Immigration Museum / Public Garden

After visiting the Emigration Museum in Bremerhaven with my family years ago, I naturally wanted to visit the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 here in Halifax, which is the counterpart. Nowadays, cruise ships dock at Pier 21, but in the past it was the arrival point for all ships with immigrants on board. As Halifax is the easternmost major port of Canada, immigrants spread out across the country from here.
From a museum perspective, I found the Bremerhaven one to be better. It is not only larger, but in my opinion, also more informative and creatively designed. The best thing about the museum here was the approximately 15-minute film about immigrants and their stories.

One of the most colorful places in Halifax is the Public Gardens. Founded in 1874 by the merger of two other gardens (the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society Garden (1837) and the adjacent public park (1866)), the Victorian gardens are now a popular backdrop for wedding and graduation photos.
Currently, there is something special to see in the gardens. The 'Agave americana'. This plant can live between ten and thirty years and only blooms once in its life. During this process, a tall, thin stem grows out of the plant, with the flowers at the top. However, this effort consumes so many reserves that the plant kills itself and dies at the end of the summer.