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.

We are so happy to have this Heritage Fair project by Emma Hopkins on display at the Museum. Emma focused her research o...
06/23/2026

We are so happy to have this Heritage Fair project by Emma Hopkins on display at the Museum. Emma focused her research on the story of her great-grandfather Ernie Aker, a soldier with the North Shore Regiment who was seriously wounded during the D-Day landings. He lost his helmet song the way, and it eventually found its way to the Netherlands, then Ontario, and finally back to his family in Antigonish! Come see Emma’s project, and the helmet that inspired it, at the Museum!

Shanna Hopkins

06/22/2026

The unofficial kickoff to KitchenFest / Féis a’ Chidsin is our Wednesday Night Ceilidh, and we've got a dandy crew coming down from Antigonish for the occasion! 🎶

Expect great songs, fine tunes, and all the good cheer needed to get festival week underway.

Join us in person, or catch it online right here. 🎻🍀

It’s time for the last instalment of our online spring book auction! Lots of great titles here, all at very reasonable s...
06/22/2026

It’s time for the last instalment of our online spring book auction! Lots of great titles here, all at very reasonable starting bids!
Please bid below the individual photo.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Bidding will close at 4pm on Monday, June 22nd.
Northern Nova Scotia Genealogical Fun The McCulloch House Museum & Genealogy Centre Pictou County Roots Society Guysborough Historical Society (Old Court House Museum) Cape Breton Genealogy Research Carmichael-Stewart House Museum Old Sydney Society

06/22/2026

A few years ago, the Heritage Association of Antigonish commissioned a video by Peter Murphy of Hole in One Productions to celebrate the heritage, culture, and attractions of Antigonish Town and County. In honour of , we are sharing one section of the video that highlights the rich culture of the Mi'kmaw people.

On this Father's Day, we pay tribute to the many dads out there who sacrifice so much for their families. Alexander Dani...
06/22/2026

On this Father's Day, we pay tribute to the many dads out there who sacrifice so much for their families.

Alexander Daniel MacDonald was a native of Beaver Meadow, Antigonish County, the son of Alexander Leo "Peddler" MacDonald and Catherine MacDonald. He met and married Mary Ann Cox from Cape Breton, and soon after they went west and settled at Eureka, California. There, Alex worked as a longshoreman and at one time a bartender, before he died in 1906. His widow died in 1948.
This photograph of Alex D. and his five eldest children was taken Feburary 19, 1890, the day Mary Ann gave birth to their sixth and youngest child, Mary Alice. According to Mary Alice's son, Jack Phegley, who gifted this copy of the photo to the donor's father, it was taken on that occasion "to get everyone out of the house before the big event."
Standing left to right: Alexander William, Alexander Daniel (father), John Henry, James Bernard, Annie Elizabeth. Seated is Joseph Vincent.

Today, on , and everyday, we honour and celebrate the rich history and living culture of the First Nations, Inuit, and ...
06/21/2026

Today, on , and everyday, we honour and celebrate the rich history and living culture of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples of Canada. Here in Antigonish/Nalikitquniejk, we acknowledge the generations of Mi’kmaw who have loved and stewarded this land, and with whom we are privileged to share it.

06/21/2026

Bayside Travel Centre is hosting an Indigenous Peoples Celebration for all its patrons. ✨️🎉

Starting at 8 AM! Whatever you were looking for, we probably have it! All proceeds to support the work of the heritage A...
06/20/2026

Starting at 8 AM! Whatever you were looking for, we probably have it! All proceeds to support the work of the heritage Association of Antigonish, which supports the Museum and other wonderful Heritage related projects throughout the town and county

We are all ready for our yard sale!! Come see us Saturday morning between 8am and 12pm!
06/19/2026

We are all ready for our yard sale!! Come see us Saturday morning between 8am and 12pm!

Address

20 East Main Street
Antigonish, NS
B2G2E9

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

1 902 863-6160

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