This museum has one of Canada's finest collections of both ship models and ship portraits, the world's largest collection of wooden artefacts from the Titanic, some rare and beautiful examples of unique Nova Scotian boatbuilding traditions in its small craft collection, and a collection of about 24,000 marine photographs, some dating from the 19th century. The collections span days of sail, shipwreck treasures, naval World War II convoys, the age of steam and the opportunity to explore the 1913-built ship, CSS Acadia, at the dockside. The Museum also has a large collection of genealogical resources, including journals, diaries, ship's logs, shipping registers and a library containing more than 5,000 books relating to shipping.

Address: 1675 Lower Water Street

Website: museum.gov.ns.ca/mma

Telephone: (902) 424 7490

Opening times: May to October: Monday and Wednesday to Sunday 9.30am to 5.30pm (in May and October open from 1pm on Sundays); Tuesday 9.30am to 8pm. November to April: Tuesday 9.30am to 8pm; Wednesday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm; Sunday 1pm to 5pm

Admission: November to April: C$4.75 (adults), C$2.75 (children); May to October: C$8.75 (adults), C$4.75 (children); March Break: C$8.25 (adults), C$5.25 (children); other concessions available