The Admiral Digby Museum is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

Digby, Nova Scotia Digby is a Canadian town in southwestern Nova Scotia. It is in the historical Digby County, Nova Scotia, county of Digby and a separate municipality from the Municipality of the District of Digby. The town is situated on the western shore of the ...

, that explores the history of Digby and the surrounding communities of

Digby County Digby County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History It was named after the Township of Digby; this was named in honour of Rear Admiral Robert Digby, who dispatched HMS ''Atalanta'' to convey Loyalists from New York City in ...

. It is housed in a restored Georgian style house facing Digby Harbour, known as the Woodrow/Dakin House. One of the oldest buildings in Digby, the house was purchased in 1968 by the Digby Library Association and became the home of the town's first library. A historical society was formed at the library and opened a small display in 1972. The historical society took ownership of the building in 1977, and after the library had moved to larger quarters in 1980, the museum occupied the entire building."Admiral Digby Library & Historical Society", Western Counties Regional Library
/ref> The museum is named after Admiral Robert Digby, who brought Loyalists settlers to the town in 1783. The museum is free and open year-round. Its collection includes rare furniture, textiles, photographs, and maps. A marine room displays many artifacts from Digby's maritime history. A highlight of the collection is the Gilpin Collection of spectacular watercolour paintings of

Sable Island Sable Island (, literally "island of sand") is a small, remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sable Island is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, about southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, and about southeast of the clo ...

, which were made by a Digby resident who visited the island in the 1850s.

References

External links

Admiral Digby Museum Website

A Journey Through Time: A Virtual History of Digby by the Admiral Digby Museum
Museums in Digby County, Nova Scotia History museums in Nova Scotia Museums established in 1972 1972 establishments in Nova Scotia {{Canada-museum-stub