This is a quality museum with exhibits targeted to both children and adults, but for parents with…read morekids it is a quality stop. Three floors, with art, science, literature, and a children's space, as well as plenty of New Brunswick history. My children spent three hours taking it in. On the top floor there is a play space for kids that was really well designed with a puppet theater, puzzles, art you can make, etc. The current myths exhibit on the ground floor was pretty incredible - my young kids went back for seconds, and it was enjoyable for my wife and I as well. The museum is adjacent to great food options so you can visit, get lunch, and reenter. Very impressive!

Located at Market Square, this museum provides very interesting displays and exhibits into the rich…read morehistory of New Brunswick. There are 3 levels at this museum detailing lots of history including the maritime, rail, and logging industry, natural sciences, geology, mammals, birds, marine life, art gallery, decorative arts, and much more, in both English and French languages. Visit the website at http://www.nbm-mnb.ca Large life sized skeletons of whales can be seen raised high up on Level 2 and on Level 3, there's a kids activity area and an interactive live TV studio. A lot of educational fun for the whole family. Expect to spend at least 2.5 hours minimum here, to get the full museum experience. It took us 3 hours to walk through the museum floor by floor. Guided tours are available. The gift shop sells souvenirs, postcards, books, collectibles, toys, and other gifts. NOTES: No photography is allowed and no touching artifacts. ADMISSION: Adults: $6.00 Seniors: $4.75 Children/Students: $3.25 Family: $13.00 Price does not include 13% HST and no change given in US currency. DISCOUNT: CAA/AAA discount offered on admission only.

This historic building (built in 1817) housed five generations of the Merritt family after Thomas…read moreMerritt IV (a British loyalist during the Revolutionary War) left the US for Nova Scotia. I enjoyed the tour (approx 20 min, $5 CD/USD) with the knowledgeable, friendly docent who took us through two stories of this well-preserved house (with a glimpse of the attic). The items in the house were explained by the docent, including the adjustable rope beds, the bed warmers, the kitchen tools and the portraits of the family. I left with a good impression of what life was like for the upper class in the early 1800's. Excellent!

This old Georgian style house was built in the early 1800s by David Daniel, son of Loyalist Thomas…read moreMerritt, who emigrated to Saint John from Rye, NY. The Merritt House is the oldest unchanged building in the city and now the Loyalist House, a museum depicting the way things were at this house almost 200 years ago. Guided tours (10-15 minutes) are given of two levels of this house and a peek of the attic. There are steep stairs in the house and up to the house, so a tour of this house is not wheelchair friendly. On Wednesdays through this summer, the Mayor's Tea is held in the Loyalist House. We happened to be touring on Wednesday and we're invited to tea with the museum staff. We enjoyed hot tea, fruit cake, cherry tarts, and zucchini bread over conversation with the staff and other guests. This was a great way to meet other people. Our Guidewas very informative touring the main level and upstairs level of the house. The Guide donned garb from the 1800s, but I don't think they made black Adidas shoes back then, hehe!! He did a good job answering all of our questions and sort of resembled the young man in the painting in the dining room. Overall we enjoyed this quick tour of the house. ADMISSION: $3 Adults, $1 Children/Students, $7 Families

This is a popular tourist attraction and a very cool old fashioned general store and museum located…read morein Downtown Saint John across from City Hall. This 19th century building was originally used as a chicken coop in Sheffield, NB before being transported by G.E. Barbour Company down the Saint John River by barge in two pieces to Saint John and refurbished as a general store and museum in 1967, the same year as the company's centennial and Canada's centennial. In 1981, the building was relocated to its current location near the site G.E. Barbour Company's original warehouse. The company is now headquartered in Sussex, NB. In 2011, Barbour's General Store & Museum had their grand reopening celebration and ribbon cutting with company officials and dignitaries. Stepping inside Barbour's General Store & Museum is like going back over 100 years in time, which is filled with authentic merchandise and artifacts & tools from the Victoria era and also houses a barber shop/dental office, like the early days. This unique country store offers their own King Cole Teas including a Tea Bar in the back, a good variety of New Brunswick made products, almond butter, spices, extracts, maple syrup, King Cole dyed "tea" shirts, candies, fresh fudge, kettlecorn, gifts, souvenirs, and more. Also, you can chill out and play a game of checkers on the checkerboards in the store! The friendly staff will answer your questions about the artifacts and historical items at Barbour's. After enjoying complementary samples of cinnamon almond butter and tea in the store, I decided to get a Green Tea Slushie ($2.25) from the Tea Bar, which was very cold and refreshing on a nice warm sunny day. This is very good Canadian tea, eh! FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Barbours-General-Store/208036962572426

Very disappointing and hardly a museum. The people were very nice but a couple of display cases…read morehardly makes a museum. Charging $5 per person is a rip off and I wouldn't recommendation this stop to any tourist.

We found the Jewish Historical Museum by chance when we stopped in Saint John on a cruise. The…read morestaff was very polite. One of the staff members walked around with us and he explained about the history and what some of the displays were about. There are only a few rooms, but worth checking out if you are into history.

My daughter and I spent many hours touring through the extensive collection at the Yarmouth County…read moreMuseum. This museum is lovingly curated to highlight the history of this part of Nova Scotia. There are exhibits on furniture, clothing, children's toys, musical instruments and a very cool recreation of a doctors office circa 1930. I had an engaging conversation with the person working the front desk and talked all about current industry and tourism in the area. We left with a walking tour map of interesting homes of note in the area/ Highly recommend!

My Partner works for a fire department in the States so we had to go and check this out. The…read morehistory and awe of what we saw was amazing. Defiantly worth taking a look at when I'm town.

This was a pretty cool experience to see what a working farm was like in the 1800's. You can see…read morethings such a farmer plowing the field with an ox, a blacksmith making horseshoes, woodworker, barn full of animals, school house. There is a carriage ride you can take as well around the property. They are open year round. It took us around 2 hours to experience everything we wanted to do.

We loved this place! We took my daughter, 13 and were hesitant that it would be geared too young…read morefor her. She thought it was great! There was ample parking. You walk in through the museum store. We used the museum pass for admission. There are picnic tables available for lunch. We spent about an hour and a half there but there are people that spend the day. There is a barn with animals that are very friendly. You can go upstairs and downstairs. In the cottage, the girls were picking white currant berries to make jam. They also had home-made molasses cookies There is a woodshop, in which the carpenter was making wood slats to form barrels, which are available for purchase in the gift shop. The blacksmith was making hooks and horseshoes to sell in the gift shop. There is a school house, in which you can sit at a desk and learn about the history of the farm, ask questions, etc. We were able to see the sheep receive medicine, go for a covered wagon ride and take some amazing pictures. This is a must see if you are in the area!

We had a rainy morning at our camp ground and decided to check out the local museum. We were not…read moredisappointed! We had a lovely young man as our tour guide and the enthusiasm of his story telling made everything come alive. There were several interesting items that our children could handle and enjoy. The museum is by donation and I was more then happy to contribute, they also have a lovely gift shop that help to support the up keep. During covid they require masks (I think they had some for purchase, unable to confirm as we have our own) and provide gloves.

For what we saw in the four hours we were there the City of Saint John is clean, easy to navigate,…read moreand has lots of shopping availability's. We visited three centers with local venders and small restaurants. Saint John truly caters to their visitors.

Loyalist past and old world charm abounds in Saint John…read more I enjoyed this cities downtown scene. Loads of British, Irish and other gastropubs ad regular bars are all within easy walking distance. I also like the museums and the city's success in keeping some of its older buildings intact. The area is visited much more often in the summer months. Some cruise ships disembark passengers to raid souvenir shops and imbibe a pint or two at the local drinking taverns. A good choice of decent restaurants as well. Unfortunately, not that many breakfast places open downtown in the winter. I've only been here in Winter so far, yet have no complaints. The scene is still cool and much less crowded. One interesting tidbit is that Benedict Arnold chose to live here after having struck out in his adventures in the USA during the war of independence.