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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.
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 ...
The museum operates two facilities: the 12-acre heritage park and a year-round exhibition centre in the lower level of the Argyle Community Centre. The museum plans to build a permanent interpretive structure at the park by 2029. Since 2014, the museum has used a space in the Argyle Community Centre for ongoing exhibitions for the public.
Dalnavert, also known as MacDonald House, [1] [2] is a historic house museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990. [ 3 ]
The St. Vital Historical Society is the non-profit organization that operates the St. Vital Museum, a civic museum dedicated to the former City of St. Vital, now a ward of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [ 1 ] Located at 600 St. Mary's Road , the 2-storey building is a fire hall built in 1914 that housed both the St. Vital Police and Fire Departments.
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is dedicated to collecting vintage farm machinery and buildings from 1900 and before. Located on 50 acres (200,000 m 2) near Austin, Manitoba in the Municipality of North Norfolk, to date they have amassed over 500 pieces of machinery and a pioneer village consisting of more than 20 buildings complete with artifacts.
The museum is now housed in the former Kinsmen Building, which is the oldest surviving train repair facility in Manitoba, having been built in 1889. [ 20 ] The museum underwent $10 million in renovations in 2011, including the addition of the Buhler Welcome Centre.
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 .