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. Continue reading ‘For a limited time only: two new great temporary exhibits’
Our winter hours are now in effect. We are open:
Tuesday to Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 11:00am – 5:00pm
** Please note that we are CLOSED on Mondays. Summer hours will resume in May.
New activities for families of all ages are now located throughout the Museum galleries. There are 27 different Bingo and I Spy sheets to choose from in almost every gallery. Hundreds of pictures of interesting and curious specimens and artifacts are used to encourage discovery and learn something new about our treasures; there’s a story with each picture for visitors to explore.
These games are meant for all ages—the questions in the “I Spy” games and pictures in the Bingo games vary in complexity!”
Pick up your passport at Museum Reception for a guide to all the new family fun.
With four temporary exhibitions, two fantastic new permanent exhibits, Planetarium laser shows and improved programming in our galleries, there has never been so many great reasons to visit The Manitoba Museum. We are open every day this summer, from 10am to 5pm including holidays. Continue reading ‘Your summer adventure starts here!’
Celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature with this colourful, fascinating exhibit that showcases rarely-seen specimens from our Natural History vaults. Created by our three natural history curators, this extraordinary display features some of the most phenomenal flora and fauna from fresh water, oceans, deserts, and grasslands. Drop by and visit the “original” beetles.
Open during regular Museum hours in the Discovery Room. Free with admission to the Museum Galleries.
Treat your kids to the best summer of their lives by enrolling them in one of the coolest camps on Earth.
The Manitoba Museum’s Discovery Day Camp is only place in town where kids get to learn about archaeology, science, space, geology, paleontology, animals, and the environment-all under one roof!
Discovery Day Camp registration also includes planetarium shows, live science demonstrations, scavenger hunts and free time in the Museum galleries, plus Science Gallery visits.
The Museum’s qualified, friendly counsellors lead children age six to 12 (children must have completed Grade One). Themes differ in alternate weeks, allowing campers to come for two one-week sessions. Typical camper-to-leader ratio is 7 to 1.
Day Camps run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, although drop-off as early as 8 a.m. and pick-up as late as 5 p.m. can be accommodated.
The Discovery Day Camp begins on July 5th, and runs throughout the summer. The last week of the camp begins on August 30th.
For more information or to register, please contact Nicole Maier at 988-0626 or by e-mail at programs@manitobamuseum.ca.
Our curator of zoology recently became involved with an ambitious, five-year project. The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas was created to engage citizens in documenting the distribution and abundance of all breeding birds throughout Manitoba.
Anyone can participate. This is your chance to play a role in one of the most comprehensive environmental monitoring projects ever undertaken in our province. Your findings will provide scientific data that will contribute to the sustainable and responsible stewardship of our environment.
The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas is a partnership of many governmental and non-governmental agencies, including The Manitoba Museum. Our curator, Dr. Randy Mooi, is serving on the Steering Committee, and we are looking for volunteers to participate in this exciting initiative.
For more information, please access the Bird Atlas website (www.birdatlas.mb.ca) or contact the Atlas Coordination office at 1-800-214-6497 or 204-945-6816 or mbatlas@bsceoc.org.
In partnership with the MTS Exhibition Hall and the Winnipeg Free Press, The Manitoba Museum will be hosting a special exhibit in their Parklands Pier that focuses on the Manitobans who sailed on the RMS Titanic. Titanic: The Manitoba Connection will include artifacts from the Museum’s collection to tell the story of who these passengers were—from millionaires to immigrant farm labourers—and how they came to be on board the ship. A case with some of these items from The Manitoba Museum will also be on display in the MTS Exhibition Hall.
Earlier in the year, the Museum asked Manitobans whose family had a connection to the Titanic to contribute to the exhibit, and the response has been nothing short of amazing. Curator Sharon Reilly has been able to collect dozens of stories, over ten original artifacts, and significant memorabilia.
“Most Manitobans would be surprised to learn that the province had any connection at all to the Titanic. But 13 of the ship’s passengers were bound for Canada,” explains Sharon Reilly, Social History Curator for The Manitoba Museum. “Nine Manitobans died in the tragedy, while some of their family members survived.”
The exhibit will put the disaster into context of what was happening in Manitoba during that time. Why were such a high percentage of Manitobans on board? Why were there so many millionaires living in Winnipeg? Who were these individuals, and how have Manitobans commemorated the tragedy?
With Free Press archival materials, a special RMS Titanic memorabilia collection from a long-time Museum employee, memorial plaques from City Hall and the Children’s Hospital, along with plenty of local stories, this exhibit explores our enduring connection and fascination with one of the most legendary ships of all time.
Titanic: The Manitoba Connection will run from February 12 until September 5 in the Museum’s Parklands Pier.
  
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