Clifton Museum Park is both a museum and a popular recreation area. The 34-acre park is open year-round. Its rolling lawns, orchards, ponds, and woods make it a beautiful location for walking, picnicking, cross-country skiing, community events, and more. The park is home to the Clifton Disc Golf Course, which is free for everyone.
The Clifton Museum shows the historic home, built in 1835 by Thomas and Louisa Haliburton. Learn about Clifton’s sixteen owners, and how they changed the house and land to suit their needs. Used as everything from a gentleman’s estate to poor relief housing, hotel, tearoom and gypsum mine, the house and history connects to the stories of all Nova Scotians.
The Birthplace of Hockey Museum is located in one wing of Clifton Museum. Filled with two hundred years of hockey history and artifacts, see the influences and evolution that led to the game we know today.
- Staff are happy to make accommodations to fit your needs such as
- Speaking louder/slower
- Reading text, describing visuals
- Making rooms darker
- Avoiding loud noises
- Rest stops and seating
- Photography is welcome and encouraged in the museum.
- Staff are available to give personalized tours and demonstrate artifact secrets.
- Visitors are welcome to explore the museum on their own, from the attic tower to the basement kitchen.
- Rooms are open to visitors, letting you get up close to the artifacts.
- Our children’s room has a variety of wooden toys, colouring sheets, and paper dolls to entertain younger visitors.
- Three gender-neutral, single-stall washrooms are available in the museum during open hours.
- Free public wi-fi is available in the museum and outdoors at nearby picnic tables.
- The Birthplace of Hockey Museum is located in one wing of Clifton Museum.
