Liverpool is located along the coast in western Nova Scotia. It is located at the mouth of the Mersey River. Samuel de Champlain originally landed at the site in 1604 but it was not inhabited until 1759.
Liverpool has a number of interesting museums, and nearby sandy beaches.
The Hank Snow Country Music Center is housed in the CN Railway Station in Liverpool where he occasionally slept as a teenager. Personal memorabilia of Nova Scotia's "native son" Hank Snow, including his 1947 convertible Cadillac are displayed as well as interactive exhibits telling the history of country music and its instruments.
Also located in the Hank Snow Country Music Center is the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame.
Address: Hank Snow Country Music Center, Box 1419, Liverpool, NS B0T1K0, Canada
Phone: 1 (902) 354-4675, Fax: 1 (902) 354-5199
Perkins House Museum depictes life in Liverpool during the 1700s. The owner, Simeon Perkins, had a wharf and store as well as ships. Simeon kept a diary from 1760 until his death in 1812 which provided details of everyday life in a colonial town.
Queens County Museum in Liverpool contains artifacts, a photo collection and documents relating to the history of Queens County. Visitors can learn about the first peoples of the area, privateering, and other historical events as they related to the town.
Address: Queens County Museum, 109 Main Street, Liverpool, NS B0T1K0, Canada
Phone: 1 (902) 354-4058, Fax: 1 (902) 354-2050
Hours:
June 1 to October 15: 9:30am-5:30pm; Sun:1pm-5:30pm
Housed in the former town hall, built in 1902, Sherman Hines Museum of Photography features work by key Nova Scotian photographers. Displays iclude stereoscopic viewers with stereo cards, as well as cameras, tripods, tintypes, Woodbury types, magic lanterns, lantern slides, film boxes, jewelry, Victorian albums, and other early photographic artifacts.
Hours:
May 20 to June 23: 10am-5:30pm; Closed: Sun
July 1 to August 31: 10am-5:30pm; Sun:12pm-5:30pm; Closed: Sun
September 1 to June 23: 10am-5:30pm; Closed: Sun, Sun