First Ceilidh of 2010!

The first ceilidh of our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 8th at 7 PM at the museum. Our opening ceilidh will feature: Dara Smith – Fiddle Marcellin Chiasson – Guitar Lynn Chisholm – Guitar & Vocals Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show. We look forward… (more…)

Celtic Colours 2010

The 2010 Celtic Colours lineup has been announced! The Chestico Museum is pleased to once again be hosting two events. On Tuesday, October 12th at 2 PM, Storytelling & Afternoon Tea will be held at the museum.  Local storytellers Barbara Cameron, John Gillies and guests will tell stories featuring women of Port Hood and Port Hood Island. Tea and oatcakes will be… (more…)

Canada Games Torch at Chestico Days!

Hard as it is to believe, we are already half way through the month of June. Of course that means that Chestico Days is just around the corner! Chestico Days is always eagerly anticipated in Port Hood. This year we will have one more reason to celebrate as the 2011 Canada Games Torch will be part of the Chestico Days… (more…)

Slideshow Series

The Chestico Museum & Historical Society will be showing slideshow presentations throughout the month of June. They will be shown at the museum and begin at 7pm. Admission is $5.00 a person. The dates for these presentations are as follows: Thursday June 10th, 2010 – Port Hood: A Journey Back Thursday June 17th, 2010 – Al MacInnis: Induction into the… (more…)

Historical Newspapers Online

Today a new website was launched – Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers Online.  This project was sponsored by Libraries Nova Scotia and digitization was carried out in Halifax at the Nova Scotia Archives and in Sydney at the Beaton Institute.  All together, over 19,000 pages of digitized newspaper content have been produced.  Sixteen papers have been included in the project with… (more…)

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