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Screech Room Museums and Galleries
6 Cathedral Street, St. John’s
T:709.579.3023 Admiralty House
www.spiritofnewfoundland.com Communications Museum THINGS TO SEE & DO
365 Old Placentia Road, Mount Pearl
You can get Screeched-In every day T: 709.748.1124
at Spirit of Newfoundland’s SCREECH www.admiraltymuseum.ca
ROOM, a place where history, culture,
intrigue and romance abound. This is Exhibit highlights: displays of telegraphic
a pub shoppe where the tales of our equipment from 1850’s to the present;
past come alive with stories of trading a replica of the telegraph-cabin of the
rum and molasses for codfish, pirates, ill-fated S.S. Florizel; the illustrated history
and prohibition. There’s Screech in of Mount Pearl; Marconi’s 1901 box-kite,
the floors and rum and molasses and amateur radio operations by SONRA.
in the window panes, all housed Open year round Mon-Fri, weekends
in the historic Masonic Temple. July/August. Admission by Donation.
Signal Hill National Historic Site Bell Island #2 Mine Tour and Museum
230 Signal Hill Road, St. John’s 1 Compressor Hill, Bell Island
T: 709.772.5367 T: 709.488.2880
www.pc.gc.ca/signalhill www.bellislandminetour.com
Signal Hill celebrates St. John’s rich Tourism Bell Island operates the Bell
communications and military history, Island Heritage Museum and tours of the
amidst spectacular city and ocean Underground Iron Ore Mine. To truly
appreciate this dramatic tour it must be
views. Enjoy military and musical experienced firsthand. Ferry departs from
performances, stirring ceremonies, St. Phillip’s just 15 minutes from
coastal hikes, dramatic fortifications, downtown St. John’s.
and the iconic Cabot Tower.
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