Accessible (elevator, parking close to front door, level entrance) bus tour parking
Gift shop, tax free
Contact:
902-657-3449
[email protected]
Archives contact:
902-657-3449
[email protected]
Archives: by chance on Wednesday afternoons
Archives appointments are highly recommended. Inquiries by students for Heritage Fair projects are welcome
Admission to the Heritage Cen
tre exhibits:
Adults $6.00
Seniors and students $5.00
Children under 12 free
Family rate $20
Archival research fees are charged
The Margaret Fawcett Norrie Heritage Centre in Tatamagouche is a museums/archives centre housed in the historic Tatamagouche Creamery building. We are located in the Creamery Square complex on the picturesque Waugh River and the former rail line, now a hiking, biking and snowmobile trail called the Butter Trail. Main floor exhibits:
CREAMERY MUSEUM
From 1925-1992 the famous Tatamagouche butter was produced in the building still affectionately known as the Creamery. The Creamery Museum contains the churn, steamer and butter printer. A hologram presentation by a character named Boiler Bob is certain to amuse. The boiler, built in New Glasgow, is known as the "Leaning Boiler of Tatamagouche". Ask staff to help you shake up some cream to make your own butter, then enjoy the fruits of your labour on crackers. www.tatamagoucheheritagecentre.ca
Go to our website and take the 360 degree tour. BRULE FOSSILS
In the early 1990s the van Allen brothers discovered footprints in the rocks along Brule Beach that were made approximately 290,000,00
years ago by tetrapods, in an ancient Walchia forest of the Permian Period. In our professionally designed exhibit, the hands-on computer-generated trackways, diorama, and sound effects create
an impressive, interactive exhibit. There is an elevator to the second floor exhibits:
GIANTESS ANNA SWAN MUSEUM
The Anna Swan Museum exhibits tell the story of Anna Swan, a local unusually tall woman who married “the Kentucky Giant”, Martin Van Buren Bates. The museum displays actual artifacts and life size figures. Visitors have the opportunity to try on replicas of the giants' clothing. The story of the 'tallest married couple in the world" is related on wall panels and on a touch screen system. Additional information is available on our website:
www.tatamagoucheheritagecentre.ca
SUNRISE TRAIL MUSEUM
The Sunrise Trail Museum houses hundreds of artifacts pertaining to local industries (farming, shipbuilding, mining, lumbering, fishing) and professionally designed exhibits depicting local events and heritage: Mi’kmaq, Acadian, Foreign Protestants from a part of Europe called Montbeliard, Scots, the 1745 Battle of Tatamagouche, the 1755 Deportation of the Acadians, and ship building. Favourite displays include the two-headed calves, dog churn, fireless cooker, dental implements, wood stove. Fun activities include rope making, caulking, trying on costumes, and locating the Creamery cows and cats. Pick up a site card at the front desk to become engaged in indoor and outdoor onsite activities. Check out this website for more details on the history of the Tatamagouche area: villageoftatamagouche.com
NORTH SHORE ARCHIVES
The North Shore Archives contains a collection of genealogical and historical resources: maps, books, genealogies, photos, obituaries, and cemetery records pertaining to the area. We preserve information in our collections. Closed Sundays. See our website: www.tatamagoucheheritagecentre
Check out our photos on Facebook. Email enquiries to [email protected]
902-657-3449
Enjoy a visit to the Boat Shop, a few steps from our front door, after a visit to our tax free Gift Shop. During your visit, enjoy the nearby Train Station Inn, the Creamery Square Farmers Market, the Grace Jollymore Arts Centre and the Tatamagouche Grain Elevator. Our Mission: to act on behalf of the north shore of Nova Scotia in the stewardship and promotion of a diverse collection of artifacts from the prehistoric to the last millennium, and to engage in the social, economic and cultural life of the community.
