbuilding industry |
| Mulgrave Heritage Centre | Mulgrave | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | , local history |
| Muriel's Doll Museum | Berwick | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Toy | |
| Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos | West Pubnico | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Multiple | , Acadian history and culture, located in an 1864 historic house, collection of cameras |
| Musée La Pirogue | Chéticamp | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Maritime | , fishing industry |
| Musée Église Sainte-Marie Museum | Church Point | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | Religious | Early 20th century wooden church, largest wooden church in North America |
| Musquodoboit Railway Museum | Musquodoboit Harbour | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Railway | |
| Nicolas Denys Museum | St. Peter's | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | Biographical | , New France leader Nicolas Denys |
| North Highlands Community Museum | Cape North | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history and rural life |
| North Hills Museum | Granville Ferry | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | , , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 1764 farmhouse with collection of 18th-century paintings, ceramics, glassware and furniture |
| North Queens Heritage House Museum | Caledonia | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | History | , local history, period room displays |
| North Sydney Historical Museum | North Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history |
| Northumberland Fisheries Museum | Pictou | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Maritime | , area fishing industry and sea heritage; 3 sites in town, including a Canadian former National Railway Station, a lobster hatchery, and a replica lighthouse |
| Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum | Amherst | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | Military | , history of The Nova Scotia Highlanders |
| Nova Scotia Lighthouse Interpretive Centre | Port Bickerton | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Maritime | , , located at the Port Bickerton Lighthouse, restored 1930s keeper's house and lighthouse, exhibits on lighthouses in Nova Scotia |
| Nova Scotia Museum of Industry | Stellarton | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Industry | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, includes mines, factories, railroads, home-based industries, computers, railroads and more |
| Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Natural history | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Sports | Outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in Nova Scotia |
| O'Dell House Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | , operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, Victorian period stagecoach inn and tavern |
| Old Courthouse Museum, Guysborough | Guysborough | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | , , local history |
| Old Hall Wilderness Heritage Centre | Porters Lake | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Multiple | , local history and natural history |
| Old Meeting House Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century meeting house and non-conformist house of worship, managed by the Cape Sable Historical Society |
| Old Temperance Hall Museum | Smith's Cove | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Orangedale Historical Society Museum | Orangedale | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history |
| Orangedale Railway Museum | Orangedale | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Railway | 1886 railroad station with artifacts, model railroad and equipment |
| Ottawa House by the Sea Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Central | History | , local history |
| Out of the Fog Lighthouse Museum | Half Island Cove | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Maritime | , , way of life on a lightstation |
| Parkdale-Maplewood Museum | Maplewood | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history, rural life from 1840 to present |
| Parrsboro Rock & Mineral Shop & Museum | Parrsboro | Cumberland | Central | Natural history | , fossils, rocks, minerals |
| Pelton-Fuller House | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Historic house | , operated by the Yarmouth County Historical Society, late Victorian period summer home of Alfred Fuller, the original "Fuller Brush Man" |
| Perkins House Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period house, history of early Nova Scotia pre-Loyalist culture and colonial lifestyle |
| Pictou County Military Heritage Museum | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Military | , area's military past |
| Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame | New Glasgow | Pictou | Northumberland Shore | Sports | |
| Point Tupper Heritage Association Museum | Point Tupper | Richmond | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history |
| Port Bickerton Lighthouse | Port Bickerton | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | , local history and area maritime history |
| Port Loggia Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | , part of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University's Port Campus |
| Port Royal Farm and Country Museum | Granville Ferry | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Agriculture | , farm implements and tools, farm household utensils, rural household items |
| Port-Royal National Historic Site | Port Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Open air | Recreated early 17th-century French colony with costumed interpreters |
| Prescott House Museum | Starr's Point | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, mid-19th-century manor home of horticulturalist Charles Ramage Prescott |
| Queens County Museum | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Randall House Museum | Wolfville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | 19th century period house, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society |
| River Hebert Miners Memorial Museum | River Hebert | Cumberland | Central | Mining | , coal mining |
| Riverview Ethnographic Museum | Bear River | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Textiles | , folk costumes and artifacts from over 90 countries |
| Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Canning | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Art | , art centre with gallery |
| Ross Farm Museum | New Ross | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Agriculture | 19th century working farm |
| Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Historic house | , part of the Nova Scotia Museum, 18th century period store and house |
| Rossignol Cultural Centre | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Multiple | , complex includes the Apothecary Museum; Museums of Hunting, Fishing, Guidesports & Mi’kmaq History; Wildlife Museum; Folk Art Museum; open air Cultural Village; Laing Art Gallery; Wildlife Art Gallery; Outhouse Museum |
| Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum | Dartmouth | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Military | |
| Saint Mary's University Art Gallery | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Art | , part of Saint Mary's University, contemporary art |
| Samuel Wood Museum | Lower Woods Harbour | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Scott Manor House | Bedford | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Historic house | 18th-century house with local history artifacts |
| Seal Island Lighthouse Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society, 1/2 size replica of original lighthouse, exhibits of artifacts and memorabilia from lighthouses in the area |
| Shand House Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, late 19th century Victorian period house |
| Shearwater Aviation Museum | Shearwater | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Aviation | Canadian maritime military aviation |
| Shelburne County Museum | Shelburne | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Sherbrooke Village Museum | Sherbrooke | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Living | , depicts a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Sherman Hines Museum of Photography | Liverpool | Queens | Southern Nova Scotia | Photographys | , images, cameras and artifacts from key figures in Nova Scotian photography |
| Sinclair Inn Museum | Annapolis Royal | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Historic house | , operated by the Annapolis Heritage Society, 18th century inn |
| Sport Tuna Fishing Museum and Interpretive Centre | Wedgeport | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , equipment, memorabilia and photos of sport tuna angling |
| Springhill Miners' Museum | Springhill | Cumberland | Central | Mining | , area coal mining |
| SS Atlantic Heritage Park | Terence Bay | Halifax Regional Municipality | Eastern Shore | Art | , interpretive center with recovered artifacts and monument at site of 1873 sinking of the transatlantic ocean liner SS Atlantic |
| St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery | Antigonish | Antigonish | Northumberland Shore | Art | , part of St. Francis Xavier University |
| St. Mary's River Association Education and Interpretive Centre | Sherbrooke | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | Natural history | , salmon angling, life cycle of salmon, local wildlife, river ecology |
| St. Patrick's Church Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history exhibits in an 1828 church, operated by the Old Sydney Society |
| Stewiacke Valley Museum | Upper Stewiacke | Colchester | Fundy Shore | History | , , local history |
| Sutherland Steam Mill Museum | Denmark | Colchester | Northumberland Shore | Technology | Restored steam woodworking mill from the 1890s, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum | Louisbourg | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Railway | , coal-hauling times of the Sydney & Louisburg Railway and its marine connections |
| Sydney Mines Heritage Museum | Sydney Mines | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history, located in a former railway station |
| Sydney Steel Plant Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Industry | , history of the Sydney Steel Corporation |
| Thomas McCulloch Museum | Halifax | Halifax Regional Municipality | Metro Halifax | Natural history | , part of Dalhousie University, preserved bird specimens, ceramic mushrooms, corals, shells, insects, butterflies |
| Tupperville School Museum | Bridgetown | Annapolis | Annapolis Valley | Education | , one room schoolhouse |
| Uniacke Estate Museum Park | Mount Uniacke | Hants | Fundy Shore | Historic house | Part of the Nova Scotia Museum, early 19th century period Georgian estate with fine antiques |
| U.N.I.A. Cultural Museum | Glace Bay | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | Ethnic | , history and contributions of African Nova Scotians |
| Valley Medical Heritage Museum | Kentville | Kings | Annapolis Valley | Medical | , history of the former Nova Scotia Sanatorium |
| Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre | Wagmatcook | Victoria | Cape Breton Island | First Nations | , history and culture of the Mi’kmaq People |
| Wallace and Area Museum | Wallace | Cumberland | Northumberland Shore | History | , , local history |
| Watson Smith & Sons Tin Smith Shop Museum | Shubenacadie | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | , also known at the Shubenacadie Tin Shop Museum, includes 1890s tin shop, a hardware store from the 1920s,an artisans room, local handcrafts, period living rooms and clothing, farm relics, military tribute |
| Waverley Heritage Museum | Waverley | Cumberland | Metro Halifax | History | , local history exhibits in a former church |
| West Hants Historical Society Museum | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | History | , local and county history |
| Western Counties Military Museum | Barrington | Shelburne | Southern Nova Scotia | Military | , operated by the Cape Sable Historical Society |
| Weymouth Historical Society | Weymouth | Digby | Southern Nova Scotia | History | , local history |
| Whale Interpretive Centre | Pleasant Bay | Inverness | Cape Breton Island | Natural history | , natural history of whales |
| Whitman House Museum | Canso | Guysborough | Eastern Shore | History | , , local history |
| Whitney Pier Historical Museum | Sydney | Cape Breton | Cape Breton Island | History | , local history, located in a former synagogue |
| Wile Carding Mill | Bridgewater | Lunenburg | Southern Nova Scotia | Textile | Water-powered wool carding mill, part of the Nova Scotia Museum |
| Windsor Hockey Heritage Centre | Windsor | Hants | Fundy Shore | Sports | , , history of ice hockey |
| W. L. Sweeney Fisheries Museum | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | Maritime | , includes simulation of a traditional fishing wharf with fishing, processing and ship repair sheds, wharf decks and a coastal freighter, marine art, maritime gear and equipment |
| Yarmouth County Museum & Archives | Yarmouth | Yarmouth | Southwestern Nova Scotia | History | Local history |
Defunct museums
- Bras d'Or Lakes & Watershed Interpretive Centre, Baddeck, closed in 2014
- Wild Blueberry & Maple Centre, Oxford