List of museums in Manitoba

This list of museums in Manitoba, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name	Town/City	Regions	Type	Summary
12th Manitoba Dragoons Museum	Brandon	Westman	Military	website, history of the 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Aerospace	information, museum open by appointment
Alex Robertson Museum	Alonsa	Parkland	Local history	information
Anola & District Museum	Anola	Eastman	Open air	information, pioneer village
Antler River Historical Society Museum	Melita	Westman	Local History	information, includes antique firearms and pioneer artifacts
Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Sports	Currently closed and seeking new home
Arborg Heritage Village	Arborg	Interlake	Open air	website, multicultural history of rural life and farm communities of the Interlake region prior to 1930
Archibald Historical Museum	La Rivière	Pembina Valley	Open air	Includes home of activist Nellie McClung
Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba	Brandon	Westman	Art
Ashern Pioneer Museum	Ashern	Interlake	Open air	information, information, historic buildings and agricultural equipment
Beautiful Plains Museum	Neepawa	Westman	Local history	website, period room and business displays
Beckoning Hills Museum	Boissevain	Westman	Local history	information, period room and business displays
Belmont & District Historical Museum	Belmont	Westman	Local history	information, open in summer
Binscarth & District Gordon Orr Memorial Museum	Binscarth	Parkland	Local history	information
Birdtail Country Museum	Birtle	Westman	Local history	information, period room displays
Bishop Velychkovsky Martyr's Shrine	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Religious	website, shrine and museum about Vasyl Velychkovsky
Blacksmith Museum	Cartwright	Westman	Industry	information, fully restored and working blacksmith shop
Brandon General Museum	Brandon	Westman	Multiple	website, local history, schools, businesses, early entertainment and fashion, agriculture, includes the B.J. Hales Collection of bird and animal mounts, model railway layouts
Brokenhead-Beausejour Pioneer Village Museum	Beausejour	Eastman	Open air	website
Burrough of the Gleann Museum	Glenboro	Westman	Local history	website
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre	Morden	Pembina Valley	Natural history	Marine reptile fossils
Canadian Museum for Human Rights	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	History	Explores the subject of human rights including Aboriginal issues, the Holocaust
Carberry Plains Museum	Carberry	Westman	Local history	information, includes local memorabilia and paintings, sports memorabilia from all eras and many decade-specific collections
Carousels and Dolls Doll Museum	Brandon	Westman	Toy	information, open by appointment
Charlebois Heritage Museum	The Pas	Northern	Local history	information, local history of the Charlebois Chapel
Chokecherry Junction	Boissevain	Westman	Railroad	information, model railway collection
Clack Family Heritage Museum	Rivers	Westman	History	information, antique automobiles, equipment and pioneer artifacts
Cleggs Museum of Horse Drawn Vehicles	Miniota	Westman	Transportation	information, horse-drawn vehicles and antiques; collection moving to Prairie Mountain Regional Museums[1]
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum	Brandon	Westman	Aerospace	World War II aircraft, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, R.C.A.F.
Cooks Creek Heritage Museum	Cooks Creek	Eastman	Local history	website, local history of pioneer settlers and their cultural heritage
Crystal City Community Printing Museum	Crystal City	Westman	Technology	information, printing presses and equipment
Dalnavert	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	Late Victorian period house
Daly House Museum	Brandon	Westman	Historic house	Late 19th century Victorian house
Darlingford School Heritage Museum	Darlingford	Pembina Valley	Local history	information, information, historic four room schoolhouse with exhibits of local history
Dauphin Railway Museum	Dauphin	Parkland	Railroad	Located in a restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station
Dufferin Historical Museum	Carman	Pembina Valley	Local history	website, operated by the Dufferin Historical Society
Dunnottar Station Museum	Dunnottar	Interlake	Railroad	website
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Natural history	Part of the University of Manitoba, skeletal replicas of Cretaceous Period animals
Elgin & District Museum	Elgin	Westman	Local history	information, open in summer
Eriksdale Museum	Eriksdale	Interlake	Local history	information, https://web.archive.org/web/20150413041607/http://eriksdale.com/profile/index.asp information], includes creamery artifacts, housed in a historic creamery building
Eskimo Museum	Churchill	Northern	First Nations	information, Inuit sculpture, artifacts and carvings
Ethelbert & District Museum	Ethelbert	Parkland	Local history	website, includes a school room, pioneer kitchen, sewing room, nursery, bedroom and artifacts from original settlers
Evergreen Firearms Museum	Belmont	Westman	Military	information, military and sporting firearms
Fire Fighters Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Firefighting
Flin Flon Station Museum	Flin Flon	Northern	Local history	information, located in a former railway station, pioneer and mining history, transportation
Fort Dauphin Museum	Dauphin	Parkland	Open air	website, information, 18th century fur trade post and pioneer village
Fort Garry Horse Museum & Archives	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Military	History of the Regiment and Winnipeg cavalry, 1878 to present
Fort Gibraltar	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Living	Summer living history demonstrations of 1815 fur trading post life
Fort La Reine Museum	Portage la Prairie	Central Plains	Open air	website, includes pioneer village, Allis-Chalmers Museum with farm equipment, Ukrainian Orthodox church, Military Museum, Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame
Foxwarren Museum	Foxwarren	Westman	Local history	information, operated by the Foxwarren Historical Society in the former St. George's Anglican Church
Gallery 1C03	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art	Gallery of the University of Winnipeg
Gallery One One One	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art	Gallery of the University of Manitoba
Gilbert Plains Museum & Tourist Information Centre	Gilbert Plains	Parkland	Local history	information
Gladstone District Museum	Gladstone	Central Plains	Local history	website
Hamiota Pioneer Club Museum	Hamiota	Westman	History	information, local history
Hart-Cam Museum	Hartney	Westman	History	website, information, local history
Headingley Heritage Centre	Headingley	Central Plains	Automotive	information, Jim's Vintage Garages, automotive and petroleum industry memorabilia
Hecla-Grindstone Provincial Park	Riverton	Interlake	Open air	Includes a fishing industry museum, one room school, 1920-1940s period Icelandic family house, tools
Heritage Complex	McCreary	Parkland	Historic house	information, information
Heritage North Museum	Thompson	Northern	Multiple	website, area natural and cultural history, mining, First Nation and fur trade artifacts, fossils
Heritage Park Museums	Cartwright	Westman	Multiple	information, information, several museums and historic buildings in Heritage Park, including Badger Creek Museum, Cartwright School Museum, Manitoba Telephone System, shoe repair shop, post office
Hillcrest Museum	Souris	Westman	History	information, information, local history
Historical Museum of St. James - Assiniboia	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	Late 19th century house, also local history, farming, agriculture and blacksmith exhibits
Horod School	Horod	Parkland	Education	information
Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site	Inglis	Parkland	Agriculture	Development of Canada’s prairie agriculture
Irvin Goodon International Wildlife Museum	Boissevain	Westman	Natural history	website, collection of full-mount animals set in interactive, natural scenes
Ivan Franko Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Biographical	Ukrainian author and poet Ivan Franko
J.A.V David Museum	Killarney	Westman	History	information, local history
Marion and Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Ethnic	Jewish history of settlement in Western Canada
Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation Interpretive Centre	Wasagaming	Parkland	First Nations	information
Kenosewun Interpretive Centre	Lockport	Interlake	Multiple	website, located in Lockport Provincial Heritage Park, excavated Aboriginal artifacts, history of the St. Andrews Locks and Dam
Keystone Pioneers Museum	Roblin	Parkland	History	information, information, local history, agricultural equipment, restored Elaschuk House, a pioneer log cabin and the Makaroff United Church
Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre	Leaf Rapids	Northern	Multiple	website, changing art, science and history exhibition
Legion House Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Military	website, military history of Manitoba
Living Prairie Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Natural history	Nature center and prairie ecology
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site	Lockport	Interlake	Living	1850s Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post
Lundar Museum	Lundar	Interlake	Open air	information, historic buildings, agriculture equipment, household items and antiques
Lynn Lake Mining Town Museum	Lynn Lake	Northern	Mining	information, area nickel mining and local history
Maison Gabrielle Roy	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Biographical	Home of writer Gabrielle Roy
Manitoba & North-Western Model Railroad	Sandy Lake	Parkland	HRailroad	information, information
Manitoba Agricultural Museum	Austin	Central Plains	Agriculture	Vintage farm machinery and pioneer village buildings
Manitoba Amateur Radio Museum	Austin	Central Plains	Technology	Antique communication equipment, located on the grounds of the Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum	Elkhorn	Westman	Automobile	Includes rare automobiles, pioneer farm equipment, steam tractors, and unique household artifacts
Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame Museum	Morden	Pembina Valley	Sports	website
Manitoba Children's Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Children's
Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art	Handcrafts
Manitoba Dairy Museum	St. Claude	Central Plains	Multiple	information, information, dairy displays, pioneer artifacts, local history, schoolhouse
Manitoba Electrical Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Technology	Electrical history of Manitoba
Manitoba Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Multiple	Natural history, science, history, planetarium
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Sports	Manitoba's sports teams and honoured athletes
Marringhurst Heritage House	Pilot Mound	Westman	Historic house	information, turn-of-the century farmhouse
Maple Grove Tea Room at Kennedy House	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	information, information
Margaret Laurence Home	Neepawa	Westman	Biographical	website, childhood home of author Margaret Laurence
Marine Museum of Manitoba	Selkirk	Interlake	Maritime	Includes several museum ships
Mennonite Heritage Village	Steinbach	Eastman	Open air
Miami Museum	Miami	Pembina Valley	History	information, local history
Miami Railway Museum	Miami	Pembina Valley	Railway	information, photos
Miniota Municipal Museum	Miniota	Westman	History	information, historic house and local historical artifacts
Minnedosa Heritage Village	Minnedosa	Westman	Open air	information, historic house and local historical artifacts
Moncur Gallery	Boissevain	Westman	First Nations	website, Aboriginal history in the Turtle Mountain region
Moosehorn Heritage Museum	Grahamdale	Interlake	History	information, information
Morris & District Centennial Museum	Morris	Westman	History	website, information, pioneer life
Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	History	Local history, French-Canadian and Métis cultures in Manitoba
Musee des Pionniers et des Chanoinesses	Notre Dame de Lourdes	Central Plains	Multiple	information, local history and Chanoisses order of sisters
Musée St-Joseph Museum	Montcalm	Pembina Valley	Open air	website, information
Naval Museum of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Military
New Iceland Heritage Museum	Gimli	Interlake	Ethnic	History and artifacts of the settlers from Iceland, three locations in Gimli
Oak Lake and District Museum	Oak Lake	Westman	History	information, information, local history
Ogniwo Polish Museum Society	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Ethnic
Parks Canada Visitor Reception Centre	Churchill	Northern	History	information, exhibits about the area's fur trade industry and nearby Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site and York Factory National Historic Site, military history, human and natural history, Wapusk National Park
Pavilion Gallery Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art
Pembina Threshermen's Museum	Winkler	Pembina Valley	Open air	website, heritage buildings, vintage farm equipment, antiques
Philip's Magical Paradise	Giroux	Eastman	Magic	information, information, magic and illusion equipment and history
Pilot Mound Centennial Museum	Pilot Mound	Westman	History	information, local history
Plug In Institute Of Contemporary Art	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art	website
Plum Coulee Community Museum	Plum Coulee	Pembina Valley	History	information, information, antiques, open by appointment
Plum Heritage Church Museum & Tea Room	Souris	Westman	History	website, information, local history
Pinewood Museum	Wasagaming	Parkland	History	information, information, local history
Prairie Mountain Regional Museums	Shoal Lake	Westman	Open air	website, includes several historic buildings and the Clegg Carriage Collection
Rapid City Museum	Rapid City	Westman	History	information, local history
RCA Museum	Brandon	Westman	Military	website, located at CFB Shilo, also known as Canada's National Artillery Museum
Red River Valley Floods Interpretive Centre	Ste. Agathe	Winnipeg Capital	History	website, information, history of the 1950 and 1997 Red River flood
Reston and District Museum	Reston	Westman	History	information, local history
Riel House National Historic Site	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	website, 1880s period home of politician Louis Riel
Riverton Transportation & Heritage Center	Riverton	Interlake	Transportation	website, local history as affected by area transportation: rail, boat, air, roads
Roland 4-H Museum	Roland	Pembina Valley	Agriculture	website, history of area 4-H club
Ross House Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	1850s period homestead
Rossburn Museum	Rossburn	Parkland	History	information, information, local history
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Aerospace	Military and civilian aircraft, formerly the Western Canada Aviation Museum
Royal Canadian Mint	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Mint	website of the Winnipeg location, the Royal Canadian Mint
Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regimental Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Military	website, history of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Sagkeeng Cultural Centre Museum	Fort Alexander	Eastman	First Nations	information
Saint Léon Interpretive Centre	St. Leon	Westman	Natural history	website, exhibits on the area wind farms, birds, salamanders, living green
Sam Waller Museum	The Pas	Northern Region	Local history	Collections include First Nations, fur trading, mining, transportation
Sandilands Forest Centre	Hadashville	Eastman	Forestry	website, forest ecology and biodiversity, sustainable forest management, fire management and prevention, trees and tree growth, the forest industry and forest products
Satterthwaite Log Cabin	McCreary	Parkland	Historic house	information, information
Selo Ukraina	Dauphin	Parkland	Open air	information, information, Ukrainian heritage village
Settlers, Rails & Trails	Argyle	Interlake	Multiple	Canadian Flag Collection, local history, agricultural, school, religious and railway history
Seton Centre	Carberry	Westman	Multiple	website, art gallery, natural history and environmental education
Seven Oaks House Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	Mid 19th century settlement life
Shoal Lake Mounted Police Museum	Shoal Lake	Westman	Law enforcement	website. Province's official museum to the North-West Mounted Police.
Sipiweske Museum	Wawanesa	Westman	History	website, local history
Snow Lake Mining Town Museum	Snow Lake	Northern	Mining	website, information
Sprague and District Historical Museum	Sprague	Eastman	Open air	information, local history, period room and business displays
St. Andrews Heritage Centre	St. Andrews	Interlake	History	information, local history
St. Andrew's Rectory National Historic Site	St. Andrews	Interlake	History	website
St. Claude Gaol Museum	St. Claude	Central Plains	Prison	information
St. Elijah Pioneer Museum	Lennard	Parkland	Local history	website, historic Romanian Orthodox church and pioneer home with artifacts; also known as St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church Museum and Paulencu Romanian Folk House
St. Georges Museum	St. Georges	Eastman	History	information, local history
St. Norbert Provincial Park	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Historic house	Two late 19th century houses located in a historic park; operated by the Fort Garry Historical Society
St. Pierre Museum	St. Pierre-Jolys	Eastman	History	information, local history, located in a former convent
St. Vital Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	History	website, local history, operated by the St. Vital Historical Society
St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Ethnic	Ukrainian Catholic heritage
Star Mound School Museum	Snowflake	Westman	Education	information, information, one room schoolhouse and First Nations artifacts
Strathclair Museum	Strathclair	Westman	History	information, local history
Swan Valley Historical Museum	Swan River	Parkland	Open air	information, over 12 historic buildings
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Military
Teulon and District Museum	Teulon	Interlake	Open air	information, historic buildings, agriculture equipment, household items and antiques
Third Crossing Agricultural Museum	Gladstone	Central Plains	Agriculture	information
Transcona Historical Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	History	Local history and culture
Treherne Museum	Treherne	Central Plains	History	website, includes period business displays, rifles, antique furniture, radios, tools, kitchenware, war paraphernalia, Native artifacts, agriculture equipment, farm machinery, blacksmith shop
Trembowla Cross of Freedom Historic Site and Museum	Dauphin	Parkland	Open air	information, information, tribute to Ukrainian settlers, includes 1989 St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, a pioneer home, Trembowla school and other historic buildings
Turtle Mountain Flywheel Club Museum	Killarney	Westman	Agriculture	website, information, tractors, farm equipment, tools
Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Ethnic	Also known as Oseredok
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Museum	Sandy Lake	Parkland	Ethnic	information, local Ukrainian settler history and heritage
Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Manitoba Branch	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Ethnic	information, information, Ukrainian folk art and crafts, located in the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral
V. Gross' Doll Museum and Gift Shop	Warren	Interlake	Toy	website, dolls and toys
Virden Pioneer Home Museum	Virden	Westman	Historic house	website, Victorian period home, also post office, general store, schoolhouse displays, memorabilia of pioneer life, World War I artifacts and uniforms, folk-art gallery
Waskada Museum	Waskada	Westman	Multiple	website, includes historic buildings, pioneer household and farm artifacts, antique vehicles, period business and school displays
Wasyl Negrych Homestead	Gilbert Plains	Parkland	Open air	information, information, Ukrainian pioneer homestead and outbuildings
Watson Crossley Community Museum	Grandview	Parkland	History	information, information, local history, pioneer home, log cabin, agriculture equipment, schoolhouse
Whitemouth Municipal Museum	Whitemouth	Eastman	Open air	information, information, pioneer village and farming museum, open seasonally
Whiteshell Provincial Park	West Hawk Lake	Eastman	Multiple	Includes the Whiteshell Natural History Museum, Whiteshell Trappers Museum, West Hawk Museum, Whiteshell Fish Hatchery Interpretive Centre, Alf Hole Goose Sanctuary and Interpretive Centre
Willow Plain School Municipal Heritage Site	Sarto	Eastman	Education	information, information, 1911 one room school
Winnipeg Art Gallery	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Art
Winnipeg Police Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Law enforcement	website
Winnipeg Railway Museum	Winnipeg	Winnipeg Capital	Railway
Winnipegosis Museum	Winnipegosis	Parkland	History	information, local history
Woodlands Pioneer Museum	Woodlands	Interlake	History	information, information, local history, household items, also includes 2 schools, log cabin and St. Luke's Anglican Church

Defunct museums

• Brandon Mental Health Centre, Brandon, online only now, website
• Canadian Orthodox Pioneer Museum, Sifton, located in the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church which was destroyed by fire in 2010[2][3]
• Chatfield Park of Souvenirs Museum, Armstrong, closed in 2012[4]
• Costume Museum of Canada, Winnipeg
• Manitoba Military Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, closed as of January 2014

See also

• Nature centres in Manitoba

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Ed Ledohowski (January 13, 2013). "It was twice a work of wonder — but Sifton's marvellous Russian Orthodox Church suffered a cruel fate". Manitoba Co-Operator. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
3. "Prairie Voices: An interview with Katya Szalasznyj". Orthodox Canada. 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
4. "Chatfield Park of Souvenirs Museum". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2015. closed as of Fall 2012

• Association of Manitoba Museums