Open now: a special exhibition of Clarence Tillenius’s paintings and sketches in the Urban Corridor. Wildlife: A Tribute to Clarence Tillenius includes nine original paintings and six sketches, including Polar Bear Hunting Along the Floe Edge and Timberwolves Resting at Sunrise.

Clarence Tillenius was born in 1913 in the Interlake region of Manitoba. He was initially self-taught in wildlife art, and made many long expeditions into isolated areas to sketch animals in their natural habitat. In 1936 he lost his painting arm on a CNR construction job, but a year later was taking painting classes with Alexander J. Musgrove to rehabilitate. Read More…

Come face to face with outer space in the Science Gallery’s Space Rocks exhibit, where the biggest meteorite ever found in Manitoba is on display.

“When I first found it, I brought it home and said to my wife, ‘I found a meteorite,’ just as a joke,” says 65-year-old Elm Creek resident Tom Wood. Now retired, he found the heavier-than-usual rock in autumn 1997, while working as a grader operator for the Rural Municipality of Grey. He used it to prop up his garage door for the next four years.

Little did he know that the 8.3 kilogram space rock would lead to one of his biggest adventures. Wood’s rock was an L4 chondrite meteorite, approximately 4.5 billion years old, and the size of a football. Read More…

Be sure to take in our new exhibits.

Our natural history curators worked together to create Colours in Nature, a new exhibit in our Discovery Room. Prepare to be amazed by the vivid colours of Mother Nature, on dazzling display via previously unseen items from our Natural History Collection. Read More…