Best places: Museums in New London, Canada

Open-air living museum of Acadian history & culture, with original 1800s houses & resident guides.

Large maritime museum, with boatbuilding, shipwreck & naval exhibits, plus a historic vessel.

Family-friendly national immigration museum with temporary & interactive exhibits, plus events.

Guided tours of dramatic coastal cliffs & coal faces embedded with fossilized trees & marine life.

Local industry is the focus at this museum with interactive exhibits & machinery demonstrations.

Information on a former 1860s African-Canadian town, displayed in a replica Africville church.

😠 If you have a biracial or black family, I suggest skipping it. We specifically picked Sherbrooke to take our god children to because it offered a dress up experience. You could pay an extra fee and dress up in period clothes for the day. Despite calling in advance, despite having a staff member ava...

Historic battleground site with remnants of an 18th-century fort & a museum on expansive grounds.

Built in 1817, this historic, lakefront estate offers scenic grounds with walking trails & tours.

👍👍 Love this idea! Love this place! Spent some time here selecting approx $90 worth of chocolates for ourselves and friends. Great selection of a variety of flavours to accommodate different tastes. Looking forward to sampling them over the coming weeks while in Nova Scotia. Hoping they last till we ge...

Natural history & science museum, established in 1868, with live animals & interactive exhibits.

👍👍 Worth the entrance fee, so nice to drive and do the 4.5km hike it's a bit intense but good, try park a car at each end or get a lift back to avoid the in and out.

👍 The day we arrived, we did not have much time to view everything in its full glory! But this place is just magical, the moment you enter from the road, it feels like you are in a different era! The old machinery and vehicles is what always takes my fancy, can't resist some nostalgia. I see this loc...

Striped 5-story lighthouse built in 1875, now with history exhibits, guest rooms & scenic views.

Active wharf & fishing village made up of colourful cabins, with a boardwalk, gift shops & dining.

👍👍 My whole family thoroughly enjoyed Alex's tour of the museum.

Nature center with a museum, restaurant & gift shop, plus trails for hiking, birding & scenic views.

Museum tracing Canada's civilian & military aviation history with vintage planes & memorabilia.

Seasonal fishing-history & maritime museum, with an aquarium, historic boats & hands-on exhibits.

👍👍 Stumbled upon this little gem on our drive along the coast on our trip from the states to Nova Scotia. You can actually climb up into the lighthouse and see the gears working! There is a wonderful little gift shop and museum, walking paths and amazing views! We loved it so much we stayed for a picni...