Lawrence House Museum — Attraction in Maitland

Yesterday day we had the pleasure of visiting Lawrence House Museum in Maitland and it was a great experience. I love all of our small community museums in Nova Scotia, but this visit stood out for us. Our guide Shannon gave us a quick tour as we arrived 20 min before closing. in that time we learned about W.D. Lawrence's achievements, unique shipbuilding and house building abilities, family history and his and family's impact on Canadian shipping industry and the community of Maitland. I honestly can't ever recall a museum curator being so knowledgeable and enthusiastic. This museum is a gem of a place, I hope it continues for decades to come.

Note: we did not wait at all to be greeted or...

Beautiful house and museum. The museum has a monument cairn tribute to W.D. Lawrence. Both the man and the ship. Symbolic of developments in the days of sail in the decade when Nova Scotia became the leading shipbuilding and ship-owning province, this great ship was Canada’s largest square-rigger. Named after her designer, builder and owner, she was built at the Lawrence shipyard, Maitland, in 1872-74. Her tonnage was 2459 net, her length and beam 262 and 48 feet respectively. After being employed in the Atlantic and Oriental trades for about eithgt years, she was sold to Norwegian...

Lovely little museum to go visit. The museum once was the home of William Lawrence, a very successful shipbuilder of his time. He lived a very interesting life and the museum staff do an excellent job telling his tale. The tour guide who took me around was super friendly and extremely knowledgeable on the history of the home and the...