Ross Farm Museum

Website http://rossfarm.novascotia.ca/

Events at this venue

Today

  • Mary Ross Tea Party

    Ross Farm Museum

    Today is the 200th Birthday of the settlement of New Ross. Come and join the guests at Rose Bank Cottage to celebrate the past and enjoy an old-fashioned tea party from 2:00 - 4:00pm. Visitors are invited to dress in costume and take part in a tea party outside Rose Bank Cottage. There will be...Read more >

  • The Apple Barrel Industry at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    At Ross Farm on Wednesday, July 13th, you can hear the roar of the saws and the smell of the freshly cut spruce and balsam fir as the saw mill produce barrel staves and heads for our cooperage shop. At the cooperage shop you will see our cooper building the various types of barrels.

  • Book Reading with Christy Ann Conlin

    Ross Farm Museum

    Join Christy Ann Conlin for a reading from her new novel, 'The Memento', a literary ghost story, published by Doubleday/Penguin Random House. Christy Ann will share her love of ghost stories, discuss the haunted embroidery in the novel, and how growing up in rural Nova Scotia and participating in 4-H shaped her literary career.

  • Atlantic Spinners and Hand Weavers at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    Members of the Atlantic Spinners and Weavers Guild will be demonstrating at the museum on Sunday, July 3rd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Learning Centre.

  • “Making Do” Curator Talk on Quilts of 1800-1920

    Ross Farm Museum

    Join Polly on July 2nd for a conversation about the antique quilts displayed in the Learning Centre this summer, how and why they were produced, what we can learn about the people and the time period from these textiles.

  • Father’s Day @ Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    On Sunday, join the staff for tea & cake in the Rose Bank Cottage. Father's get free admission on this day.

  • “Making Do” Curator Talk on Quilts from 1800-1920

    Ross Farm Museum

    Join Polly on June 18th for a conversation about the antique quilts displayed in the Learning Centre this summer, how and why they were produced, and what we can learn about the people and the time period from these textiles.

  • New Ross District Museum Society Annual General Meeting

    Ross Farm Museum

    Annual General Meeting for the New Ross District Museum Society will be held on Wednesday, June 8th at 7:00pm in the Hearth Room at the Learning Centre at the Ross Farm Museum. Everyone is welcome to attend.