Museum · Bridgewater · Nova Scotia

DesBrisay Museum

DesBrisay Museum is a municipal museum. It lies inside the municipal boundary of Bridgewater. Look also at Wile Carding Mill, 1.9 km away, first of 4 more within 15 km.

Where

In Bridgewater

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 20%

#1,012 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 21–26°C

In brief

Museum in Bridgewater

Inside Bridgewater

Inside Bridgewater’s municipal boundary: DesBrisay Museum. Towns near it ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Highs of 21–26°C mark June to September in Bridgewater.

Jan0° / -10°136 mm

Feb1° / -9°115 mm

Mar5° / -5°143 mm

Apr11° / 0°121 mm

May17° / 5°138 mm

Jun22° / 10°104 mm

Jul26° / 13°87 mm

Aug25° / 13°107 mm

Sep21° / 9°125 mm

Oct14° / 4°162 mm

Nov9° / 0°160 mm

Dec3° / -5°163 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bridgewater, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Bridgewater (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Bridgewater’s full climate →

About

DesBrisay Museum

In Bridgewater, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

DesBrisay Museum on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Town: in Bridgewater
Official site: desbrisaymuseum.ca

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

Plan your visit

The essentials

Address130 jubilee road bridgewater

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

DesBrisay Museum and what surrounds it

Orange is DesBrisay Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The towns around DesBrisay Museum

By population, Lunenburg leads the 6 with 26,862. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Bridgewater

9,989 people · 3 places to visit

2 · 500 m north of it

Lunenburg

26,862 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 14 km northeast of it

Mahone Bay

1,200 people · 1 place to visit

4 · 16 km northeast of it

Lunenburg

2,523 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where DesBrisay Museum is	People	Places to visit
Bridgewater	It’s in town	9,989	3
Lunenburg	500 m north of it	26,862	18
Mahone Bay	14 km northeast of it	1,200	1
Lunenburg	16 km northeast of it	2,523	8
Chester	32 km north of it	11,740	5
Liverpool	39 km south of it	10,997	6

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

Among the 4 within 15 km are 3 museums and a water park.

MuseumWile Carding Mill1.9 km away 2Water parkWater parkSplashifax4.2 km away 3MuseumMuseumSettlers Museum14 km away 4MuseumMuseumSouthwestern railway museum14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

DesBrisay Museum: what to know

Where is DesBrisay Museum?

Inside the municipal boundary, DesBrisay Museum is in Bridgewater (Nova Scotia).

What is DesBrisay Museum?

Municipal museum in Nova Scotia, Canada.

When is the best time to visit DesBrisay Museum?

For warmth, aim for June to September: highs of 21–26°C in Bridgewater (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Wile Carding Mill: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).