Barbour Living Historical Heritage Village
Cape Freels Heritage Trust Inc. The Barbour Heritage Village explores the lives of the Barbour family, a typical merchant family involved in the sealing and fishing industry in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The village, with its many historic buildings, is located in Newtown, Newfoundland, on a point of land surrounded
Battle Harbour Historic Trust District
Battle Harbour Historic Trust Inc. Situated on a small, near-shore island, Battle Harbour was for two centuries the economic and social centre of the southeastern Labrador coast. Mercantile saltfish premises first established there in the 1770s developed into a thriving community that was known as the “Capital of Labrador”. Today,
Beckett Heritage House
The Old Perlican Heritage Committee The Beckett Heritage Property depicts a typical fisherman’s home during the early 1900’s with its popular mansard roof. The property includes a root cellar, well, small barn, hen house, and associated vegetable garden. The wood house, stable, and hen’s pen were modified but its present
Blackhead One Room School & Church Museum
Located in Blackhead village, near Cape Spear, is this beautifully restored one room school and church, originally constructed in 1879. The building is a Provincially Designated Heritage Structure.
Bleak House Museum
The Town of Fogo Island The Bleak House, built around 1816 for John Slate of Poole, England, was the principle house of the fish merchant Henry J. Earle and Family from 1897 – 1967. Restored in 1986-87 with many original items belonging to the Earle family and other artifacts depicting
Bonavista Museum & Archives
The Town of Bonavista & The Bonavista Historical Society The Bonavista Museum, located at the Ryan Premises National Historic Site, showcases various aspects of local culture dating back to the late 19th century such as domestic life and entertainment, school, church, mercantile activity and occupations such as fishing, sealing, logging,
Burgeo Memorial Museum
Town of Burgeo Housed in the former community library, the museum focuses on the 400 year old history of Burgeo and the surrounding area. The French were the first to settle in Burgeo during the late 1700’s, followed by the English between 1790 – 1796. At that time, the town’s
Conception Bay Museum
The museum is located in the former 1870 Customs Building. The first floor consists of exhibits showcasing the inshore Conception Bay fishery from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, complete with fishery implements and tools, and an exhibit concerning the Peter Easton, a seventeenth-century pirate who was based out of this
Cooperage
Trinity Historical Society Inc. Transportation and storage of fish and other goods was a crucial part of living in outports during the early years. It would be the local Cooper’s skilled hands to make casks and tubs for this essential task. He could also make and repair essential items such
Corner Brook Museum and Archives
The Corner Brook Museum and Archives officially opened on December 8, 1997. It is housed in one of the oldest buildings in the city, which was built in 1926 to house the post office, telegraph and customs office as well as the town’s court room. The museum exhibits the social,