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This is a list of museums in Manitoba, Canada.There are nearly 200 museums in Manitoba, with over 40 in the City of Winnipeg alone. [1]For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or ...
Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum (also known as the St. Boniface Museum) is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that is dedicated to Franco-Manitoban and Métis culture and history. It is located in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a former convent of the Grey Nuns .
The Marine Museum of Manitoba, at Selkirk, Manitoba, was established in 1972 [1] to gather ships, artifacts, and items relating to shipping, to tell the story of the development and the operation of transportation on Lake Winnipeg and the Red River. The period covered by the museum's displays starts circa 1850 and continues to present day.
The Robert B. Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located at the University of Manitoba in the Wallace Building. [1] The museum got its start in 1918 by way of a donation from geologist Joseph Winthrop Spencer. His 1,100 mineral and rock specimen formed the basis of the early museum.
The Manitoba Museum, previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, is a human and natural history museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as the province's largest, not-for-profit centre for heritage and science education. [2] Located close to City Hall, the museum was designed in 1965 by Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody of Moody and Moore.
The Maison Gabrielle Roy (or Maison Roy)—translated in English as the House of Gabrielle Roy (or Roy House)—is a museum in the former home of writer Gabrielle Roy. The house is located in the Saint Boniface area of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The objective of the museum is to disseminate the works of Roy and to preserve a piece of heritage ...
The Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park, in Winnipeg, Manitoba displays aircraft and artifacts pertaining to the history of the Canadian Air Force. [1] The park contains memorials to Canadian air search and rescue, and to the people who trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The museum was established in 1975.
The Pavilion Gallery Museum, opened in 1998, is a museum and art gallery located within the Assiniboine Park Pavilion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The gallery houses the largest collections of works by three internationally-renowned Manitoba artists— Ivan Eyre , Clarence Tillenius and Walter J. Phillips —while the second floor area is dedicated to the work ...