The Navy: Adventures at Sea

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Navy, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, in cooperation with the Canadian Navy and the Military Family Resource Centre, invites you to an exciting March Break event that's sure to interest visitors of every age.

Events and Activities include:

- Craft your own Navy
Children can drop in all day and build their own battleship, destroyer or any naval vessel out of recycled milk cartons and other materials!

- Create your own ship's badge
Canadian naval vessels have always taken pride in the individual badges and crests used to identify their ship. Learn more about this naval tradition and create your own ship’s badge.

- Ship shape and shipping out!
Dress up like sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy. See how uniforms have changed over the past 100 years. What will the Navy look like in the next 100 years?

- HMCS Horatio: Join the Navy!
Sign aboard our naval tug HMCS Horatio and learn the ropes, send a signal by Morse Code, listen for enemy ships using the Sonar component and try your hand at steering the ship - full speed ahead!

- Ship Simulator: Navy Ship Museum
A cool way to explore almost every class of vessel in action in World War Two, this fun and interactive simulator is part of the game series Silent Hunter and will be housed in a terminal beside HMCS Horatio.

- Navy Boot Camp: Sailors Ashore!
Kids can be a part of an 18th century ships gun crew. Learn how to haul guns, send signals by flag and lots more!

- Lego: Navy Town
The members of the Nova Scotia Lego Users Group (NOVALug) will be back again with a display of naval vessels at sea and in port.

- Pirate Hunter
One of the continuing activities of the Canadian Navy, in the past and today, is to deal with the menace of piracy. Children and their parents can track down the notorious local pirate, Peter Easton, by following clues left throughout the Museum and look at an exhibit panel detailing how the Canadian Navy will continue to confront international piracy in the years to come.

- Face Painting
Always a popular addition, face painting will be available Monday through Saturday from 11:00 to 3:00 and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:30 and is included in the price of admission.

- RED FRIDAY, March 19, 2010
To show our support for the efforts of our naval personnel at home and abroad, the staff of the Museum ask you to join them in kitting yourself out in red on Friday, March 19, 2010. Also, all forces personnel and their families will be granted free admission to the Museum throughout the day.