The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, located at 1675 Lower Water St. and on the grounds of the Citadel National Historic Park, is the perfect place for the ‘seaworthy’ enthusiast to find out about everything involving Nova Scotia maritime history from 1850-present.

You’ll love learning about The Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian merchant marine. You’ll find exhibits that include the small boats once used around the coast. One of the most popular collections features information about local shipwrecks as well as the 1917 Halifax Explosion.

The museum’s largest artifact is the 1913 hydrographic vessel CSS Acadia, the ship that spent its long life charting the coasts of Labrador and the Artic. The museum has a permanent exhibit about the Titanic disaster, as many of the victims were buried in Halifax. The Titanic display includes 20+ artifacts and many photographs. The only surviving deck chair is housed at the Maritime Museum.