You could assemble this Gray Seal skeleton from Sable Island. Museums are for imagining, too. A child can picture herself as a bat-winged human. It's easy to leave your worries and drift into the natural world of a diorama. Imagine yourself with moose and deer in the autumn woods, or on a noisy offshore puffin island, or eye to eye with a bald eagle on the nest.
Free quizzes can help focus a child's attention and provide variety on repeat visits.
At the indoor Nature Centre, you can ask questions, have specimens identified, or examine some collections. Choose a close up and personal experience with live native animals, or examine them from a comfortable distance. Overhead, there's a full size Sei Whale made by building a mold right on the actual body of a beached whale by renowned scientist Dr. Paul Brodie. It's the most accurate Sei Whale in the world. Archaeology and Ethnology displays introduce the stories of Nova Scotia's first peoples.