Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
National Historic Site of Canada
Visitor centre at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Baddeck
Designated as a NHSC	1952
Year built	1954
Website	Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

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 and Alexander Graham Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate.^[1] 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 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 tetrahedral shelter, the original HD-4 hull, a hydrofoil towing target, plus the contents of Bell's library.^[1] The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with the deaf and how it led to the invention of the telephone.^[2]

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.^[3]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c Alexander Graham Bell. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Benefiting Humankind". Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. Parks Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
^ Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site of Canada, Parks Canada website.

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