Manitoba Museum

Manitoba Museum
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Former name
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature
Established1965
LocationWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°54′00″N 97°08′12″W / 49.90000°N 97.13667°W / 49.90000; -97.13667
Typeprovincial human and natural history museum
Key holdingsHudson's Bay Company Collection
Visitors303,191 (2017)[1]
DirectorDorota Blumczynska
ArchitectHerbert Henry Gatenby Moody
OwnerManitoba Centennial Centre
Websitewww.manitobamuseum.ca/

The Manitoba Museum, previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, is a human and natural history museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as the province's largest, not-for-profit centre for heritage and science education.[2]

Located close to City Hall, the museum was designed in 1965 by Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody of Moody and Moore. Including its Planetarium and Science Gallery exhibit, the museum focuses on collecting, researching, and sharing Manitoba's human and natural heritage, culture, and environment.

The Hudson's Bay Company donated its historic three-centuries-old collection (and supporting funds) to the museum in 1994, becoming the largest corporate donation ever received by the museum.[3] The Institute for Stained Glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at the museum.[4]

  1. ^ "Annual Report". The Manitoba Museum. 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "ABOUT US." Manitoba Museum. Retrieved 2021 January 9.
  3. ^ "Manitoba Museum Opens New Gallery Dedicated to the History of Winnipeg | The Manitoba Museum". manitobamuseum.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. ^ "Institute for stained glass in Canada". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2011.