As a year-round community museum, we offer a variety of exhibits and have on hand a very diverse collection of artifacts from household items to farm equipment. The following are the largest.
Exhibits
Current Exhibits
No current exhibits at this time
Permanent Exhibits
Clock Collection
Over 150 antique clocks and watches on permanent exhibit from the Nova Scotia Museum. These objects were collected by the late Norman Phinney and sold to the Nova Scotia Museum with the understanding that they be displayed in the Middleton area. More …
Learn more...Rusty Nail Collection
This collection consists of over 500 items assembled and catalogued by the students of Middleton Regional Junior High School history teacher, Mrs. Leonie Cumming, who began teaching at the school in 1949. Housed first at the high school, the collection moved to the museum in 1980 and is an integral part of its collection.
Recreated General Store
Set in the 1940s.
Learn more...Recreated Classroom
Set up with early 20th century artifacts.
Learn more...West Nova Scotia Regiment
“West Novas in Peace and War” – the WNSR is an active Canadian Army Reserve Infantry Regiment with 4 locations in western Nova Scotia.
Learn more...Middleton Sports Heritage Wall of Fame
A tribute to local athletes.
Learn more...The Clock Tower
He, in turn, donated it to the Nova Scotia Museum complex in 1989 as a part of the outstanding clock collection at the Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum to perpetuate the memorial function of the tower. The structure was moved to its current location at the south end of the museum through the combined efforts of the Nova Scotia Museum and the Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum.