Manitoba Museum
The largest natural and human history museum in Manitoba. You can board a full-scale replica of the Nonsuch, a Hudson's Bay Company sailing ship from 1668, and there is also a planetarium.
The Manitoba Museum has nine galleries covering landscapes from Arctic tundra and boreal forest to prairie. It explains the province's natural history, Indigenous peoples, the fur trade, immigration and urban history. The museum's highlight is the replica of the Nonsuch. In 1668, this small sailing ship entered Hudson Bay and led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company. The ship sits in a gallery designed to look like a 17th-century English dock, and visitors can board it. Other attractions include a 1920s Winnipeg street scene, an exhibition of Hudson's Bay Company artifacts, a planetarium and a science gallery, which require separate tickets. The museum is located inside a cultural centre next to the Exchange District.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–16:00 (open daily in summer; closed Mon in off-season)
Nearby sights
- Exchange District
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- The Forks
- Esplanade Riel
- Manitoba Children's Museum
- Dalnavert Museum
- Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq
- St. Boniface & Cathedral Ruins