Sinclair Inn Museum — Attraction in Annapolis Royal

Living in Bear River, we must have walked by this neat building more than a dozen times without realizing the treasure that it is.

Enthusiastically recommend you visit the painted room upstairs - it is genuinely remarkable and a bit humbling to be amid all that history. Also - take the time to and speak with the staff who were friendly, informed and engaging and knew lots of great details.

As a white settler on Mi'kmaq land today, I wonder if there's an important missed conversation here? Sharing about the people and communities who have been stewards of these lands forever, and contextualizing this history within the violence of colonization in Canada, feels foundational to any discussions of history, and could really ground this building within...

This is without a doubt one of the most brilliant of any historic place that I have ever seen. I must add that I am from Philadelphia and there is not a historic house or museum that touches this. The Sinclair is small and so well done but the brilliance is in their basement. You take a few narrow steps down to a small bench and there you sit while there is a screened reenactment of all of the previous owners. The image is absolutely ghost real....within seconds the images are truly standing in the corner of that low exposed basement telling their stories. I will never forget this most intimate history...

What an incredibly special treasure in Annapolis. The building itself is amazing and so uniquely preserved, but the real feather in the museum's cap is the staff. Ken (I think) is clearly passionate and loves telling visitors all about the history of this building. We were lucky enough to visit the painted room, an incredible space hosted by a very educated and interested staff member. Take an hour or so to visit if...