Hours: Open Monday to Friday 9am-12pm or by appointment. (9am-4pm during summer) Note: We recommend calling ahead of time to ensure our curator will be available for a guided tour.
About us
The museum is located in the Col. James Layton Ralston Armoury on Acadia Street in Amherst, Nova Scotia Canada. We are dedicated to the history of the Nova Scotia Highlanders regiment. We encourage you to use this website as an educational tool to learn more about the military history of Cumberland County. Explore!
Next time you’re in Amherst, come visit us and take a step back in time to see pieces of Canadian Military History!
Admission: by donation (Will R. Bird’s No Retreating Footsteps and Allan Cameron’s “The Fighting North Novies: Into the Fire” available)
Recent posts
No.2 Construction Battalion
During the first world war in 1914, African Nova Scotians responded patriotically. The men of the community wanted to volunteer to serve overseas yet most were rejected. Those who wanted to serve were told there was only one way, they had to form an entire segregated battalion. Black men from Nova Scotia, the rest of…
War Bride Margaret Hurley
During World War II, thousands of Canadian servicemen were stationed in Europe, as part of the Allied forces. Many of these soldiers met and fell in love with local women. The term “war bride” was described as women who married servicemen during wartime and relocated to their husbands’ home countries after the war. Following the…
Bill Connolly Audio-visual Room
Here is a look at the new audio-visual room, where you can learn about Bill Connolly a WWII sailor and his survival during the sinking of the HMCS Athabaskan, as well as his time spent as a POW.
Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum 