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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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