Dartmouth Heritage Museum
Protecting, preserving, and promoting our heritage.
Dale Wilson has been a professional commercial and editorial photographer for more than 30 years, and a historic photography process volunteer at Dartmouth Heritage Museum. He is the only known photographer in Atlantic Canada making glass negatives and salted silver...
Today marks International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the contributions of women. There are many women’s stories reflected in the Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s Collection, whether in archival images or physical artifacts. An ongoing project for us is to make...
Today is Thursday, which means it is time for another #ThrowbackThursday photo! This week’s photo features a group of students from Stair Street School around 1910. Previously know as the Coloured School, Stair Street School opened in 1879 and accommodated...
On this day in 1849, local portrait painter and daguerreotypist William Valentine died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Valentine introduced the daguerreotype process to Halifax thus having the distinction as Nova Scotia’s first photographer, one of the first in Canada and...
October is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is #MakeAnImpact. Every Wednesday we will be featuring a woman who made an impact on Dartmouth or Nova Scotia’s history. All the posts will be gathered here for you to read en...
On this day in 1914, Dartmouth native and journalist, Howard Cormack Wolfe sent this postcard to his mother to tell her that his battalion had departed Quebec City for Europe. Howard was part of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces’ 8th Battalion...
Since it’s #BacktoSchool time, we thought it’d be fun to share school related photos from our Collection. These photos have been posted daily to the Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s Instagram account for the past week and will be posted until early next...
Last week, April 23-29, was Museum Week and the Dartmouth Heritage Museum participated for the first time! #MuseumWeek is an international online event celebrating galleries, libraries, archives and museums from all over the world. Institutions of every size and shape can...
On this day in 1912, at 11:40 pm (ship’s time), the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland and by 2:20 am the next morning had sunk. At least 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster. The impact...
Dartmouthians assemble! The Halifax Municipal Archives (HMA) needs your help! They have uploaded an album of just photos of Dartmouth houses and need help identifying some of them. You can browse the collection here and if you recognise any houses either...