Grand Manan Museum

The Grand Manan Museum collects, preserves, and displays items that represent the human and natural history of the Village of Grand Manan, and the Islands of the Grand Manan Archipelago. It promotes education and appreciation of the community's heritage, culture, and physical environment through public programs and exhibits. The Museum's founding exhibit when it opened in 1967 was the 300 birds of the Allan Moses Bird Collection. This exhibit has been upgraded recently with a touch screen computer of bird calls and a short NFB documentary about Allan's life. In 1967, the Gannet Lighthouse Second Order Fresnel Lens was moved to a field behind the Museum, and in 1997 a new marine gallery was built to accommodated it inside. In 2013 the Museum became a Member of the United States Lighthouse Society, and visitors can now purchase a Lighthouse Passport in the gift shop and have their passport stamped for visiting the Gannet Rock Light. In 2017 the historic Deep Cove One-Room School House situated behind the Museum was restored and joined to the Museum with a boardwalk and new outdoor exhibits. In 2017 a large marine mural in a spiral staircase also opened for the first time, the efforts of five artists. It covers the ecology of the upland, intertidal and subtidal zones of the Bay of Fundy around Grand Manan and features 139 species. The Museum houses more than 20 permanent and several new exhibits annually, and houses the Grand Manan Archives which is open by appointment. Evening and special events programming take place throughout July-August, mainly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7:30-8:30, admission by donation. Islanders and island industries of Grand Manan have always been generous in keeping the Museum alive and vibrant, and its operation depends on volunteers, gifts, and donations. It is also funded in part by the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Museum Services, Heritage Branch.