Ross Farm Museum

Website http://rossfarm.novascotia.ca/

Events at this venue

Today

  • Baked Beans and Brown Bread Supper Fundraiser

    Ross Farm Museum

    The New Ross Refugee Welcome Group are hosting a baked bean, home made brown bread, and home made apple pie supper in the Hearth Room at Ross Farm. Eat in or take out. $10.00 per person. On Saturday March 12th, 4-6pm.

  • Food From the Hearth

    Ross Farm Museum

    Visit the Ross Farm Museum, March 5th & 6th, to see how our ancestors would have prepared food for the family and savor the aroma of food cooking on the open hearth. Sample some of these dishes. For additional information: Joan Lenihan 1-902-689-2210 1-877-689-2210 Visit: https://rossfarm.novascotia.ca/    

  • Wood Chip Hats at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    Making hats by braiding natural fibers is considered an art by some, but at one time, it was simply a fact of life. This weekend staff will demonstrate hat-making using strips of wood known as "sheens" stripped from freshly gathered yellow-birch logs.

  • Soup & Biscuit Lunch Fundraiser

    Soup & Biscuit Lunch Fundraiser
    Ross Farm Museum

    The New Ross Refugee Welcome Group will be hosting a soup, biscuit or roll, homemade cookie, tea/coffee lunch in the Hearth Room at Ross Farm Museum. Eat in or take out. $8.00/person, 11:30am - 1:00pm on three Friday's in February (Feb. 12, 19, and 26th)

  • Snowshoe Demonstration at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    This weekend our interpreters will be demonstrating the traditional art of snowshoe making. We have snowshoes available for you to experience snowshoeing first hand.  

  • Candle Making at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    In the early 1800s the only source of light would have been by candle. Many families would have had to make their own candles or go with no light at all. Come join the staff in making dipped candles just like the settlers would have done years ago.

  • Tatting Demonstration at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    Visit Ross Farm Museum on February 6th and 7th to chat with their interpreters as they demonstrate the beautiful art of both needle and shuttle tatting.

  • Toboggan Making at Ross Farm

    Ross Farm Museum

    Join our interpreters this weekend and see how to make a wooden toboggan.