The Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that it is resuming our popular lecture series. The 2025 theme is:  The State of Heritage Buildings: Lost, At Risk, and Saved.

Admission to all of our lectures is free for members and a suggested donation of $5.00 for non-members. Click here to become a member or renew your membership and support built heritage in Nova Scotia.

Entrance to the auditorium is through the side doors on the south side of the Museum of Natural History in Halifax.

Boatbuilding Sheds: A Disappearing Feature of Coastal Life

A Lecture by Emanuel Jannasch

Our boatbuilding sheds are surprisingly diverse and mutable. This can pose a challenge both for students and custodians of built heritage. We'll look at several examples from the southwest half of the province, and discover how the big boat shed in Lunenburg both follows this tradition and contradicts it.