Grizzly bears sighted along the coast of the Hudson Bay have made it into the news in recent years, but did you know they once roamed as far as southern Manitoba too?
Join Dr. Randy Mooi in the museum collection and the Prairies Gallery to learn how we know grizzlies roamed this far southeast.
If you live in North America and are set to have clear skies the night of Thursday to Friday, then you’ll have a chance to see a total lunar eclipse this week!
Join Planetarium Astronomer Scott Young to learn how lunar eclipses occur, and when to be on the watch for this one.
Have you heard of Manitoban E. Cora Hind? Renowned agricultural journalist, world traveler, and suffragist, she has a pretty fascinating story! Join Cortney this International Women’s Day to learn more about E. Cora Hind and see some of the objects from her in our collection.
Chris is here to lift our spirits with the science behind Bernoulli’s principle of lift! Join him in the Science Gallery to do a simple experiment that you can try out at home with nothing more than a strip of toilet paper.
February may be coming to an end, but our love of reading sure isn’t! In this video, our resident Book Girly, Cortney, shows us some of her favourite items in the museum’s book collection – a comic strip series about the life of Louis Riel.
Only a small percentage of the 2.9 million artifacts and specimens in the Museum Collection are able to be displayed at one time. The rest are kept carefully preserved in collections storage, but that doesn’t just mean they’re just piled on shelves or in cupboards out of sight. Everything is carefully stored to ensure its preserved for as long as possible, and for some artifacts that means keeping them cold!
Find out why cold storage is important for preserving certain artifacts in this video with Senior Conservator Carolyn Sirett.
You might be surprised to learn that cougars are found in Manitoba, but they’ve likely existed here for thousands of years!
In this video, join Dr. Randy Mooi in the Parklands Gallery to learn about the features that make this animal such a powerful predator.
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Join Rhianna in the Science Gallery as she conducts an experiment to separate hydrogen peroxide to create elephant toothpaste!
Want to try this experiment at home? Follow along.
You’ll need:
Note: This is NOT real toothpaste and should not be consumed by humans or animals.
Do you know how to tell the difference between a mammoth and a mastodon? Check out their smile!
In this video Erin shows us the differences between mammoth and mastodon teeth.
With a variety of ecosystems across our province, Manitoba also has a fascinating variety of rare plants. You might not think of sand dunes as the most hospitable of environments, but some plants know how thrive there!
In this video Dr. Diana Bizecki Robson shows us some of the rare plants that make their homes in sand dunes.
