Ross Farm Museum

Have you ever wondered what that antique dish is worth? Have you figured out what that obscure item you have out in the shed is? Here is your opportunity to find the answers to all your questions about your older items. There will be an Antique Road Show on October 16th from 2-4 pm at...Read more >

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th Come and witness a traditional demonstration in Lunenburg County Pudding & Sausage Making. Meat will be made into these traditional dishes. Come and see how these delicacies are prepared.

Can't think of anything special to do on Thanksgiving Day? Bring the family out for some good old fashioned fun. Enjoy demonstrations of open-hearth cooking, coopering and sauerkraut making. Take part in a fun auction for everyone in the afternoon at 2:00 pm.

Members of the Nova Scotia Basketry Guild will be here demonstrating witherod basket making from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in the farm workshop.

Sat/Sun/Mon - Today is the day to step back in time and do some everyday hands on activities. Different activities will be scheduled each day such as wood punching, quill pen writing, taffy pull, candle dipping, cow milking, and blacksmithing.  

At the Ross Farm, you can hear the roar of the saws and the smell of the freshly cut spruce and balsam fir as the mill produce barrel staves and heads for our cooperage shop.

Today at Ross Farm Museum , staff will be on hand to inform and demonstrate the steps involved from planting of the seed to the spinning of the fiber.