Queens County Museum

Queens County Museum The Queens County Museum hosts a large collection of artifacts and exhibits on local history such as Mi'kmaq, privateering, and shipbuilding!
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The museum is also home to the Thomas Raddall Research Center. The Queens County Museum, located at 109 Main Street in Liverpool, Nova Scotia has a long and rich history beginning with the aboriginal Mi’kmaq people. In 1759, Liverpool was settled by New England Planters (colonists). Throughout the years the people of Queens have recorded many stories of Privateering, forestry, fishing, shipbuildin

g and merchant shipping. One of the most significant historical documents is the Simeon Perkins’ diary. These volumes provide a detailed record of daily life in the early years of the county. The Museum is the keeper of this and many other important links to our past. The Museum was built in the style of a large colonial-era warehouse, similar to what could have been found in Liverpool 200 years earlier. It sits adjacent to the Simeon Perkins House Museum-the oldest house in the Nova Scotia Museum Collection.

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐Leave your guesses as to which legendary local man these belonged to in the comments. Tune in ne...
09/02/2026

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐
Leave your guesses as to which legendary local man these belonged to in the comments. Tune in next week for the answer and a new artifact.

🔎• Our previous mystery item was a memory jug (regionally known as a junkers jug)! This art style was once common among Victorian-era people, who created them as an early form of scrapbooking to preserve trinkets, heirlooms, or memories of deceased relatives. The practice traces its roots to the Bakongo peoples' burial traditions in Africa! Our junkers jug was created by Margaret More of Caledonia for her granddaughter Jennie (More) Inness of Liverpool.

🌷• SNEAK PEEK OF OUR FUNDRAISER BULBS • 🌷We're selling multiple varieties of spring bulbs as a fundraiser for the Queens...
08/28/2026

🌷• SNEAK PEEK OF OUR FUNDRAISER BULBS • 🌷
We're selling multiple varieties of spring bulbs as a fundraiser for the Queens Museum Complex on September 19 & 20, from 10:30 am - 2 pm! Our family of museums are transitioning to a community-based model, and therefore requires support from community members to fund the museums. Sharing this post is greatly appreciated!

💰• PRICES • 💰
• Daffodils: Carlton, Ice Follies, Red Devon, Martinette, Beautiful Eyes, Poeticus Recurvus (10 bulbs for $15).
• Grape Hyacinth: Armeniacum and Latifolium (25 bulbs for $15).
• Alliums: Drumstick (10 bulbs for $5) and Caeruleum (5 bulbs for $5).
• Camassia (10 bulbs for $15).
• Fritillaria Melagris (12 for $10).
• Tulips: Dafeng, Happy Generation, Dolls Minuet, Orange Marmalade (10 bulbs for $15).

🦌 • All flowers (minus tulips) are deer-resistant!

🐶• It's National Dog Day! •🐾Today we're showcasing some adorable canine companions of Queens County! Take a look throug...
08/26/2026

🐶• It's National Dog Day! •🐾
Today we're showcasing some adorable canine companions of Queens County! Take a look through some of the photos from our collection, which you can view in person in the archives at the Queens County Museum!

Photograph #1: Dog in front of the Black Methodist Episcopal Church (A94-51). Photograph #2: Dog at Kitpu Lodge with Thomas B. Smith (BS019). Photograph #3: Dog training in the park (84-161.8 ). Photograph #4: Dog at Sweet-Water Brook (A2005-26.59). Photograph #5: Dog at the Liverpool Courthouse (BMc-082-002).

If you recognize any person or pet in these photographs, please drop the names below!

🌷• QUEENS COUNTY MUSEUM FUNDRAISER • 🌷We're selling multiple varieties of spring bulbs as a fundraiser for the Queens Mu...
08/23/2026

🌷• QUEENS COUNTY MUSEUM FUNDRAISER • 🌷
We're selling multiple varieties of spring bulbs as a fundraiser for the Queens Museum Complex on September 19 & 20, from 10:30 am - 2 pm! Our family of museums are transitioning to a community-based model, and therefore requires support from community members to fund the museums. Sharing this post is greatly appreciated!

💰• PRICES • 💰
• Daffodils: Carlton, Ice Follies, Red Devon, Martinette, Beautiful Eyes, Poeticus Recurvus (10 bulbs for $15).
• Grape Hyacinth: Armeniacum and Latifolium (25 bulbs for $15).
• Alliums: Drumstick (10 bulbs for $5) and Caeruleum (5 bulbs for $5).
• Camassia (10 bulbs for $15).
• Fritillaria Melagris (12 for $10).
• Tulips: Dafeng, Happy Generation, Dolls Minuet, Orange Marmalade (10 bulbs for $15).

🦌 • All flowers (minus tulips) are deer-resistant!

08/21/2026
🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐Leave your guesses about what this peculiar item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and ...
08/19/2026

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐
Leave your guesses about what this peculiar item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and a new artifact.

🔎• Our previous mystery item was a tray of communion cups, used for the taking of communion (wine or juice) during a church service. The tray and cups were made in Toronto, Ontario!

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐Leave your guesses about what this item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and a new art...
08/12/2026

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐
Leave your guesses about what this item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and a new artifact.

🔎• Our previous mystery item was a miner’s carbide lamp from Whiteburn Mines! The tiny area of Whiteburn Mines, Queens County, was once intermittently home to Whiteburn Mining Co., Rossignol Mining Co., Queens County Mining Co., and Crocker Mining Co. who produced over 370 kg of gold, from 9,700 tons of ore! The area is now largely abandoned.

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐Leave your guesses about what this item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and a new art...
08/05/2026

🧐•What’s It Wednesday?•🧐
Leave your guesses about what this item is below. Tune in next week for the answer and a new artifact.

🔎• Our previous mystery item was a sausage stuffer with a wooden plunger! This little tool would've been used by butchers, delis, and those who prepare their own meats.

‼️CLOSED‼️💼WE ARE HIRING!💼We're searching for a Heritage Interpreter for the Perkins House Museum from August 15th to Oc...
08/05/2026

‼️CLOSED‼️

💼WE ARE HIRING!💼

We're searching for a Heritage Interpreter for the Perkins House Museum from August 15th to October 15th, 2026. We are accepting applications from those who are seeking to work full OR part-time.

Please submit your resume to [email protected] or in person at 109 Main St., Liverpool, N.S.

Address

109 Main Street
Liverpool, NS
B0T1K0

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

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+19023544058

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