Discovery Centre
Discovery Centre is a science museum. It lies inside the neighbourhood outline of Schmidtville. Our list has 11 more places within 15 km; first among them is St. Mary's Basilica, at 500 m.
Museum in Schmidtville
Inside Schmidtville
Discovery Centre stands within Schmidtville’s neighbourhood outline. Towns near it ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
The seasons here
Highs of 19–23°C mark June to September in Schmidtville.
Discovery Centre
You’ll find it in Schmidtville, inside the town’s neighbourhood outline.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Schmidtville
- Official site
- discoverycentre.ns.ca
The map
The numbers show what else is near Discovery Centre, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Schmidtville’s neighbourhood outline. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Staying near Discovery Centre
Among the 8, Austinville is the biggest, home to 28,021 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Schmidtville
South End
North End
Manor Park
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Discovery Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidtville | It’s in town | 18,105 | 44 |
| South End | 600 m south of it | 22,012 | 44 |
| North End | 1.5 km west of it | 19,733 | 40 |
| Manor Park | 1.6 km north of it | 14,148 | 46 |
| Westmount | 2.1 km southwest of it | 23,207 | 41 |
| Portland Estates | 2.2 km northeast of it | 10,164 | 46 |
| Austinville | 2.3 km northwest of it | 28,021 | 45 |
| Eastern Passage | 2.9 km east of it | 10,745 | 41 |
Also within reach
Around it, within 15 km, lie 11 more, including 2 museums, a church and a historic ship.
ChurchSt. Mary's Basilica500 m away
Historic shipHMCS Sackville700 m away
FortGeorges Island700 m away4
Art galleryArt Gallery of Nova Scotia900 m away5
MuseumMaritime Museum of the Atlantic700 m away6CathedralCathedralAll Saints Cathedral, Halifax1 km away7
MuseumCanadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21400 m away8National historic siteNational historic site · Parks CanadaLower Battery800 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Discovery Centre
Where is Discovery Centre?
Inside the town’s neighbourhood outline: Discovery Centre is in Schmidtville, Nova Scotia.
What is Discovery Centre?
Science museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
When is the best time to visit Discovery Centre?
June to September bring Schmidtville its warmest afternoons, 19–23°C on ECCC’s 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 (7)
- Discovery Centre: Ben MacLeod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Mary's Basilica: baekken, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMCS Sackville: Bryson109 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Island: Thparkth, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: Letterofmarque, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 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).