The Shubenacadie Tinsmith Museum is a museum in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the community of Shubenacadie. Established by Watson Smith c. 1895 as Watson Smith & Sons Retail Hardware & Tin Shop, the shop produced over 60,000 milk cans before the cans became obsolete around the 1950s. The building opened to the public as a museum in 2003, after being donated to the Municipality of East Hants. Watson Smith & Sons Retail Hardware & Tin Shop was established c. 1895 by Watson Smith on Main Street in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Smith held a patent for steel-bottom milk cans, and established the shop to supply the local dairy farmers. The front of the building contained the hardware store, with the rear of the building holding the tin shop. Watson's hardware store offered a variety of goods including hardware, china, guns and ammunition, fishing supplies, and custom-made tinware produced in the shop. The building also served as the residence for Smith and his wife, Jeanette. It was extended twice: in 1902 and 1922. After the Halifax Explosion in 1917 destroyed the train depot in Halifax where milk cans were delivered, the tin shop stepped in to fulfill the needs of the city, with seven people producing 75 milk cans per day. The tin shop produced roughly 3,000 milk cans in 1930. More information...
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