Beat The Heat
Join Town of Bridgewater’s Recreation staff outside the DesBrisay Museum in the Woodland Gardens for beat the heat summer activities Wednesdays from July 9 – August 20 1pm-3pm! Free drop in & snacks, all ages welcome!

Join Town of Bridgewater’s Recreation staff outside the DesBrisay Museum in the Woodland Gardens for beat the heat summer activities Wednesdays from July 9 – August 20 1pm-3pm! Free drop in & snacks, all ages welcome!
Bring your acoustic instrument for a jam session at the museum! Saturday, July 12th, 2025 2pm-4pm Free entry, donations are appreciated. Acoustic instruments only please. No amps, no electric instruments, no microphones. Musicians in a circle (no stage). Audience welcome.
Join us on Thursday, December 12th from 6 PM – 8 PM to share in a FREE meal with members of the vibrant North Indian community. This dinner series aims to foster meaningful connections within our community by celebrating the richness of cultures through shared meals. Click here to register or e-mail museum@bridgewater.ca Please note,…
Join us on Thursday, April 10th from 6 PM – 8 PM to share in a FREE meal with members of the vibrant Japanese community. This dinner series aims to foster meaningful connections within our community by celebrating the richness of cultures through shared meals.
Come and see our new photographic exhibit, A Bridge in Time! Highlighting Bridgewater’s many transformations through a series of archival photos alongside contemporary captures of the Town, this exhibit shines a whole new light on some of our archive’s most fascinating pictures! Join us on July 5th from 2pm-4pm for the opening reception of this…
Join renowned photographer, author, adventurer and historian, Steve Skafte, as he shares about his journey of exploring abandoned cemeteries and buildings across Nova Scotia, pushing through walls of scratching brush, cutting a path to the past, and unearthing buried stones and half-forgotten stories. November 2, 2-4pm.
We were honoured to have Mi’kmaw craftsman Todd Labrador and his family build a traditional birch bark canoe here at the museum during Mi’kmaq History Month in October 2024. The canoe was proudly launched in Mi’kma’ki on November 2, 2024, Pijinuiskaq (LaHave River), Miller Point Peace Park, just outside of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Throughout the…