num_pages: 208
description: Nova Scotia is known for its appeal to treasure hunters, but many of its relics can be found above ground. They are the items in the province’s over two hundred museums—their stories pressed between diary pages, painted on antique wallpaper, and painstakingly sewn into elaborate patterns.Armed with a spirit of adventure, curiosity, and the belief that “treasures can be found in unlikely places,” historian Joan Dawson has scoured Nova Scotia’s National Heritage Sites and community museums for the fifty objects that best “embody the history and culture” of the province.With fascinating detail, A History of Nova Scotia in 50 Objects explores the items whose collective stories form the province’s historical fabric. From prehistory to present-day, Dawson unearths everything from Mi’kmaw quillwork to buried Acadian treasure, uncovering each object’s legacy. In this remarkably unique history, readers are invited to discover objects both familiar and strange as they embark on an interactive treasure hunt around the province.
language: English
title: History of Nova Scotia in 50 Objects
publisher: Nimbus Publishing