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This museum incorporates the heritage building known as the William Robertson & Son Ship Chandlery and AM Smith and Co. Special summer events and exhibits commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian navy. Permanent major exhibits include Titanic: The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax; Shipwreck Treasures of Nova Scotia; Halifax Wrecked: The Story of the Halifax Explosion and North Atlantic Convoys. Also features galleries on Days of Sail and Small Craft, the former hydrographic ship CSS Acadia (built in 1913) and a giant lens from North America's oldest operating lighthouse at Sambro Island. Gift shop on site. Visit takes approximately 90 minutes. Note: some areas of the museum are currently closed for renovations—check website. Open daily.
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