Events
April 23, 2024
Tunes and Tales of the Sea: History and Songs by The Taproom Growlers
Tuesday Night Talk (and performance!)
Tuesday, April 23, free
Special start time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Audiences love the centuries-old standards like "Haul Away, Joe", "Blow the Man Down", "South...
April 30, 2024
The Lucky and the Lost: The Lives of Titanic’s Children, with Authors John Boileau and Patricia Boileau Theriault
6:30 pm
Tuesday Night Talk, free
More than half the children aboard Titanic died in the sinking, calling into question the notion of “women and children first.”
In The Lucky and the Lost: The Lives...
May 7, 2024
Sailors, Whalers, Coral forests & Tourists in the Gully: Human history highlights from Canada’s largest submarine canyon
Guest speaker: Paul Macnab
6:30 pm
Tuesday Night Talk, free
Just east of Sable Island, the continental shelf is incised by the Gully, an immense canyon where the seabed rapidly slopes away reaching...
May 11, 2024
Explore the Deep Sea, Creepy Creatures & A Forest of Corals: Celebrating 20 years of The Gully Marine Protected Area
9:30 am to 1:00 pm
This is a FREE event! In lieu of admission, we welcome non-perishable food and online donations for Feed NS during the event!
Dive into the deep sea and experience the Gully...
May 14, 2024
The Shubenacadie Canal: Ripples in Time
6:30 pm
Tuesday Night Talk, free
The construction of the Shubenacadie Canal was one of the most ambitious projects undertaken in Nova Scotia during the Industrial Age. With work slowed by logistical...