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Museum Gift Shops in Halifax to Support this Holiday Season
Every year, the same thing happens. No matter how much I try to prepare in advance or how far out I see it coming, suddenly the holiday season is just around the corner and my shopping list is yet to be completed. However, your local historian is to the rescue! Have you ever thought of checking out your local museum gift shop to cross everyone off your list? Museum gift shops are not just for the history nerd in your life. Many also supply locally made products from a variety of makers, are unique, or are made in house options that offer something extra special. Check out the list below…
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Tufts Cove Cemetery: A Small Cemetery with a Large Historical Footprint
Tufts Cove Cemetery is a must visit for history and cemetery enthusiasts alike. Though a small space, it is filled to the brim with in depth local history.
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“This Is What I Wish You Knew”: Mi’kmaq Identity and History at the Museum of Natural History in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Here in Nova Scotia, I think many of us take advantage of our history. We grow up sitting through history classes that we write off as boring. Or maybe we dismiss Canadian history as a whole, chalking ourselves up as uninteresting in comparison to our American neighbours. Yet this is untrue. No history is plain and lifeless. And though I am happy to share with you my passion for the history of this province and actively prove to you that Nova Scotian and Canadian history is anything but uneventful, there is also a darker side of this conversation. How our disinterest in our own histories not only comes from a…
My name is Kirby and I’m a 20-something year old with an M.A. in History. Needless to say, history is a huge passion of mine.
