Antigonish Heritage Museum

Antigonish Heritage Museum This page is the Official page for the Antigonish Heritage Museum. Our site offers wheelchair accessibility. Ample parking for vehicles.

Our Mission Statement: The Antigonish Heritage Museum exists to preserve and promote a cultural understanding of the heritage of Antigonish Town and County. The Antigonish Heritage Museum features two main display rooms with exhibits that depict the history and material culture of our area. If you wish to make a contribution to our collection, please see our collections criteria. Our Resource Roo

m contains many valuable reference materials available to researchers and genealogists. The collection includes photographs, published materials, community, church, school, family histories as well as census records, vital statistics, school registers and much more. The Antigonish Landing is just a short walk from the Museum. It is a popular birding and hiking area along the estuary of Antigonish Harbour.

08/28/2026

What a special surprise: Margaret MacDonald did an impromptu performance of Amazing Grace in

Another amazing ceilidh tonight, featuring music from students of Rebecca Wild’s School of Music, the PD MacDonalds, Mar...
08/28/2026

Another amazing ceilidh tonight, featuring music from students of Rebecca Wild’s School of Music, the PD MacDonalds, Margaret MacGregor MacDonald, and more! What an amazing finale to our summer ceilidh series. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!
This photo is particular special: the whole PD clan together!

08/27/2026
08/26/2026

It’s always sad when the end of summer comes and our students have to go back to school. Thanks to Jane and Yash*ta for an amazing season! You gave countless tours, helped innumerable people with genealogy, hosted ten ceilidhs, washed soooo many mugs, hosted a massive yard sale, uploaded 55 years of the Casket, installed a new major exhibit, worked on three new displays, painted everything, reorganized the gift shop (again!), and worked on a host of other smaller tasks.



Today is ! We are always struck by the fact that so many of the people in our vast collection of photographs chose to i...
08/26/2026

Today is ! We are always struck by the fact that so many of the people in our vast collection of photographs chose to include their dogs in family photos. Give the dogs in your life a snuggle today today, and maybe an extra treat 😉

08/26/2026

Remembering Dolly today ❤️

Thanks to Helen and Allan from the Guysborough Journal Newspaper for coming out to our ceilidh last week! These awesome ...
08/26/2026

Thanks to Helen and Allan from the Guysborough Journal Newspaper for coming out to our ceilidh last week! These awesome photos of our performers are in today’s issue of the paper. If you’re not already a subscriber to this wonderful local paper, whats stopping you!?

08/25/2026

Address

20 East Main Street
Antigonish, NS
B2G2E9

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

1 902 863-6160

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