BY WENDY ELLIOTT
Kings County Advertiser/Register
Many museums in Western Nova Scotia have special exhibitions this summer related to the Planters.
The Kings County Museum in Kentville is showing “Planter Generations: The Cultural Legacy” throughout the 2010 season, with artifacts and documents from the Planters of Horton, Cornwallis and Aylesford Townships.
The museum also houses Parks Canada’s permanent exhibit and a 30-minute film on the New England Planters.
The museum offers a unique New England Planter ancestor registry service that can authenticate a Planter genealogy ($50 fee). Participants will receive a certificate to recognize their ancestry.
- Read more special articles :
- - Planter past comes to life
- - Privateers and Planters and how they got on - or didn’t
- - Grow a Planter rose
- - Planters come to life at Acadia
Randall House Museum in Wolfville opens June 15 with “The New England Planters in Horton Township.” Admission is $2.
The Fieldwood Heritage Centre in Canning will display divisions and farm lots from the eastern section of Cornwallis Township in 1760, Planter artifacts of the period and a listing of the early homes in the area.
