Website: www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
Victorian stagecoach tavern/inn, with 12 rooms of exhibits including furnished interiors and theme displays on funerals and mourning, shipping and shipbuilding, and clothing from the 1780s to 1940s. Visit the 'Fairy Sisters' exhibit, Nova Scotia's diminutive answers to General Tom Thumb and other midget artistes of the 1870s. The archival/genealogical collection includes original photographic records, deeds, birth, marriage, death records on microfilm, etc. covering the old townships of Granville and Annapolis.
Hours
Year round
Summer: Daily from 9:00am-5:00pm
Winter: Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm, Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm
Membership(s)
Individual $15, Family $25, Business $50, Life $200. Newsletter comes with membership
Parking Spaces(car)
6
Contact Information
Ryan Scranton
Executive Director
ns.aliantzinc.ca
Phone: (902) 532-7754
Fax: (902) 532-0700
Ian Lawrence
Head of the Archives Committee
ns.aliantzinc.ca
Phone: (902) 532-7754
Fax: (902) 532-0700
Dr Barry Moody
President
Admission
Adult: $3.00
Children 6-17: $2.00
Senior +65: $2.00
Family: $7.00
Admission Details
Fee admission to Members of the Annapolis Heritage Society, discount offered if you would like to visit both the O'Dell House Museum and the Sinclair Inn on the same day.
Organization Type/Service(s)
Archives
Genealogical Holdings
Historic Home
Photographic Holdings
Theme(s)
Buildings
Facilities
Wheelchair accessible
Public washrooms
Bus tours welcome
Picnic tables
Parking available
Tourist info
Special Group Tours Offered
No
Genealogical Holdings:
Scope of Holdings
Family collections, family files publications, genealogies, charts, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, church registers, cemetery inscriptions, funeral home records, township books, vital statistics, census records, directories, special collections: Annapolis County, Acadian families, library of local history, deeds (microfilm), probate records, school records: Bellisle, local newspaper: Annapolis Royal Spectator, Nova Scotia Farmer.
Extent of Holdings
Approximately 60 Linear meters, 3 filing cabinets (genealogy) and 70 meters of archival holdings.
Founding Family Names
Bent, Brothers, Chute, Comeau, Easson, Francis, Hall, Harris, LeBlanc, LeCain, Longmire, Melanson, Mills, Oliver, Porter, Rice, Ritchie, Robinson, Ruggles, Shafner, Troop, Wade, Williams, Winniett, Young.
More available upon request.
Research Fees
In person: $5.00 per day
Request by mail / email: First half hour is free and each additional hour is $10.00 per hour.
Duplication Fees
Photocopying services are available at 25 cents per page.
Photographic Holdings:
Scope of Holdings
The collection consists of images of families, streetscapes, panoramic views, businesses, events, etc. of the immediate local area, Annapolis Royal, Granville Ferry and area as well as views of nearby communities such as Bridgetown, Clementsport, Bear River and Digby. The majority date from 1890 to 1950 and were generated by amateur photographers. A significant fonds of negatives is the Al Kingsbury collection from the 1980s (Valley photographer/correspondent for the Halifax Herald Ltd.). Amateur photographer Fred Harris' views of his family and Annapolis Royal, c. 1900; shipping/ships photographs from various sources; professional photographer, Paul Yates collection of photographs, 1915-1940s; the Mills family collection; the Pickup family collection; the Hillsdale/Charlotte Perkins collection, c. 1900, documenting the Hillsdale House (Hotel); the Perkins family and the town of Annapolis Royal. Harold Thorne Stultz collection of portraits c. 1930-1940, Cronin family collection of documents from Lower Granville 1770 - 1890, Tommy Rose Photography collection c.1955 - 1970.
Extent of Holdings
Approximately 10,000 images.
Research Fees
The museum responds to research inquiries. The first half hour is free; donations are welcome. Beyond the half hour the archival committee member negotiates a fee for service.
Duplication Fees
Photocopying and photographic reproduction services are available. Fees quoted upon request.
Community Holdings
Annapolis Royal, Granville Ferry, Port Royal, Granville Beach, Karsdale, Port Wade, Victoria Beach, Clementsport, Clementsvale, Upper Clements, Allains River, Lequille, Moschelle, Round Hill, Tupperville, Centrelea, Bridgetown, Upper Granville, Bellisle, Granville Centre, Bear River, Greywood, Maitland Bridge, Parker's Cove, Hillsburn, Delap's Cove, Young's Cove, Litchfield, Hampton, Perotte, West Dalhousie
Cemetery Holdings
All of Annapolis County.
Additional Fee Information
Publication Fees are not currently charged. Photographs must be accompanied by an appropriate credit line.