{"id":2629,"date":"2025-11-05T17:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=2629"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:55:33","slug":"maritime-museum-halifax-n-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=2629","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Museum &#8211; Halifax, N.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karl and I visited the Maritime Museum on the downtown waterfront today.\u00a0 It has indoor and outdoor exhibits covering virtually every aspect of travel on the water, from the birch bark canoes made by the indigenous Mi&#8217;kmaq people long before the arrival of Europeans,\u00a0 up to and including a scale model of an experimental, armed hydrofoil ship built in Halifax for the Canadian navy.\u00a0 (All photos <a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/copyright-symbol-e1444380117230.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-599\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/copyright-symbol-e1444380117230.png\" alt=\"copyright symbol\" width=\"20\" height=\"18\" \/><\/a> Max Vollmer, Click on any image to enlarge]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2630\" style=\"width: 1746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_113232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2630\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_113232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1746\" height=\"1337\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max and Karl at the Maritime Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2631\" style=\"width: 3683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_112951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2631\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_112951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3683\" height=\"2779\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decommissioned Canadian Navy Corvette, K181, the fastest class of ships in the fleet, after which the Chevrolet sports car was named.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inside, there are full size examples of small, wood, pleasure and working boats that illustrate differences related purpose and evolution over time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2634\" style=\"width: 4013px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_112118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2634\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_112118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4013\" height=\"3010\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wooden boats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are also exquisitely detailed, scale models of ships that served Halifax, like the White Star Lines, Mauritania, that plied the North Atlantic in peace and war.\u00a0 It was built for display in the company&#8217;s offices.\u00a0 The model is approx. 6 feet long.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2632\" style=\"width: 2547px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_110909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2632\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_110909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2547\" height=\"1891\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Star Lines, Mauritania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2633\" style=\"width: 2576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_111102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2633\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_111102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2576\" height=\"1932\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the Mauritania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Halifax has a historic connection to the RMS Titanic.\u00a0 Although the ship was built in Belfast, Ireland, when she sank on her maiden voyage, rescue ships from Halifax went out to search for survivors.\u00a0 There are two cemeteries in the city where drowning victims from the disaster are interred.\u00a0 Her sister ship, the RMS Olympic, ferried thousands of Canadian and American troops from Halifax to Europe during WW I using the shortest route across the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2635\" style=\"width: 3701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_111400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2635\" src=\"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251105_111400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3701\" height=\"2869\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model of the RMS Titanic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl and I visited the Maritime Museum on the downtown waterfront today.\u00a0 It has indoor and outdoor exhibits covering virtually every aspect of travel on the water, from the birch bark canoes made by the indigenous Mi&#8217;kmaq people long before the arrival of 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