This September, the Chestico Museum will present a series of narrated slideshows on Thursday evenings beginning at 7 PM. These slideshows are encore presentations as we have had requests to repeat them. Our schedule is as follows: Thursday, September 4th at 7 PM : Port Hood: A Look Back to the 1940s Thursday, September 11th at 7 PM: Father Donald… (more…)
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Book Launch: “Cape Bretoners in the First World War”
On Thursday, August 28, 2014 Ronald Caplan, publisher of Breton Books, will be at the Chestico Museum to launch his latest work Cape Bretoners in the First World War: In Their Own Words. The book features rare interviews with survivors of World War One as well as diary entries, letters and news accounts of Cape Breton’s participation in the conflict.… (more…)
Downton Abbey Tea Party
This summer the Chestico Museum and Historical Society will host an afternoon Tea Party at Hillcrest Hall Country Inn in Port Hood. For those fans of the popular British TV series Downton Abbey, this will be an opportunity to dress up in your finest, wear your most elegant hat and enjoy a cup of tea! Museum volunteers in period dress (1912… (more…)
Ships 1801 in Mabou
Ships of 1801 will be performed at Strathspey Place in Mabou on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 8 PM. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the show and are available through the Strathspey Place Box Office. Ships of 1801 is an original dramatic concert performed by local and recognized musicians in period costume. Song, dance, and Gaelic verse… (more…)
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