The Sea Turtle Centre
One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.
The Sea Turtle Centre aidanj (Atlas Obscura User)
This entry is a stub
Help improve Atlas Obscura by expanding The Sea Turtle Centre with additional information or photos.
Several kilometers off the coast of Nova Scotia, the leatherback sea turtle partakes in its annual migration. These turtles journey from the balmy Caribbean Sea to the North Atlantic in pursuit of its primary source of prey, jellyfish.
Back on shore, a colorfully painted jellyfish wall commemorates this occasion on Halifax’s Sea Turtle Centre. Despite its small size, this center packs a fascinating interactive museum, kids craft center, unique gift shop, and bubble machine into a floorspace just larger than its focus animal.
Know Before You Go
Open every day from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. from June through October. Every Saturday morning in July and August a free drop-in, hands-on marine biology workshop is held for kids from 10:30-12:30.
In partnership with KAYAK
Plan Your Trip
Stay in Touch!
Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day.
Follow us on Twitter
Like us on Facebook
Follow Us on Instagram
No Thanks
Visit AtlasObscura.com
No purchase necessary. Winner will be selected at random on 01/01/2024. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Offer subject to change without notice. See contest rules for full details.
Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.
Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.
Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook