Perceptions of Neolithic Orkney: the Ness of Brodgar and Beyond

Kings County Museum

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 David MacInnes will be giving a talk on prehistoric Orkney. David spent six months (Jan 2016-July 2016) doing post graduate work at the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute in Scotland. He had the opportunity to join with other research post-graduate students at the Ness of Brodgar excavations. Click below to […]

Annual Yuletide Cream Tea

Kings County Museum

Yuletide Tea “A Woodsy Wonderland” The Kings Historical Society will be hosting their annual Yuletide Cream Tea “Woodsy Wonderland “at the Kings County Museum in Kentville (37 Cornwallis Street) on Saturday December the 3rd from 2:00 pm until 3:30 pm.  Plan on doing some holiday shopping in our SWEET SHOP while you enjoy the sights […]

$8.00

Kings Historical Society Show and Tell

Kings County Museum

Monthly Meeting plus  The Great Kings Historical Society Show and Tell  It is a night devoted to discovery at the Kings County Museum.   Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:30 pm Kings County Museum 37 Cornwallis Street Kentville (902) 678-6237 www.kingscountymuseum.ca   Free Will Offering Own something that makes you say, “what’s it?” bring it along and […]

Annual KHS picnic

Northville Farm Heritage Centre 1158 Steadman Road, Centreville, NS, Canada

Don’t forget our picnic on Tuesday June 27th . Fiddler Pat Madden and piper Ed Coleman will entertain us and we will have a horse drawn wagon ride! 5PM. It is going to be so much fun!!!

Celebrating Our Home; Sharing Our Stories

Prescott House Museum 1633 Starrs Point Road, Starrs Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Wander the beautiful grounds of Prescott House with costumed characters from our past. Visit our “village” of cultural and  heritage groups offering displays, hands on crafts and demonstrations. There will be fiddlers and story tellers, food and old fashioned games. A day of family fun and celebration of our 150 years of confederation.

Exhibit Opening “Witnesses to a New Nation”

Kings County Museum

WITNESSES TO A NEW NATION Exhibit Curated by the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Showing at the Kings County Museum, 37 Cornwallis street, Kentville from August 18 until September 22, 2017 Official opening august 17th from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm Exhibit background: The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia in conjunction with other Heritage Societies […]

Remembrance Road: Photographs from the Battlefields of Europe

    The Kings County Museum in Kentville is pleased to host the photography of             Justine MacDonald.  Justine is a   photographer, writer, and world traveller.                          She enjoys using these   pursuits to explore history, and   the world in general. Her   […]

Museum of New Ideas with Andrew Milne

Kings County Museum

  An Uncommon Outcome Talk and Q&A on art practices and the creative process with artist Andrew Milne.      

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