Sherbrooke Pioneer Village Nova Scotia – Travel back in time

When you visit the Sherbrooke pioneer village Nova Scotia you literally travel back in time. This is just one of a few historic live museums in Canada, so interesting to go and explore. I heard about places like this where people live like they did centuries ago. I’ve never seen one though until we visited Sherbrooke. I can say that it was quite an experience, and why not to confess, a little shocking at first sight… People were living there a second time around – if I can say that 🙂

As you can see, they are dressed like in the 1800s, when the village experienced a golden rush era. The museum is actually part of the Sherbrooke village, on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. It took the name from Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia at that time.

The Sherbrooke Pioneer Village Live Museum, Nova Scotia

Here in the live museum, you will see beautiful well preserved historic houses, establishments, shops, and official buildings from two centuries ago. * Click on the photos for a larger view! – (I digitally altered some for more vibrancy).

… And people are there like they have never left

What impressed me most was the 18’h century pharmacy, equipped with all the tools and artifacts from that time.

A young student was volunteering to help the museum in his spare-time. Another lady, was actually making lotions for the museum to sell in their gift shop.

I also enjoyed entering into the craft shop to admire the process of quilt and tapestry making.

The elder quilt maker lady in front of the window gave me goose bumps on the spine. She somehow reminded me of the Vermeer’s tiles 🙂 Far from pretending to make a replica of the classic master artwork, I tried a digital painting portrait of her.

Here she is and the picture is available as art print in my Fine Art America gallery. Click on it for details:

Second time around? This is what I felt like when visiting this place… What do you think?

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