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All Canada Nova Scotia Halifax The Sea Turtle Centre

The Sea Turtle Centre

One of Canada's tiniest museums tackles the world's largest turtle.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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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.

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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.

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The Sea Turtle Centre
6156 Quinpool Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3L 1A3
Canada
44.645913, -63.569679
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