Close up of a wood turtle’s face
Planning a visit to the #museum this week?
Visit naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/event/march-... to see what interpretation programs we’re offering!
#MNH #NovaScotia #March
Exterior of museum, a three storey brick building. Badly computer drawn dinosaurs, a stegosaurus (white with blue spots and purple plates) and an allosaurus (black outline and red and green stripes) and the words “open daily” hand written.
Our graphic designer is on vacation. We did our best. Please come visit? 🥹
(We are open daily, 9:30am - 4:30pm)
#MNH #Museum #Please #Dinosaur #Rawr
White background and green text reading “Sensory friendly Sundays paused for March 15th and 22nd due to high volume of visitation during March Break. Our next sensory friendly Sunday is March 29th.” And a green museum logo
Sensory Friendly Sundays will return in a couple of weeks!
#MNH #Museum #Halifax #Sunday #NovaScotia
Gus the gopher tortoise on white background facing camera
If you’re looking for our schedule of interpretive programs this #MarchBreak look no further! Here it is: naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/event/march-...
#MNH #NovaScotia
White background with green text reading “Wee Wild Ones” and a green silhouette of a salamander. Black text reads “Returns April 7th!”
Our Wee Wild Ones program is taking its own March break until April.
Hop back into the Museum of Natural History with your wee one on April 7th to learn about frogs and toads 🐸.
#MNH #Museum #April #Halifax
Honeybees on a frame
In a honeybee hive, the hive is constructed, maintained, and defended by the worker bees. The workers also forage, bringing back pollen and nectar, to feed the hive.
#MNH #Bees #Nature
Gus the gopher tortoise facing the camera on a white background
Gus. The tortoise, the myth, the legend.
Gus is 103 years old (we will celebrate 104 years in August 2026). He is the oldest known living gopher tortoise in the world and he has lived with the museum for more than eighty years.
#MNH #Halifax #NovaScotia #Museum
Stegosaurus skeleton
Stegosaurus stuffed animal with a blue body and red plates.
The dinosaurs in Dinosaur Exploration 2 aren’t very snuggly but the ones on the gift shop are!
#MNH #Dinosaur #Stuffy #Museum
Duck tracks across a frozen pond to an opening in the ice
Squirrel tracks in the snow to a tree
Are you making tracks to a museum this weekend?
You should be. 🐾👣
#MNH #Museum #NovaScotia
Today, February 24th, our Wee Wild Ones program is cancelled. It will return March 3rd.
What is Wee Wild Ones? It is a fun program where kids under 5 and their caregivers explore the wonders of nature.
This program runs on select Tuesdays, from 10-11am.
#MNH #Halifax #NovaScotia
Green background with white text reading “delayed opening” and a white snowflake
Delayed opening and program cancellation: on Tuesday, February 24th, the Museum of Natural History will be delayed opening. We will open at 10:30am.
Wee Wild Ones, our young children’s program on Tuesday mornings, is cancelled today.
Be safe in any travels.
#MNH #NSStorm #Halifax #NovaScotia
Green background and white text reading early closure with a white snowflake
Due to weather conditions, the Museum of Natural History will be closing early, at 2:00pm on Monday, February 23rd, 2026..
Take care in your travels and stay safe.
#MNH #NSStorm #Halifax #NovaScotia
Sad fact - dinosaurs have never eaten a chocolate mini egg.
Not one.
Tragic.
#MNH #Dinosaur #Chocolate #Sad
Allosaurus fighting a ceratosaurus, both are skeletons
Visit naturalhistory.novascotia.ca/teachers to learn more and book your visit today. Limited dates remain for spring 2026.
And when you book a school program, you can include a self-tour of Dinosaur Exploration 2 at no extra cost!
#MNH #NovaScotia #School
Pjila’si exhibit with display cases and screens
We love field trips! You can visit the Museum of Natural History for a self-tour, special presentation by staff, or an elementary school program. We offer programs on natural and cultural history.
#MNH #FieldTrip #NovaScotia
Monday, February 16th is Heritage Day! Visit heritageday.novascotia.ca to learn more about this provincial holiday and this year’s honouree.
The Museum of Natural History is open regular hours and offering free admission.
#MNH #NovaScotia #Museum
We’re sharing the love this Valentine’s Day weekend!
Our triceratops loves Nova Scotia 💚. If you love dinosaurs, visit the Museum of Natural History!
#MNH #NovaScotia #Dinosaur #Love #ValentinesDay
Heritage Day is a great time to learn more about our province and its people. The Museum of Natural History will be open 9:30am - 4:30pm and admission is free.
#MNH #NovaScotia #Museum
Thanks to the students’ feedback, the holiday was given the name “Nova Scotia Heritage Day” and a list of honourees was created.
This year’s honouree: Senator Joseph Willie Comeau
heritageday.novascotia.ca
#MNH #NovaScotia
What is Heritage Day?
The 3rd Monday in February is a #NovaScotia holiday. Students from primary to grade 12 worked together to create a name that would instill pride in being Nova Scotian, and for a remarkable person, place or event that have helped to make NS what it is today.
#MNH #Museum
Worker honeybee (left) feeding a drone (right)
Our love is like a honeybee - it makes life sweeter 💕🐝
#MNH #ValentinesDay #Valentine #Love
Graphic with blue ferns in the background and two white dinosaur skulls (one a triceratops and one an allosaurus). Text reads “Feb 7th to Sept 7th 2026. Dinosaur Exploration 2” with a Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History logo.
One day. 💚
#Dinosaur Exploration 2 is an all new exhibit - the sequel to the hit 2024 exhibit Dinosaur Exploration.
Dinosaur Exploration 2 opens on Saturday, February 7th at your #Museum. Bring your love for horned and armoured dinosaurs and maybe find a new favourite dinosaur!
#MNH #NovaScotia
Snow resting on top of a shrub
We might not love shovelling snow, but it can play a vital role in spring fire danger.
We asked our friends in wildfire prevention with the Department of Natural Resources to share about the importance of snow cover (1/4)
#MNH #Winter #Snow
Green background with white text reading “delayed opening” and a white snowflake graphic
On Tuesday, January 27, the Museum of Natural History will have a delayed opening. We will open at 1:00pm.
The Museum is admission by donation now until February 7 while we work on some exhibit spaces.
The next special exhibit, Dinosaur Exploration 2, opens February 7.
#MNH #NovaScotia #NSStorm
Green background and white text reading "storm closure" with a white snowflake.
The Museum of Natural History is closed on Monday, January 26th, 2026.
Please take care in the storm.
#MNH #NovaScotia #NSStorm #Closed
Just a claw from the blue lobster coming out of her cave in the ocean tank (viewed from above), with a a photoshopped bag of chips beside her claw.
Garter snake coming out of a little cave in enclosure, a photoshopped bag of chips beside him.
Gus in his burrow, a photoshopped bag of chips beside him.
It looks like the critters are ready for #NSStorm and we hope you’re ready too (storm chips or not).
Stay tuned to our social media and website for updates to our operations. We will update early in the morning with any delays or closure announcements.
Stay safe!
#MNH #StormChips #NovaScotia
Bullfrog sitting on a rock
Will we reopen on Monday, January 26th like we’ve planned? Time will tell. We cannot control the weather (yet).
Please check our social media and website for updates to our operations. We require power, water, cleared building entrances and exits, and staff to open.
#MNH #NovaScotia #NSStorm
Profile image of Gus the gopher tortoise on white background
Screenshot of The Coast website showing the results of the Best of Halifax 2026 for Best Local Character. Gold winner is Gus the Gopher Tortoise.
Exterior of museum, a three storey brick building with black letters reading “Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History “
Screenshot of The Coast website showing the results of the Best of Halifax 2026 for Best Museum. Gold winner is the Museum of Natural History.
Awww, thank you, #Halifax! It is an honour and a delight to share Gus with you, as well as all our natural and cultural history stories and specimens. YOU’RE THE BEST! 💚
#MNH #BestOf #NovaScotia
Blue fern background with two white dinosaur skulls. Text on graphic reads “Feb 7 - Sept 7, 2026 Dinosaur Exploration 2” with museum logo
Rawr.
February 7th, 2026.
#MNH #Museum #NovaScotia
Explore museums through in person visits and online collections. Visit collections.novascotia.ca/home to peek behind the scenes at what is in our collections.
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