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Bedford (pop. 36,354 [2]) is a former town and now a district of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the north west shore of the Bedford Basin in the central area of the municipality. It borders the neighbouring communities of Hammonds Plains to the west, Sackville to the north, Dartmouth to the east, and mainland Halifax to the south.
This list of museums in Nova Scotia, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
This article is a list of historic places in Halifax, Nova Scotia listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, all of which are designated as historic places either locally, provincially, federally or by more than one level of government. References to municipalities in the chart are to communities located within Halifax.
As of April 2021, there were 91 National Historic Sites designated in Nova Scotia, 26 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Numerous National Historic Events also occurred across Nova Scotia, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which ...
The Bank of Nova Scotia Building 1709 Hollis Street Built as bank's main branch; one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in Canada 1931 Dominion Public Building: 1713 Bedford Row At 13-stories, Art Deco structure was highest in the city prior to 1960; built as Depression-era relief project 1935
Scott Manor House was built sometime between 1769 and 1772 and is now a museum in Bedford, Nova Scotia. It is the second oldest house in the Halifax Regional Municipality , after the Morris House , and was built by Joseph Scott on the land once owned by his brother Captain George Scott . [ 1 ]
Nova Scotia Museum (NSM) is the corporate name for the 28 museums across Nova Scotia, Canada, and is part of the province's tourism infrastructure.The organization manages more than 200 historic buildings, living history sites, vessels, and specialized museums and about one million artifacts and specimens, either directly or through a system of co-operative agreements with societies and local ...
The community of Halifax, Nova Scotia was created on 1 April 1996, when the City of Dartmouth, the City of Halifax, the Town of Bedford, and the County of Halifax amalgamated and formed the Halifax Regional Municipality.