Why do you think we have a car on display?
Would you believe this is a mobile industrial arts classroom?
Inside the shopmobile you can find a small forge and scaled-down machine tools used to teach Nova Scotia boys in rural communities in the 1940s and 1950s.
See a demonstration of our 36 hp horizontal steam engine, built at the Pictou Iron Foundry in 1866.
Kids love to climb inside this big tire.
Belts and pulleys can help you lift a load. Grab the rope to get the job done.
In our Time Out area, you can explore some of our larger artifacts.
Our Lower Gallery tells the story of work and the goods we made in more modern times.
In the Age of Steam you can find one of the world’s oldest locomotives and see how a belt-driven machine shop works.
Our exhibit galleries are big and full of hours of fun and learning.
