Museum Exhibits
The Museum hosts a number of professionally crafted interpretive exhibits illustrating the way of life of the early settlers of northern Cape Breton.
Topics include gypsum quarrying, stores, church histories, shipwrecks, furnishings, school and transportation, and many more.
See below for a more complete outline of our exhibits by topic.
Also see our special exhibits page.
Museum Exhibit Topics
Migration to Our Region
The Region: Geography and Topography
Aboriginal Settlements
Arrival of Europeans
Life at the edge of the Sea
Fishing
Lighthouses
Marine Transportation: Coasters and Steamers
Weather:
Storm Drums, Fog Horns
St. Paul Island Weather Reports
Shipwrecks:
The Auguste
The Titanic
Other Shipwrecks
Life on the Land
Farming
Hunting and Trapping
Mining: The Gypsum Quarries
Health and Medicine
Religion and Churches
Home Life and Crafts:
House Building and Furnishing
Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving
Quilting and Sewing
Early Schools
Land Transportation:
Early Roads, Horses, Sleighs, Snowshoes
Links to the Wide World
Transatlantic Cable Across Aspy Bay
Local Men and Women in the World Wars and Korea
Museum Location:
29243 The Cabot Trail
Cape North
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
