Established in 1969, The Ross Farm Museum is located on highway #12 in New Ross, Nova Scotia, just 15 minutes from the Lighthouse route, or 25 minutes from the Gloosecap trail. Our Museum is a living, working, farm museum depicting 150 years of agriculture in Nova Scotia. We are a single family upland farm on land originally granted to Captain William Ross. Ross Farm Museum is still being farmed with Oxen, the way it was in the late 1800’s. In Rosebank Cottage, the original home of the Ross family built in 1817, you may see food being prepared over an open fire, straw hats being woven, wool or flax being spun, butter being churned, or many other skills being demonstrated that were daily chores for our forefathers, but are now almost lost. We have a working blacksmith shop where hardware is produced for the farm, as well we shoe approximately 60 pairs of oxen each year. There is also a working stave mill and cooperage producing barrels, the original workshop where products such as butter churns, spoons, buckets and even snow shoes are made, you might have a chance to take part in a class in our one room school. During your visit to Nova Scotia, Ross Farm Museum is definitely worth taking the time to visit, it will provide you an opportunity to experience "An Adventure in Rural Living." December 3rd & 4th
Step back in time to experience Christmas in the Country. At Rosebank Cottage sample sugar cookies & hot chocolate. Have fun locating all the gnomes located around the museum site. There will be craft activities in the schoolhouse and farm workshop. Weather permitting there will be horse drawn rides. Father Christmas will be on hand both Saturday and Sunday. Christmas Craft and Gift Market
Sun. December 4th from 10:00AM to 3:00PM in the Learning Centre
