Through its permanent and temporary exhibits, the Museum presents Nova Scotia's exciting Maritime Heritage to the visiting public.
Exhibits help to tell the real stories behind certain events, people and artifacts in our history.
They enable the Museum to make history accessible to everyone. The Museum's Major Permanent Exhibits Small Craft Gallery , where 18 of over 70 small craft in the Museum's collection are on display. Many other small boats can be seen in the Boat Sheds located on the Museum wharves. Halifax Wrecked Exhibit , which recounts the devastating effects of the 1917 explosion in Halifax Harbour, the most destructive manmade explosion before the atomic age. Halifax Explosion Infosheet Navy Gallery which explores the naval presence in Nova Scotia from the founding of the Royal Navy dockyard in Halifax in 1758 to the creation of the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910.