Welcome to Tantramar Heritage Trust

  • Wry Collection, Boultenhouse Heritage Centre

Welcome to our museums!

Both of our museums are now on off-season hours. See our hours and other information below.

Hours

To arrange a tour outside these times, please contact us (information listed at the bottom of this page) and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

About Us

Founded in 1996, the Tantramar Heritage Trust is devoted to the preservation of heritage resources in the Tantramar region of southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.

The Trust owns and operates two museums, maintains a history and genealogy research centre, publishes books on local history, holds events and workshops, and much more.

Visit our museums

Boultenhouse Heritage Centre

Shipbuilding and seafaring, railroads and foundries, domestic life, and an amazing Research Centre. Come visit the oldest house in Sackville, a unique octagonal house, and a shipwright’s mansion, all in one place.

Campbell Carriage Factory Museum

One of the best examples of a 19th century industrial site in North America and the only original carriage factory left in Canada. .

Visit our Research Centre

The Alec R. Purdy History and Genealogy Centre

The Centre contains books, periodicals, newspapers, articles, photographs, and genealogical information on Tantramar history. We welcome researchers, genealogists, and members of the general public to peruse our holdings and share information. Please contact us to make an appointment to visit the Research Centre. We also welcome telephone and email inquiries.

Our latest publication

Written in 1904 at the request of his daughter Caroline, Fifty Years A Sailor chronicles
the life and adventures of Sackville sea captain Stephen Barnes Atkinson. A transcript of
the original hand-written document was obtained from the New Brunswick Museum and
edited for publication by Sandy Burnett with input from Al Smith and Paul Bogaard. To
ensure clarity of meaning the editors have added a foreword and afterword, footnotes,
maps, illustrations, and appendices.

We are grateful and respectfully acknowledge that we operate on the traditional lands of the Wabanaki peoples.  Because of the peace and friendship treaties of the eighteenth century, we understand that we are all treaty people and have a responsibility to respect this territory.  In the spirit of reconciliation, we commit to building strong relationships with the original custodians of this land.