Website: www.macdonaldmuseum.ca/
The museum occupies the first consolidated school in Canada. Features include the Nova Scotia Museum's collection of clocks and watches, a recreated school classroom and general store, a genealogical and historical research library, a temporary exhibit centre, Sports Heritage Wall of Fame, and various other displays. In an attached greenhouse there is an extensive natural history display. In addition, an Art Gallery presents the works of local artists.
Hours
Year round
June 15-September 30
Museum:
Mon-Sat 9:00am-4:30pm
Sun 1:00pm-4:30pm
Library:
Mon-Sat 9:00am-11:45am; 1:00pm-4:15pm
Sun Closed
October 1-June 14
Museum:
Mon-Fri 10:30am-4:30pm
Library:
Mon-Fri 1:00am-14:15am
Membership(s)
Museum Membership
Individual - $11.50/yr
Couples - $17.25/yr
Family - $20.70/yr
Membership includes free access to the museum during open hours, invitations to museum events, newsletters and reduced photocopying, but members still must pay Library admission fee of $3.00/ day to do research.
Library Memberships
Individual - $17.25/yr
Group (2 – 4) - $28.75/yr
Membership includes free access to the library during open hours, reduced photocopy fees, invitations to museum events and copies of our museum newsletter put out 4 times a year.
Parking Spaces(car)
30
Contact Information
Sherry Griffin
Director
ns.sympatico.ca
Phone: (902) 825-6116
Fax: (902) 825-0531
Alison Brathwaite
Librarian/Curatorial Assistant
ns.sympatico.ca
Phone: (902) 825-6116
Admission
Adult: $3.00
Family: $6.00
Admission Details
child under 12 free, if accompanied by an adult
Organization Type/Service(s)
Museum
Archives
Genealogical Holdings
Photographic Holdings
Theme(s)
Buildings
- Schools
Facilities
Public washrooms
Bus tours welcome
Picnic tables
Parking available
Gift shop
Special Group Tours Offered
No
Tour Details
For special group tours please call ahead.
Genealogical Holdings:
Scope of Holdings
Various Source Books:
Christian Messenger 1847-1849;1851,52;1854-1858;1860
Marriage & Death Notices from Methodist Newspapers
Abstracts of Probate Records for Anna. Co. 1763-1908
Vital Stats from the Presbyterian Witness 1848-1857
Census Records (microfilm)
Annapolis Co. 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
Kings Co. 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
Digby Co. (Part) 1871, 1881
Digby Co. 1891, 1901
Census Records (not on microfilm):
1838 census
Township of Annapolis
Township of Clements
Settlement of Dalhousie
Township of Granville
Township of Wilmot (also 1861 census)
Township Records:
Granville Township Book
Annapolis Township Book 1790-1853
Wilmot Township Book 1749-1894
Funeral Records:
Hall’s Funeral Records (Bridgetown, NS)
Parish Registers:
Wilmot, Aylesford, Bridgetown
Acadie & Gaspesie
Annapolis, St. Luke's
Clements, Granville, & Dalhousie
St. Mary's, Aylesford
St. Edward's, Clements
Cornwallis, Methodist Church
Cornwallis, St. John's Anglican
Granville, Anglican Church
Newspapers:
Middleton Outlook/Mirror-Examiner/Spectator
1901-present (indexed from 1901-1925)
Bridgetown Monitor 1890-1902
Vital Statistics:
Marriage License Index
Annapolis Co. 1864-1908
Digby Co. 1864-1909
Kings Co. 1864-1908
Catalogue of Marriage License Bonds
- All N.S. 1853-1864
Marriage Records:
Digby Co. 1864-1909 Annapolis Co.
Lunenburg Co. 1864-1877 Kings Co.
Vital Stats Records on Microfilm:
Annapolis Co. Birth Records 1864-1877
Kings Co. Death Records 1864-1877
Annapolis Co. Death Records 1864-1877
Hants Co. Death Records 1864-1877
Index to the 1881 census for Wilmot
Town Registers:
Annapolis 1747,1774-1874,1884
Chester 1762-1829
Cornwallis 1720-1885
Granville 1720-1881
Horton 1751-1895
Extent of Holdings
56 + boxes of genealogy, local history and other research materials
3 filing cabinets of materials
5 shelves of published genealogies and manuscripts donated to the Library
10 shelves of genealogical reference materials, periodicals and books
Librarian is the custodian of the Annapolis County School Registers.
Research Fees
$3.00/ day admission to the Museum library.
Can’t get to us? We provide research services via phone, fax, mail and email. Please provide us with as much information as possible to aid in the search.
The fee for this service is $20.00/hour (plus costs of photocopies and shipping if required).
Duplication Fees
Photocopying
Members:
$0.20/page (8 ½ x 11)
$0.25/page (double sided)
$0.30/page (8 ½ x 14)
$0.35/page (double sided)
$0.40/page (11 x 17)
Non-Members:
$0.30/page (8 ½ x 11)
$0.35/page (double sided)
$0.40/page (8 ½ x 14)
$0.45/page (double sided)
$0.50/page (11 x 17)
Digital photographs of the images of our microfilm at a charge of the price of a 8 ½ x 11 photocopy/ picture.
Please refer to our Photograph Policies found on our Museum website (www.macdonaldmuseum.ca) for the reproduction of our photographs and archival materials
Photographic Holdings:
Scope of Holdings
The collection consists of images of the Macdonald Consolidated School classes and the local area. Macdonald Consolidated School class photographs 1904-1964, and local scenery. Photographs are accessible by subject, person and location through a card catalogue system.
Extent of Holdings
Approximately 1.5 metres
Research Fees
The museum responds to research inquires. A fee of $20.00 per hour. All requests are charged for a minimum of one hour.
Duplication Fees
Photocopying and photographic reproduction services are available. Fees quoted upon request. Photographs cannot be scanned.
Community Holdings
Annapolis County communities and have many materials on the “shoulder counties".
Cemetery Holdings
All of Annapolis County.
Additional Fee Information
Publication Fees : A fee of $50.00 per image is charged.