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[[File:MuseeBaddeck.JPG|thumb|right|275px|Bell's experimental HD-4 hydrofoil in the museum. Designed for anti-submarine duty, it held the world's marine speed record for several years.]]
[[File:MuseeBaddeck.JPG|thumb|right|275px|Bell's experimental HD-4 hydrofoil in the museum. Designed for anti-submarine duty, it held the world's marine speed record for several years.]]


The '''Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site''', is a {{convert|10|ha|adj=on}} property in [[Baddeck]], [[Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia|Cape Breton]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, overlooking the [[Bras d'Or Lakes]] and [[Alexander Graham Bell]]'s [[Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia|Beinn Bhreagh]] estate.<ref name="Historic Places">{{CRHP|1154|Alexander Graham Bell|25 August 2012}}</ref> The site is home to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, which houses artifacts from Bell's work in Baddeck, and was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1952.
The '''Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site''', is a {{convert|10|ha|adj=on}} property in [[Baddeck]], [[Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia|Cape Breton]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, overlooking the [[Bras d'Or Lakes]].<ref name="Historic Places">{{CRHP|1154|Alexander Graham Bell|25 August 2012}}</ref> The site includes the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, a unit of Parks Canada, which is the only Museum in the world containing the actual artifacts and documents from Bell's years of experimental work in Baddeck. This site was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1952.


== Museum ==
== Museum ==


The museum features artifacts donated in 1955 from the Bell family's personal museum, located in the Kite House at [[Beinn Bhreagh]].<ref name="Historic Places" /> The museum also features memorabilia associated with Bell's experiments, including the tetrahedral shelter, the original [[HD-4]] hull, a full-scale replica of the [[AEA Silver Dart]], a hydrofoil towing target, plus the contents of Bell's library.<ref name="Historic Places" /> The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with the [[deafness|deaf]] and how it led to the [[invention of the telephone]].
The museum features artifacts donated in 1955 from the Bell family's personal museum, located in the Kite House at [[Beinn Bhreagh]].<ref name="Historic Places" /> The museum also features memorabilia associated with Bell's experiments, including: the original [[HD-4]] hull of a hydrofoil boat that set the world speed record here in [[Baddeck]] of over 70 MPH in 1919; a full-scale replica of that boat; the [[AEA Silver Dart]] which in 1909 J.A.D. MacCurdy piloted up into the air over the ice of Baddeck Bay to become the first heavier than air craft to be flown in Canada and possibly the British Empire -- plus many other exhibits and documents from Bell's years of research activities on the transmission of speech and sound by wire and by light, as well as his experiments with kites, planes and high speed boats. <ref name="Historic Places" /> The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with the [[deafness|deaf]] and how it led to the [[invention of the telephone]].


In addition to its displays, the museum features an observation deck on the roof of the building which offers a view of Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate and the [[Bras d'Or Lakes]].<ref>[http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grahambell/visit/visit3.aspx Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada], [[Parks Canada]] website.</ref>
In addition to its displays, the museum features an observation deck on the roof of the building which offers a view of [[Alexander Graham Bell]]'s [[Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia|Beinn Bhreagh]] estate accross the Bay. For more, see [[Bras d'Or Lakes]].<ref>[http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grahambell/visit/visit3.aspx Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada], [[Parks Canada]] website.</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Bell's experimental HD-4 hydrofoil in the museum. Designed for anti-submarine duty, it held the world's marine speed record for several years.

The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, is a 10-hectare (25-acre) property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes.[1] The site includes the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, a unit of Parks Canada, which is the only Museum in the world containing the actual artifacts and documents from Bell's years of experimental work in Baddeck. This site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1952.

Museum

The museum features artifacts donated in 1955 from the Bell family's personal museum, located in the Kite House at Beinn Bhreagh.[1] The museum also features memorabilia associated with Bell's experiments, including: the original HD-4 hull of a hydrofoil boat that set the world speed record here in Baddeck of over 70 MPH in 1919; a full-scale replica of that boat; the AEA Silver Dart which in 1909 J.A.D. MacCurdy piloted up into the air over the ice of Baddeck Bay to become the first heavier than air craft to be flown in Canada and possibly the British Empire -- plus many other exhibits and documents from Bell's years of research activities on the transmission of speech and sound by wire and by light, as well as his experiments with kites, planes and high speed boats. [1] The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with the deaf and how it led to the invention of the telephone.

In addition to its displays, the museum features an observation deck on the roof of the building which offers a view of Alexander Graham Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate accross the Bay. For more, see Bras d'Or Lakes.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Alexander Graham Bell. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada, Parks Canada website.


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