Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador is a charitable organization representing institutions and individuals interested in the preservation and promotion of the province’s material and cultural heritage. The Association was incorporated in 1980 under the leadership of a volunteer Board of Directors representative of the museum and heritage community in the province.

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Fort Point Lighthouse Interpretation Centre
Fort Point Lighthouse Interpretation Centre

Fort Point, also known as Admiral’s Point, was fortified in 1746 with three batteries mounting 18  guns, a store house, a powder magazine, barracks for 224 soldiers and a pavilion for 9 officers, all surrounded by parapets and palisades.  During the 1740s, the Fort was garrisoned with only one artillery officer and 20 men, and an infantry officer with 30 soldiers. In 1748, theses fortifications were improved as they appear in [...]

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Over the Top Museum
Over the Top Museum

The residence of the late Peter and Ida Quinlan of Birchy Bay, built in 1916, houses the Over the Top Museum. Birchy Bay was first settled by fishermen from Fogo Island who would winter in the sheltered bays in winter tilts and cut timber from the surrounding area. A replica of a winter tilt can be visited on the Museum grounds. A scale model of the [...]

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Marconi Wireless Interpretation Centre
Marconi Wireless Interpretation Centre

Perched high on the hill above the community of Fogo, get a great view of the community and learn about the early communications history of Fogo Island. Built in 1911 at the instigation of the Newfoundland government, the Marconi wireless station on Fogo Island was for many years the only one along the hundreds of kilometres of Newfoundland coast between Cape Race and Belle Isle. Built near the community of Fogo, it operated for [...]

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  • 95 Bonaventure Avenue, Suite 503
  • St. John's, NL
  • (709) 722-9034
  • (709) 722-9035
  • info@museumsnl.ca
  • Mon - Fri 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the lands on which the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador operates are the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit. We strive for respectful relationships with all peoples as we search for collective healing and true reconciliation while honouring the traditional territories, as well as diverse histories and cultures of Indigenous groups with whom we share this land.
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