My boyfrend and I came into the Old Sydney Society this afternoon and we were not impressed. As we walked in, none of the workers greeted us, or even picked up their heads. We walked around the building for about 15 minutes and by that time we were so upset so we left. There were 3 workers in the buliding, two out of three of the workers were on their phones. The young man behind the desk did not pick his head up from his phone the entire time. We went in to the museum to ask a few questions we had about an instrument we found, but the workers would not pick their heads up long enough to get their attention. My boyfriend and I are both locals and we were very angry, I couldn't imagine coming here from a different country and getting that kind of bad...
Read moreQuaint little museum. Entirely donation based. Has a lot of exhibits that touch briefly on a lot of different points of Sydney's history but doesn't really go too in depth on any specific period. All of the items were donated by members of the community. Also syncs up really well with the other museums in the area and...
Read moreA small museum that focuses on the past generations of Sydney NS. The staff is very helpful. The displays are quite specific. There are some genealogical resources available for review. The Cape Breton Genealogical and Historical Association has an office...
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