It also operates a summer display in the restored Killam Brothers Shipping Office on the Yarmouth waterfront.

[2] The museum expanded in 2000 incorporating two adjacent historic homes including the Abram Little House with a wing providing climate controlled storage and conservation facilities and an archival research centre.

The original second order fresnel lens used at the Cape Forchu Lighthouse is displayed in the centre of the museum's main gallery.

[5] A special display evoking the bridge of the MV Bluenose features the wheel, compass, telegraph and bell from the long-running Yarmouth ferry.

A circular, metal plaque in the museum collection was constructed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce in memory of its employees who served during the First World War.