LAMNS 2025 Conference

The 2025 Libraries, Archives, & Museums Nova Scotia (LAMNS) Conference will take place in Halifax/Kjipuktuk from October 2-4, 2025. Centred on the theme Intersections, the conference will celebrate and explore our sectors’ adaptability, sustainability, and community connections.

Co-organized by the Association of Nova Scotia Museums, Council of Nova Scotia Archives, and Nova Scotia Library Association, this is a rare chance for library, archive, and museum professionals to come together, share, learn, and connect.

We gratefully acknowledge our partners and sponsors — including Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia Archives, Nova Scotia Public Library, and Nova Scotia Museum — whose generous support make this conference possible!

Halifax Central Library — Accessibility

• The Library is a Rick Hansen Foundation Gold-Certified Building that is fully wheelchair accessible, including wide-clearance doors throughout. 
• Parking: There are designated accessible parking spaces in the underground parking area, and ramp access to the elevator to the main floor from the parking area.
• Entrance: Both Queen Street and Spring Garden Road entrances are level and/or have ramp access as well as automatic door systems. The Spring Garden Road entrance features contrasting coloured stone – white and dark grey – to easily follow the path to the entrance doors from the North Plaza. 
• Elevators: All floors, including the underground parking, are accessible via elevators.
• Signage: Elevators include braille on the operating console. There are Tactile Warning Surface Indicators at all stairways, manifestation dots on all glass walls – both exterior and interior – and washrooms identified by contrasting wall colour (orange) and tactile signage.
• Washrooms: All washrooms have accessible stalls and lower counters plus motion-detection lighting and faucets. There are also single-user, accessible washrooms throughout the building. The main-floor single-user, accessible washroom includes an adult change table. 
• Paul O’Regan Hall: The Hall includes wheelchair seating at the top and bottom of the tiered seating area. The ramp to the bottom-level of the Hall is near the Queen Street entrance of the main floor of the building. There are also handrails for the tiered seating itself.
• Quiet room for conference attendees: Room 302 on the 3rd floor is reserved as a quiet space for conference attendees. Please speak to any member of the conference team to access the room.

Museum of Natural History — Accessibility

• Parking: There is a pay-as-you-go lot beside the Museum with approximately 50 parking spaces, including two designated accessible parking spots with curb cuts and a ramp to the main entrance. 
• Entrances: A ramp leads from the parking lot to the lower-level entrance, where the Auditorium and Project Room are located. There is also a ramp to the Museum’s main entrance on Summer Street.
• Elevator: An elevator provides step-free access to all floors.
• Signage: There is Braille and tactile signage installed beside bathroom doors and elevators.
• Washrooms: A gender‑neutral, single‑user washroom with a power‑door opener is located on the lower level.

Nova Scotia Archives — Accessibility

• Parking: There are two on-street accessible parking spaces in front of the building plus two additional accessible spaces on Edward Street near University Avenue.
• Entrance: There is a wide concrete path with a moderate incline that leads from University Avenue to the main entrance at the front of the building. Between the designated accessible parking spaces on University Avenue, there are two curb cuts that connect to this path. There are also two concrete paths that lead to the main entrance from Edward and Robie Streets. Both curve around the building and have moderate inclines. The main entrance doors are equipped with automatic door openers.
• Elevator: An elevator provides step-free access to all public-access floors.
• Washrooms: There are wheelchair accessible washrooms on all public-access floors. There is a (non-accessible) single-user washroom off of the Akins Room.