Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site is a property in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes. The site is a unit of the national park system, and includes the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, the only museum in the world containing the actual artifacts and documents from Bell's years of experimental work in Baddeck. This site was designated a National Historic Site in 1952. The museum features artifacts donated in 1955 from the Bell family's personal museum, located in the Kite House at Beinn Bhreagh. The museum also features memorabilia
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site kites, planes and high speed boats. The museum also features displays relating to Bell's work with the deaf and how it led to the invention of the telephone. In addition to its displays, the museum features an observation deck on the roof of the building which offers a view of Alexander Graham Bell's Beinn Bhreagh estate, across the Bay. Beinn Bhreagh is a separate National Historic Site, still owned and occupied by Bell descendants. The museum was designed by renowned British Architect O.Howard Leicester R.I.B.A. It is not in the national park system and not open to the public. For