Kings County Museum

Yuletide Open House
2019-11-12 11:00 - 15:30 UTC | Kings County Museum
Take a break from the hustle and bustle.
Enjoy our “A Century of Dolls” Exhibit
Including:
Dolls, carriages, miniatures and dollhouses.
Visit our Victorian Christmas Parlour.
Relax in our century old candlelit courtroom. Bring your own brown bag lunch and let us tempt you with our tea, coffee and selection of sweets.
PLUS on Friday, Dec 13th 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
Enjoy
An Oxen Wagon Ride & Working Blacksmith Outdoor Exhibit.

Scary Night at the Museum
2019-10-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Kings County Museum
Doors Open at 7:15pm TICKETS
This from Jerome….
Join Jerome the GraveKeeper and his ghostly friends as they lead you on this 2-hour, family-friendly, historical production featuring ghosts from the various locations we haunt.
Gather at the outside steps of the Main Street Station, 325 Main St. (formerly the Cornwallis Inn).
This walk is special as it’ll be a joint effort with the Kings County Museum. Instead of the normal walk around town, we’ll be staying indoors between the Main St. Station and the King’s Courthouse Museum next door.
They’re family-friendly, but let’s not kid ourselves, it’s a history lesson and not every kid is into history. Ages 10+ recommended.
Reduce your chills, please dress warmly. The walks happen rain, snow, or moonshine. An indoor location is available in case of horrendous weather, check Facebook the day of the walk for all updates.
If need be, bring: an umbrella, warm clothes, a flashlight, and bug spray.
There are multiple stairs, this is not an overly accessible walk.
The Kentville Ghost Walks are partial fundraisers for local theatre organizations including CentreStage in Kentville.
Many thanks to Paddy’s Pub and the Town of Kentville for sponsoring Kentville’s Ghost Walks once again this year.
20 regular
$16 Students
$60 4-Packs available in advance only
(includes HST and fees)

Monthly Meeting PLUS talk: Abandoned RCAF Radar Station BEAVERBANK
2019-10-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum

Soldiers Social
2019-10-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Ball Room Main Sreet Station, 325 Main St, Kentville, Nova Scotia, B4N 1K5, Canada
The Kings Historical Society and CentreStage Theatre are hosting a night of wartime camaraderie with a touch of the poignant. Guests will enjoy a night of live 1940’s era music with Rewind, light fare, theatre and dancing. Ken Bezanson, pianist, will make a special appearance in the lobby and 1944 singing sensations Wendy and Donna will perform on the mainstage. There will be a cash bar serving refreshments and “cigarette” girls will stroll the ballroom of the Cornwallis Inn. This event is not only a fundraiser for our societies, but also a night to honour our World War II veterans. We look forward to welcoming you to our event as we rewind the clocks while recognizing the perseverance and sacrifice of our veterans.
Tickets $30 Society Members $25

Concert in the Courtroom: Alan Syliboy and The Thundermakers
2019-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum
Special Ticket price for Kings Historical Society members here
Regular admission tickets Deep Roots
Want to know more about Alan Syliboy and The Thundermakers?

Nova Scotia & The Spanish Flu
2019-09-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum

Kentville Multicultural Festival
2019-08-24 10:00 - 16:00 | Kentville Centre Square, Kentville, Canada
www.facebook.com/KentvilleMulticulturalFest/
The 5th annual Kentville Multicultural Festival will take place Saturday, August 24th 10am-4pm in Kentville’s Centre Square. The family-friendly event offers a symphony of sights, sounds, smells and tastes! There will be food, music, dancing, storytelling, art, a marketplace, (more as program unfolds). Free to attend, this is a full-day celebration of our region’s diversity!
Performances by
* Megwe’gs Drumming Circle *Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers * Drummers From Home *Chinese Language School Student Dancers * Christian Quirivan * ViBeat Indian Dance*Sebastion Dol Trio *FIL Connection *Freddy Mujica *

Amazingly Delicious Food !
Chinese * Indian* British * Barbeque * African

Learn More www.kentvillemulticulturalfestival.ca

Fairy Gardens!
2019-07-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Freedom Miniatures, 45 Webster Street, Kentville, B4N 1H4.
As part of Freedom Miniatures’ Fairy Door and Garden Days, we are creating a garden to place in front of the Kings County Museum in Kentville. Simply show up any time at Freedom Miniatures from July 24 to July 27 from 10 -5 and on Thursday July 25 from 10 – 8 . Stay as long as you like . A variety of materials and items will be provided by Freedom Miniatures, no instruction , free play!
Option 1 $22.25 per person taxes in – Groups $16.50 per person Add to our Museum Fairy Garden PLUS take a creation home!
Option 2 $17.75 per person taxes in– Groups $11.50 per person Create a Fairy Garden to take home ONLY

Fairy Gardens!
2019-07-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2019-07-25 10:00 - 20:00 | Freedom Miniatures, 45 Webster Street, Kentville, B4N 1H4.
As part of Freedom Miniatures’ Fairy Door and Garden Days, we are creating a garden to place in front of the Kings County Museum in Kentville. Simply show up any time at Freedom Miniatures from July 24 to July 27 from 10 -5 and on Thursday July 25 from 10 – 8 . Stay as long as you like . A variety of materials and items will be provided by Freedom Miniatures, no instruction , free play!
Option 1 $22.25 per person taxes in – Groups $16.50 per person . Add to our Museum Fairy Garden PLUS take a creation home!
Option 2 $17.25 per person taxes in– Groups 11.50 per person. Create a Fairy Garden to take home ONLY

Fairy Gardens
2019-07-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Freedom Miniatures, 45 Webster Street, Kentville, B4N 1H4.
As part of Freedom Miniatures’ Fairy Door and Garden Days, we are creating a garden to place in front of the Kings County Museum in Kentville. Simply show up any time at Freedom Miniatures from July 24 to July 27 from 10 -5 and on Thursday July 25 from 10 – 8 . Stay as long as you like. A variety of materials and items will be provided by Freedom Miniatures, no instruction , free play!
Option 1 $22.25 per person taxes in – Groups $16.50 per person . Add to our Museum Fairy Garden PLUS take a creation home!
Option 2 $17.25 per person taxes in– Groups 11.50 per person. Create a Fairy Garden to take home ONLY

50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing!
2019-07-19 13:30 - 15:30 | Kings County Museum

Annual Kings Historical Society Potluck
2019-06-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Northville Farm Heritage Centre, 1158 Steadman Road, Centreville, NS, B0P 1J0, Canada

Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
2019-06-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Kings County Museum
Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
Registration is now FULL. Bee on our waiting list. 902-678-6237
ADVENTURES IN GARDENING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Registration required.
info@kingscountymuseum.ca
(902) 676-6237
Sunday, June 16, 3-4 pm
Planting Party!
Stories !
Cake!
Planting Day!
Happy Father’s Day!
*Planting for success*Caring for the garden and its plants* Planting your seedling in the museum garden*Come and visit your seedling over the summer and watch it GROW!

Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
2019-06-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Kings County Museum
Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
Registration is now FULL. Bee on our waiting list. 902-678-6237
ADVENTURES IN GARDENING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Registration required.
info@kingscountymuseum.ca
(902) 676-6237
Saturday, June 8, 3-4 pm
Pollination: How Plants Produce Babies with Jen Kershaw
*What is pollination*What are pollinators and why are they needed*How can we help pollinators.

Jen Kershaw is delighted to come and share her love of nature with all workshop participants. “The more you learn about the environment around you, the more you’re going to enjoy being outside,” she said. Jen has taught in Elementary school and is bilingual . She promises to keep her workshops on germination and pollination interactive and animated! Her background is soil and plant ecology and currently teaches these subjects at Acadia. She tells us “you’ve hit on some of my favourite things”.

Expressions of Nature Quilt Exhibit Opening
2019-06-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Kings County Museum

Conserve Native Bees!
2019-05-28 20:00 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum

Kings Historical Society AGM
2019-05-28 19:30 - 20:00 | Kings County Museum

Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
2019-05-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Kings County Museum
Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
Registration is now FULL. Bee on our waiting list. 902-678-6237
ADVENTURES IN GARDENING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Registration required.
info@kingscountymuseum.ca
(902) 676-6237
Saturday, May 25, 3-4 pm
The Miracle in a Seed with Jen Kershaw
*How does a seed produce a plant*What does a plant need to grow*How to plant a seed*How to care for your plant*

Jen Kershaw is delighted to come and share her love of nature with all workshop participants. “The more you learn about the environment around you, the more you’re going to enjoy being outside,” she said. Jen has taught in Elementary school and is bilingual . She promises to keep her workshops on germination and pollination interactive and animated! Her background is soil and plant ecology and currently teaches these subjects at Acadia. She tells us “you’ve hit on some of my favourite things”.

Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
2019-05-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Kings County Museum
Registration FULL Dirt & Pails & Bees & Snails
Registration is now FULL. Bee on our waiting list. 902-678-6237
ADVENTURES IN GARDENING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Registration required.
info@kingscountymuseum.ca
(902) 676-6237

Saturday, May 18, 3-4 pm
The World Under Your Feet with Carol Goodwin
*How soil is made*Creatures of the underworld*How creatures help plants grow*

Our Garden Guide;
Carol Goodwin is a long-time teacher at the Agriculture College in Truro, and, later, Dalhousie University. She has encouraged adult learning, volunteerism and a love of horticulture through the classroom, leading garden tours to England, and as a member of the Truro Tree Committee and Communities in Bloom as well as helping to create the Truro Community Gardens, and the Friends of the Gardens on the AC campus. Now retired from full time teaching, she continues to instruct in the Atlantic Master Garden Program, and owns and manages Beneath the Boughs Woodland Plant Nursery and Pottery Studio.

Expressions of Nature: Quilts by the Town & Country Quilters' Guild
2019-05-06 | Kings County Museum

Monthly Meeting PLUS Antique show and tell!
2019-04-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum

Kings County Museum Yuletide Open House
2018-12-07 10:00 - 15:30
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The Kings County Museum welcomes you to our Yuletide OPEN HOUSE from December 3rd to December 7th . Enjoy our Heritage Hearth Yuletide Decorations on two floors of our museum. Downstairs our 1939 kitchen will be filled with preparations for the season and our Victorian Parlour will be decked out in its Christmas finery. Upstairs enjoy our candlelit historic courtroom set for tea. Bring your own brown bag lunch and let us warm you with our hot tea, coffee, and selection of sweets. Take a break from the hustle and bustle. Santa Claus will be here on Wednesday December 5th from 12:30-3:30. Santa will read stories and hear all the children’s Christmas wishes.

Kings County Museum Yuletide Open House
2018-12-06 10:00 - 15:30, 2018-12-04 10:00 - 15:30
The Kings County Museum welcomes you to our Yuletide OPEN HOUSE from December 3rd to December 7th . Enjoy our Heritage Hearth Yuletide Decorations on two floors of our museum. Downstairs our 1939 kitchen will be filled with preparations for the season and our Victorian Parlour will be decked out in its Christmas finery. Upstairs enjoy our candlelit historic courtroom set for tea. Bring your own brown bag lunch and let us warm you with our hot tea, coffee, and selection of sweets. Take a break from the hustle and bustle. Santa Claus will be here on Wednesday December 5th from 12:30-3:30. Santa will read stories and hear all the children’s Christmas wishes.

Santa Claus Visits Kings County Museum
2018-12-05 12:30 - 15:30
The Kings County Museum welcomes you to our Yuletide OPEN HOUSE from December 3rd to December 7th from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM . Enjoy our Heritage Hearth Yuletide Decorations on two floors of our museum. Downstairs our 1939 kitchen will be filled with preparations for the season and our Victorian Parlour will be decked out in its Christmas finery. Upstairs enjoy our candlelit historic courtroom set for tea. Bring your own brown bag lunch and let us warm you with our hot tea, coffee, and selection of sweets. Take a break from the hustle and bustle. Santa Claus will be here on Wednesday December 5th from 12:30-3:30. Santa will read stories and hear all the children’s Christmas wishes.

Kings County Museum Yuletide Open House
2018-12-03 10:00 - 15:30 | Kings County Museum

Kings Historical Society’s annual Heritage Hearth Yuletide Tea
2018-12-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Kings County Museum
The Kings Historical Society will be hosting a Heritage Hearth Yuletide Tea. Visit our Yuletide Victorian Parlour, Heritage Hearth exhibit, Curiosity and Book Shops on our main floor. On our second floor enjoy live music in our kitchen. Tea, scones and handmade jam will tempt you in our candlelit historic court room. Plan on doing some holiday shopping in our bake shop while enjoying the sights and sounds of the season,1940 style.
Admission is a suggested $8 minimum donation.

Jenny Osburn, Healthy, Nourishing , Local Food!
2018-11-27 20:00 - 21:00 | Kings County Museum
Join us as we welcome Jenny Osburn to our museum for an hour long chat followed by refreshments. Jenny Osburn found a passion for cooking very early in life. Learning at her mother’s side, she learned to appreciate the delicious flavours of fresh food prepared from scratch and came to head up the kitchen in one of Nova Scotia’s most beloved restaurants. Named Select Nova Scotia’s Local Food Hero in 2010, Jenny feels that aside from the obvious benefits of flavour and strengthening the economy, buying local can change your life. From forging new connections with one’s community to a sense of celebration in the changing of the seasons, she believes choosing local can lead to increased satisfaction and happiness. Although she sold the restaurant in 2016, she is as committed to these ideas as ever. Currently Jenny is sharing her passion for fresh, flavourful food with the Berwick School . Her Better School Food Annapolis Valley initiative can be followed HERE
Check out Kieran O’Neils video on School Food WINNER 2018 : Nourish Nova Scotia Food and Devour Film Challenge for Youth 2018, presented by CBC

Book Launch: Remembrance Road
2018-11-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Kings County Museum
Nova Scotian photographer Justine MacDonald’s poignant impressions from her 2001 and 2017 tours of western European battlefields are indelible reminders of the horror and utter futility of war. While they inform and memorialize, they do not take sides. One cannot read this book and not be profoundly moved. MORE
Justine’s website
