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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
Feb. 21 10:00 am – Feb. 21 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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Dome@Home
Feb. 27 7:00 pm – Feb. 27 8:00 pm

DOME@HOME

Dome@Home brings the wonders of the universe to anyone with an internet connection! This monthly livestream focuses on all of the celestial sights and special events that viewers can see during the next month.

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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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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
Feb. 21 10:00 am – Feb. 21 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
Feb. 22 10:00 am – Feb. 22 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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@manitobamuseum We are thrilled to share that with the opening of this storefront, the updates to the Winnipeg 1920 Cityscape are complete! The new A & M Hurtig Furriers Shop is both a shop and a warehouse, with fine fur pieces on display and being created in the back room. Learn some of the history behind this store and take a peek inside with Dr. Roland Sawatzky. #Furrier #Fur #FurCoat #FurHat #Vintage #Handmade #Textile #Museums #MuseumTok #DYK #DidYouKnow #Winnipeg #Manitoba #ManitobaMuseum ♬ original sound – Manitoba Museum

We are thrilled to share that with the opening of this storefront, the updates to the Winnipeg 1920 Cityscape are complete! The new A & M Hurtig Furriers Shop is both a shop and a warehouse, with fine fur pieces on display and being created in the back room.

Learn some of the history behind this store and take a peek inside with Dr. Roland Sawatzky.

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By Dr. Randy Mooi, Curator of Zoology

February 6, 2025
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The E.W. Darbey Taxidermy Shop and the Making of the Manitoba Museum |

The Manitoba Museum recently opened a “new” store in the Winnipeg 1920 Gallery, the Darbey taxidermy shop. Today, a taxidermy shop would be considered a minor player in our digital world of cell phones, apps, and AI. But from 1880 into the 1920s, taxidermy was an important element of Manitoba society. Many homes, particularly wealthy ones, displayed hunting trophies and stuffed birds. These functioned as conversation pieces and expressions of social status…
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Nonsuch Kids Art Print

A postcard featuring three rows of four wildflower watercolour illustrations accompanied by the common and scientific name of each. A title at the top reads, "Manitoba Wildflowers". At the bottom, a line reads, "From the Criddle Collection".

Manitoba Wildflowers Postcard
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Manitoba Tote Bag
A package of loose leaf tea with a colourful illustrated label identifying it as the Nonsuch tea, and featuring the Nonsuch ship over a yellow layer with white accent flowers.

Nonsuch Tea - Cornelia Bean
The cover of a Manitoba Museum branded colouring book with the planetarium dome and star projector bursting through the word "Colouring" and the Museum's iconic bison diorama bursting through the word "Book".

Museum Kids Colouring Book
A book cover featuring a photograph of an Anishinaabe ceremonial artifact, with the title on the lower third, "Obaawingaashing Gichi-Aabijitaawinan | Pauingassi Collection".

Pauingassi Collection Book

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