Ross Farm Museum
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| Location | New Ross, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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| Type | agricultural museum |
| Website | museum.gov.ns.ca/rfm/ |
Coordinates: 44°43′59″N 64°27′24″W / 44.73306°N 64.45667°W The Ross Farm Museum is an agricultural museum located in New Ross, Nova Scotia, about an hour's drive from Halifax. The exhibits feature working artisans, live animals, historic buildings, and antique implements and furnishings. The goal of the Ross Farm Museum is to give visitors an understanding of the importance of Nova Scotia's rural heritage. It includes a country store displaying the types of products available then, a working cooper shop, historic breeds of farm animals, a blacksmith, a working farm, and a village school house. Costumed guides are on hand to explain life in that time period. Wagon rides are often available. Ross Farm is a member of the Nova Scotia Museum network.
After the War of 1812, the village of Sherbrook (renamed New Ross) and the Ross Farm were established by William Ross (1783–1822) in 1816. William Ross was originally from Cork, Ireland. During the Napoleonic Wars, he became part of the British Army 16th Regiment of Foot and stationed in Fort Amsterdam, Surinam. His wife Mary accompanied him. They had their second child while they were there. During their return to Britain, they survived their ship being wrecked on the Tuskar Rock off the coast of Wexford, Ireland.
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