Avondale - Avondale Railway & Community Museums - Old Railway Station, Tel: 368-8268. The building itself,
over 100 years old, has been declared a Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of NL. A five-car static train
display contains an operating dining and cook car. A mini-train is also in operation, offering visitors the chance to
ride over the old narrow gauge track. Community Museum has artifacts of the fishing & agricultural community.
Community of Avondale with photos >>
Bay de Verde - Bay De Verde Heritage House and Story Board - 7 Blundon's Point, Tel: 587-2766. Exhibits
showcase the difference between the lifestyles of the mercantile and fishing classes in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. Also, has a display on the Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve.
Community of Bay de Verde with photos >>
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Baccalieu Island with photos >>
Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve - Geo Questing - Lat 48.13355617 Long -52.80138821
Bay Roberts - “Road to Yesterday” Mercantile Museum - Cable Building, Water Street, Tel: 786- 2005,
After Hours: 786-3482. Email: ejerrett@nf.sympatico.ca Registered Historic Building contains exhibits depicting lifestyles
and commerce in the late 19th/ early 20th century. Also, contains rare intact artifacts from 17th century shipwreck
in Bay Roberts Harbour.
Road to Yesterday Museum with photos >>
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Brigus - Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site Irishtown Road, Tel: 528-4004. Hawthorne Cottage is the home of Captain Robert Bartlett. Born in 1875, the famous arctic explorer was
involved in Peary's North Pole expeditions and commanded the Karluk in the
Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-14). Both the historical significance of Bartlett's work and the architectural quality of Hawthorne Cottage have been recognized by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The home is furnished with memorabilia from his voyages. “Live on the Lawn", theatre performances by the Baccalieu Players, take place each summer on the Cottage grounds. Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site >>
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Brigus - St. George's Heritage Museum Janes' Hill, Tel: 528-4713 The church contains religious artifacts of church
history and is the site of theatrical and musical events during the summer.
St. George's Heritage Museum >>
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Brigus - Ye Olde Stone Barn Museum Tel: 528-4982 Displays Brigus history, with photographs dating back to
1876 and artifacts covering a period of over 200 years.
Attractions in Brigus - Ye Olde Stone Barn Museum >>
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Bell Island - Community Museum and #2 Mine Tour. 1 Compressor Hill, Tel: 488-2880 The #2 Mine site was the deepest submarine mine in the world and is a first class underground tour facility. The museum consists of two parts. First there is the Museum itself, which opened in the summer of 2000. It displays many of the artifacts from the Islands mining past. On the walls the history is told in pictures. Of particular note is the display of work by renown photographer Yousuf Karsh. The second part involves a walking tour of the underground shafts. Here you will experience what it was like to work underground. Museum and No. 2 Mine >>
Carbonear - Carbonear Museum Water Street Tel -596-0714 Holds railway artifacts, community memorabilia
and a permanent exhibit "Going Foreign" which interprets the schooner trade between Carbonear and Atlantic &
Mediterranean ports. Attractions in Carbonear - Carbonear Museum >>
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Carbonear - Rorke Stores Water Street Tel 596-4949. Contains “ Balancing The Scales,” artifacts tell the story
of the generations-old connection to the Labrador fishery from the days of the merchant to the life of the stationer. Attractions in Carbonear - Rorke Stores >>
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Freshwater, Carbonear -"Shades of the Past" Museum, Flatrock Road, Freshwater -Contains a photo museum of
resettled communities of Conception and Trinity Bays and a reconstructed one room school complete with school
books, photos of students, desks, etc.
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Clarke's Beach Lewis Roberts Artistic Electronic Creations, Museum, and Repairs is a unique experience. Contains a replica of a royal glass coach complete with miniatures of people, a miniature railway, and historic photos of Bareneed. Previously located in Bareneed, the business has combined with Roberts' Sleepy Hollows B&B. A new era has taken place when the two businesses combined. We are hoping it will be better for customers in the future. Contact: Lewis Roberts, PO Box 509, Glam Road,
Clarke's Beach, NL
A0A 1W0
Tel: 786-1307
Toll Free: 1-877-786-1307
Email: lewisrobertsac@persona.ca
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Cupids - Cupids Museum UC Hall, Seaforest Drive, Tel:528-3500. Artifacts from the Cupers Cove dig. Exhibits
from Cupids (a typical rural Newfoundland community), Newfoundland postal history, and 'Present, Miss,'
an exhibit of school-days in Cupids.
Cupids Museum >>
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Dildo - Dildo and Area Interpretation Centre, Front Road Tel: 582-3339 Off Season 582-2687 Exhibits depicting
the prehistory and history of the area for over 4000 years. Open: June - Sept Daily: 10:00am to 6:00pm; Admission:
Adults $2.00, children $1.00, Family Pass -$5.00 -Wheelchair Accessible.
Mailing Address: Front Road, Dildo NL A0B 1P0. Contact: Rowena Smith Community of Dildo with photos >> Geo Questing Lat 47.638.85 Long -53.232207
South Dildo - Whaling & Sealing Museum - Photographic material and artifacts are on display relating to the
whaling industry, prominent local whaling skippers, and the sealing industry. In addition, aspects of Beothuk
culture with archaeological finds are on display at the museum.
Hant’s Harbour - Willow Tree Heritage Museum, the Willow Tree Cemetery, and the Registered
Historical Fishing Premises Tel: 586-2820. Hant's Harbour has a history that dates back to the migratory
fishery in the early 17th century.
Community of Hant's Harbour with photos >>
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Harbour Grace - Conception Bay Museum - Water Street, Tel 596-3631 Exhibits on Peter Easton, the history
of early aviation including some on Amelia Earhart's first Trans-Atlantic Flight 75 years ago; an exhibit of 19th
century furniture and a photographic display depicting old "Harbor Grace." Conception Bay Museum >>
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Heart's Content- Cable Station Provincial Historic Site Tel: 583-2160, Off Season:729-0592,
heartscontent@nf.aibn.com Visitor information center and equipment displays explaining the important role
Heart's Content played in the Transatlantic Communication for over 100 years.
Cable Station Provincial Historic Site >>
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Heart’s Content - Mizzen Heritage Society, Mizzen Hall, Tel: 709-583-2160 heartscontent@nf.aibn.ca Photographs, artifacts, and archival material on occupational heritage, domestic artifacts, as well as artifacts
relating to the Mizzen Society’s history. The museum also provides visitors with a walking tour of the community. Community of Heart's Content with photos >>
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Job's Cove - Flambro Head Museum and Café, Tel:584-3161 rjewers@persona.ca The museum has displays,
artifacts, photos, tools and implements depicting the early lifestyles of the area.
Community of Job's Cove with Flambro Head Museum and Café>>
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Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum Tel: 726-5272 Exhibits showcase community history, also
highlight the laying of a trans-Atlantic cable at Middle Cove Beach in 1953 and the Royal St. John’s Regatta
record of 9:13, set by the Outer Cove crew of 1901.
Marysvale. Turks Gut Heritage House Tel: 528-1310 tghc@nf.aibn.com Displays on the history of Marysvale.
Community of Marysvale with photos>>
New Perlican Orange Museum, Main Road, Center of town, Tel: 583-2196, jrowe@personainternet.com.
History of Orangemen, with replicas and parade dress on display.
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Old Perlican. Beckett Heritage House Tel: 587-3028 The house, which is a Registered Heritage Structure,
has mid 1800s - mid 1900s fishery homestead exhibits. Near the house is a root cellar, garden, and a boardwalk
to a fishery display.
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Port de Grave - Fishermen's Museum Hibb’s Cove Tel: 786-3900 Artifacts depict the life and work of the
Newfoundland inshore fisherman. Porter House, which is furnished as a typical fishermen's home of that period
and Hibb's Hole School, one of the few remaining one room schools are part of the museum. The school has a
photographic display showing different aspects of the fishery and the way of life in a small outport. FMI: www.baccalieutourism.com/baccalieu/muspdg.htm
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Pouch Cove Museum 658 Main Road Tel: 335-2849. This museum interprets the history of the community from
its earliest settlers in the eighteenth century to the present. Pouch Cove Museum >>
Sibley's Cove - Lifestyle Museum Tel: 583-2016 The Museum depicts the lifestyle of a fishing community in
the 1930s
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Torbay Museum 1288 Torbay Road Tel:437-6532 The Torbay Museum houses an array of common and curious
artifacts dating from the early 1800's. The museum began its collection with a donation from the Presentation
Sisters from St. Michael’s Convent in honour of their 121st anniversary. For more information see the Museum
Torbay Museum >>
Victoria - Newfoundland Lifestyle Museum. Houses the original turbines and equipment from
the original hydro electric plan in the periods of 1904,1907, and 1914. Near-by are a reconstructed replica Water Powered Sawmill with an operational water wheel, a Lifestyle
Museum, and a stable sanctuary for the Newfoundland pony and Newfoundland goats.
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Whitbourne - Heritage Museum / Railroader's Memorial Station Road, Tel: 759-2345. Local artifacts particularly
relating to Sir Robert Bond, a former Newfoundland prime minister, who owned an estate in Whitbourne; the
Newfoundland Ranger Force; the railway; sawmill industry.
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Winterton - Boat Building Museum Winterton Tel: 583-2044 Exhibits include the process of boat
building, the province’s oldest English headstone, and other local artifacts. Winterton Boat Building Museum >>
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