Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
A red wooden museum on Lunenburg's waterfront where you can board fishing vessels, view aquariums and learn about North Atlantic fishing history.
The Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic is the striking red building along Lunenburg's waterfront, telling the story of centuries of cod fishing and boatbuilding in Nova Scotia. Inside are aquariums and a touch pool. At the wharf, the trawler Cape Sable and the schooner Theresa E. Connor are moored, and both can be boarded. Fish-filleting and knot-tying demonstrations are held from time to time. The Bluenose II sometimes berths alongside when in port. Open roughly May to October; admission is around CA$15.
Opening hours
About May–Oct 09:30–17:00
Nearby sights
- Bluenose II
- St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg
- Old Town Lunenburg
- Knaut-Rhuland House Museum
- Lunenburg Academy
- Ironworks Distillery
- Blue Rocks
- The Ovens Natural Park