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Exhibition
Sep. 20 10:00 am – Sep. 20 4:00 pm

The Museum Collection Illuminated

Explore unusual artifacts, hand-selected from our vaults for their unique qualities, including an 11lb Giant Puffball mushroom, a gloriously gaudy bison horn chair from the 1880s, a 500 BCE Archaic period wine pitcher, and more!
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Special Events
Sep. 28 10:00 am – Sep. 28 4:00 pm

Orange Shirt Days @ the Manitoba Museum

To honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Manitoba Museum is pleased to provide complimentary admission to the Museum Galleries, Science Gallery and Planetarium from September 28 to 30.
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Planetarium Show
Sep. 20 11:00 am – Sep. 20 11:45 am

Voyage of the Stars – Planetarium Show

This family-friendly adventure follows starfish Astéria and shooting star Stella on an exciting quest under the oceans. Astéria introduces Stella to the diversity of marine species, while Stella shares about Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.

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Learn Anishinaabemowin with Amik!

Anishinaabemowin with Amik is a free, online language game to support learning and revitalization of Anishinaabemowin. Learn the names of animals native to Manitoba and found throughout our Museum Galleries. Whether you’re new to the language or reconnecting with it, this interactive experience offers a meaningful way to engage with Indigenous knowledge and culture.

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This initiative was made possible through the generous support of the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation®.

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Every path through our nine immersive Museum Galleries is an adventure waiting to unfold.

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 word graphic for The Museum Collection Illuminated featuring images of a chair made out of numerous bison horns, a decorative blanket, wrapped as though being worn, and a taxidermized and mounted toucan bird.
Exhibition
Sep. 20 10:00 am – Sep. 20 4:00 pm

The Museum Collection Illuminated

Explore unusual artifacts, hand-selected from our vaults for their unique qualities, including an 11lb Giant Puffball mushroom, a gloriously gaudy bison horn chair from the 1880s, a 500 BCE Archaic period wine pitcher, and more!
A beadwork rendition of the exterior of the Manitoba Museum, Planetarium dome, and Nonsuch ship in vibrant colours and florals. The image is on a fuchsia background, with the text, "I Belong Here" in the lower right corner.
Exhibition
Sep. 20 10:00 am – Sep. 20 4:00 pm

I Belong Here

Through digital art prints, Indigenous Scholar in Residence Lucy Lindell transforms the physical structures of Winnipeg museums and galleries into Indigenous teachings that exist to help us live a good life.

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When we talk about large reptilian creatures from the Jurassic & Cretaceous periods, it’s tempting to call them all “Dinosaurs”, but not all of them were!

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By Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson, Curator of Botany

September 12, 2025
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Beautiful Birdtail Valley |

As most of the land in southern Manitoba has been converted to agricultural crop land, native prairies are rare, as are some of the plant species that grow in them. However, much of the land on First Nation reserves is uncultivated, meaning that they may contain significant populations of rare species. For the last several years I have been, with the permission of the communities, documenting the plant diversity at First Nations reserves in the southern part of the province…
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Nonsuch Kids Art Print

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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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