Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum
Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum
The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum is located in the Colonel J.L. Ralston Amory,Amherst, Nova Scotia. Currently the museum is open all year from Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 12:00, or by appointment. Admission is by donation.
History[edit]
The Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum originated quietly from a few pictures and artefacts in the Warrant Officer and Sergeant's Mess as part of its décor. As the collection of pictures and plaques began to grow, the idea of expanding into a museum was raised. The museum, which had been in operation in an unofficial capacity since 1986, was granted accreditation status as a Military Museum on April 26, 1989 by the Canadian Forces Museum Committee.
Mission Statement[edit]
To serve as a training medium to teach regimental history. To preserve Regimental history by collecting documents, pictures, books, military artifacts, etc. with particular emphasis on the histories of 1 Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (North) and 2 Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton). To Serve as a place of military interest for the public and for CF personnel. To provide research facilities for the study of Canadian military history dating from 1871 in so far as it affects the Nova Scotia Highlanders. To display and illustrate in appropriate manner the dress, weapons and customs of the Regimental military heritage.
Artifacts in the Collection[edit]
The museum houses a vast collection of military artifacts and displays that illustrate the history of the Nova Scotia Highlanders from their beginning as the Cumberland Highlanders in 1871, to their present day status as The Nova Scotia Highlanders.
The majority of the collections centre upon the North Nova Scotia Highlanders exploits during the Second World War. These include various medal groupings, German memorabilia (often taken from German prisoners of war), war art, photos of the regiment, and mannequins dressed in various regimental battle dress. The star attraction of the museum's collection is the Battle Flag of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, which was carried into battle on D-Day, June 6, 1944 and was the first Regimental Battle Flag to be raised over Germany on Nov. 19, 1994.[1]
The museum also houses various artifacts from the Great War, focusing on the 193rd. Battalion, CEF, which was raised in the Amherst area and was later incorporated into the 85th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
The Museum in the News[edit]
In Febrary 2018, the museum received a World War One Victory Medal which had been discovered by a young woman snorkeling in Hawaii in the late 1970s. After an exhaustive search[2], two granddaughters of the soldier named on the medal, Private R.C. McDonald, were located and the medal was returned to them on September 11, 2018. [3]
Nova Scotia Highlanders Museum, Amherst, Nova Scotia[edit]
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- ↑ Bird, Will R., "No Retreating Footsteps", Kentville, N.S.:Kentville Printing Co., p. 282
- ↑ "Amherst museum curator helping repatriate First World War medal with veteran's family | Cumberland News Now".
- ↑ "Canadian family reunited with WWI medal found by snorkeler in Hawaii | CTV News".
