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 $5.0o 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.

Downtown Halifax Through a Notman Lens

Presented by Jeffrey Ward

Downtown Halifax was a virtual hive of activity in the early days of photography, beginning with the first photograph ever made in Canada (1839) and the earliest permanent studio in 1842, which ran until about 1868. In 1869, famed photographer William Notman opened a studio at the corner of George and Barrington Streets, with a front row seat on the comings and goings of Halifax society.

Remarkably, many of the things to be seen from the studio can still be seen today. But for how long?