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Special Events
Dec. 26 9:00 am – Dec. 26 4:00 pm

Pyjama Days @ the Manitoba Museum

Pyjama Days are back! The weather outside might be frightful, but the Manitoba Museum is the place for a warm and cozy Winter Break.
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Dec. 25 12:00 am – Dec. 25 11:59 pm

Winter Membership Sale

All Manitoba Museum Memberships are 25% off until January 5, 2025. Become a Member or renew early and SAVE!
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Museum Shop
Dec. 28 10:00 am – Dec. 28 4:00 pm

Museum Shop Winter Pop-Up

Experience the joy of the holiday season at the Manitoba Museum Shop Winter Pop-Up! For three weekends in December, visit our shop in Festival Hall to discover unique gifts, special sales, and festive fun.

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Travel through millions of years, journey from the icy arctic coast to the windswept prairies of Manitoba. Meet dinosaurs and trilobites, and climb aboard the Nonsuch, a full-sized replica 17th-century English merchant ship.
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Exhibition
Dec. 25 10:00 am – Dec. 25 4:00 pm

Manidoo Miiniigooizowin, A Gift from the Creator

This exhibit celebrates the beauty and resilience of the Anishinaabe and Dakota peoples, and commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO).
A promo image for exhibit 'Manidoo Miiniigooizowin: A Gift from the Creator'. On a red background to the left, below a large "25" with floral patterning, is the title of the exhibit and text reading "Southern Chiefs' Organization 25th Anniversary Exhibit", accompanied by the Southern Chiefs' Organization and Manitoba Museum logos. On the right is an image of a red and green tikinagan or cradleboard.
Exhibition
Dec. 26 10:00 am – Dec. 26 4:00 pm

Manidoo Miiniigooizowin, A Gift from the Creator

This exhibit celebrates the beauty and resilience of the Anishinaabe and Dakota peoples, and commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO).

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What do you think of when you hear the word taxidermy? There are many ways to preserve natural history specimens, and taxidermy is one of the ways we use in the Museum Collection!

In this video, join Dr. Brigit Tronrud in the collection storage to learn a bit more about what goes into preserving a specimen in this way, and how researchers study them.

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Every story, everyone

Our collection of blogs celebrates the many rich and vivid stories of our diverse cultures, human, and natural history, as well as the science that binds us and the universe together.

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By Nancy Anderson, Collections Management Specialist of Human History

December 3, 2024
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Where in the World is Karnac, MB? |

We’ve all had the experience of reading something when a word, a name, or a concept piques our curiosity and sets us off on a research quest. This often happens when I am working with human history collections at the Manitoba Museum and regularly inspires my inner ‘Nancy Drew’…
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Nonsuch Kids Art Print

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Manitoba Wildflowers Postcard
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Manitoba Tote Bag
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Nonsuch Tea - Cornelia Bean
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Museum Kids Colouring Book
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Pauingassi Collection Book

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