Fisheries Museum has the largest collection of Bluenose artifacts. The program takes place in the Bluenose exhibit. This program includes a model schooner launch and role playing. The flagship of the museum, the schooner Theresa E. Connor , is featured in this program. Students learn about life at sea during the age of fishing schooners and find out where the fishermen slept, what they ate and how they fished.
Students examine a live lobster and learn about the life cycle, habits and diets .
Students see how lobsters are measured and banded, then view the different types of traps fishermen use to catch them. This program discusses the difference between toothed and baleen whales. Also covered are anatomy, habits, and the history of whales. Students learn about this ancient method of catching fish. Information about herring includes the different ways in which it is processed.