Events
June 27, 2019 to February 1, 2020
The Sea in Her Blood Special 2019 exhibit
Living in Mi’kma’ki-Acadie-Alba Nuadh-Nouvelle-écosse-Nova Scotia means living with the sea. Like the land we call home, every generation of maritime women is shaped by the sea – through...
January 21, 2020
Fisheries: Photographing Fisheries in Mexico and Canada with Sylvia Calatayud
7 pm
Sylvia Calatayud began photographing fisheries in her native Mexico in 1988. Her first experience was on the coast of Baja California with the yellowfin tuna fisheries, when she was working as a...
January 25, 2020 to April 25, 2020
First LEGO League (FLL) Robotics – 2020 Sessions
From 2:30 to 4:00 pm (included with museum admission)
Dates
Saturday, January 25
Saturday, February 29
Saturday, March 21
Saturday, April 25
Accelerate Learning Using Bricks and Code with NSCC
Come...
January 28, 2020
The Mary Celeste and Sherlock Holmes
7 pm
The legend of the Mary Celeste was born in December 1872, when the ship was found adrift and empty in the North Atlantic near the Spanish Azores. No sign of the 10 people on board, including...
February 6, 2020
Drum and Dance Concert! Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society
5 pm to 7pm
Free admission (donations welcome)
As part of African History Month, we are proud to support the Africa Festival of Arts and Culture Society (AFACS) in recognizing the significance of ...
February 9, 2020
Camp Kadimah: The Story of our Lives
Presented by the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival
2:00 pm
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is proud to be the host venue for a film screening as part of the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival, an Atlantic...
February 11, 2020
Book Launch: Watermark by Christy Ann Conlin
7 pm
In these evocative and startling stories, we meet people navigating the elemental forces of love, life, and death. An insomniac on Halifax’s moonlit streets. A runaway bride. A young woman...
February 19, 2020
Welcome Wednesday Special Guest Author Briana Corr Scott Reading of She Dreams of Sable Island
10:30 am
As part of our Welcome Wednesday program Briana will be in our Small Craft Gallery read her book as part of our February theme: February 2020: Voyage of Imagination! Briana Corr Scott as...
February 23, 2020
Golda’s Balcony, the Film.
Presented by the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival
1:15 pm
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is proud to be the host venue for a film screening as part of the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival, an Atlantic...
April 28, 2020
The Royal Naval Burying Ground: with Tom Tulloch
7 pm
During the American Revolutionary War Halifax served as one of the Royal Navy’s principal bases in North America, and thereafter it’s only one. To treat the growing numbers of wounded and...