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Alexander Graham Bell Museum by Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada –

Top Ten Interesting Facts bout Alexander Graham Bell (Baddeck, Canada)

Alexander Graham Bell Museum is a national historic site designated in 1952. It is a 25-acre property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. It overlooks the Bras d’Or Lakes, an irregular estuary with fresh water in the centre of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Historic site contains the largest repository of artifacts and documents from Bell’s years of experimental work in Baddeck. In the article are the top ten interesting facts about Alexander Graham Bell.

1. The Historic site was not built by Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell by Ross Dunn –

Some people may anticipate that the Museum was built by Alexander Graham Bell. Actually, the building was built by Canadian government architect O. Howard Leicester. It is only given the name of Graham Bell because it contains the largest repository and documents from Bell’s years of experimental career.

2. The location of the Museum is near Graham’s estate

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is located in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and is overlooking the Bras d’Or Lakes. by 1885 when a new summer was considered, Bell and his wife Mabel Hubbard and their two daughters Elsie may and Marian Hubbard had a vacation on Cape Breton Island.

To be exact the village where they had their vacation was Baddeck. The people in Baddeck openly accepted them as their own. On his return from vacation in 1886, Bell started building an estate on a point across from Baddeck, overlooking Bras d’Or Lakes.

He also built the Bell Boatyard on the estate. It is precisely clear that the Canadian government architects build the Alexander bell Museum with the exact description of Bell’s estate in 1886 that the museum is on Baddeck and is overlooking Bras d’Or Lakes.

3. The Museum is for commemorating Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell –

The museum is open to the public to experience the splendid works and experimentations of Alexander Graham Bell such as the invention of the telephone in the field of deaf education. It also shows many exhibits and documents from Bell’s years of research.

4. Beinn Breagh estate can be seen from the museum

The museum has a deck on the roof of the building from which different views of the area can be experienced. One of the features seen from the deck is the view of Beinn Breagh’s estate across Baddeck.

The estate was built by Graham Bell in 1886 after his vacation in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. The estate overlooks Bras d’Or Lakes. It is a separate historic site but it is privately owned by the descendants of Graham Bell. It is not open to the public.

5. Visitors can take part in hands-on activities

Some of the activities that visitors are assigned to while in the historic site are for example the kite workshop where visitors are given the necessary materials to make kites, hiking for 6 days on Cape Breton Highlands, and festivals and events.

6. The Bell Family Album is stored in the Museum

The album is part of the commemorations of Alexander Graham Bell. His family gave the pictures to the Museum. The album holds many photographs from Bell’s life.

The individual photographs are displayed on a screen. When visitors visit the museum the guide presents each photograph according to the events and the year they happened in order to give a glimpse of Bell’s life.

7. The Museum contains the HD-4 hydrofoil project

HD-4 Hydrofoil by Dr. Wilson –

The original hull of a hydrofoil boat, the HD-4, set the marine speed record in Baddeck. It reached a speed of over 112 km/h. The project enhanced the development of 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 controlled heavier-than-air craft to be flown in the British empire.

8. The museum is a tourist attraction

Even though the site contains equipment and material pieces of evidence of invention from one person who is  Alexander Graham Bell, domestic and foreign tourists are welcome to come and experience the innovations and the documentations that gave birth to today’s machines and equipment such as telephones.

9. Physical appearance of the museum is stunning

Alexander Graham Bell Museum by Skeezix1000 –

Osborne Howard Leicester is credited for the attractive two-story structure building. It has an A-frame structure that features a large column-free interior space that perfectly accommodates the collections from Graham Bell. 

The large 1977 addition enhanced the functionality of the building by addressing curatorial concerns through the provision of an environmentally controlled environment for artifacts. The modern design has a rustic character created by the not laid, rock-faced sandstone exterior walls which are colored, laminated wood beams on the roof, and the redwood fittings and furnishings.

The compound and the building adhere to their architectural values, environmental significance, and historical associations. The compound to be precise is well maintained with well-mowed grass, beautiful flower beds, and paths are well maintained by tarmacking and lighting systems well installed. 

10. The Museum is surrounded by good hotels

There are many hotels around the Historic site that one could book either for a night or for the whole period of his vacation. Some of the big hotels less than 2 km from Alexander Graham Bell Museum are Telegraph House Motel- 0.67 km, Aueege Gisele’s Inn- 1.07 km, Inverary Resort- 1.19 km, Silver Dart Lodge-1.6 km.

The Alexander Graham Bell Museum is open from 9 am to 5 pm daily. All people are welcome to see and know about inventions of Bell. The visitors who have happened to visit the site, have given feedback about having a glimpse of a worldwide genius.