First Fridays @ the Manitoba Museum

The Manitoba Museum is excited to partner with Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries to present our First Fridays programming! Join us on the First Friday of every month from 4 pm to 9 pm for free general admission to our three core attractions – the Museum Galleries, Planetarium, and Science Gallery. No ticket is required for First Friday programming unless otherwise specified.

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Check back monthly for upcoming special programming!

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Friday, July 4:

 

Museum Galleries

NEW EXHIBIT I Belong Here

Urban Corridor – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

Through digital art prints, Indigenous Scholar in Residence Lucy Lindell transforms the physical structures of local museums and galleries into Indigenous teachings that exist to help us live a good life. I Belong Here removes colonial invalidations by sharing relatedness and ways of knowing that not everyone has had the privilege of experiencing. It shares teachings that reflect our own beauty back to us and affirms that Indigenous teachings belong in museum spaces and everyday life.

 

 

The Museum Collection Illuminated 

Discovery Room – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Explore unusual artifacts, hand-selected from our vaults by our curatorial team 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. The Museum Collection Illuminated presents a snapshot of the diverse and extensive work undertaken throughout the Museum’s history of collecting.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button Making with Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries 

Welcome Gallery – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Come colour and create your own Manitoba Museum button to take home! Head over to the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries table to check out the possibilities. 

 

 

Guest Scientists: Living Laboratory 

Earth History Gallery – 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm 

Have you ever wondered how children’s minds work? Visit University of Manitoba researchers at their Living Laboratory in the Earth History Gallery. The Living Laboratory is an educational research experience where visitors of all ages can learn about the development of the human mind by participating in fun hands-on research studies and games.

 

 

 

 

 

Science Gallery

Hands-on Fun in the Science Gallery

Science Gallery – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Test the universal laws of science and explore the wonders of technology and illusion in the Science Gallery. Learn about yourself and the world around you through entertaining hands-on activities where you become the scientist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Scientists: Child Thinking and Reasoning Lab

Science Gallery – 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Come visit researchers from the University of Winnipeg Child Development Labs! Visitors ages 3-7 years old are welcome to participate in our research exploring how children reason about counterintuitive events. Learn more about our on-campus studies exploring how children’s developing brains learn about math and numbers. All children are welcome to play math games and learn about science!

 

 

Planetarium

Planetarium, 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Discover the stories in the stars: constellations, planets, and more! Shows run every half hour beginning at 4:30 pm. Last show starts at 8:30 pm.