Manitoba Museum

• Annual science fair hosts students in Winnipeg for a shot at a Canada-wide event

  Frontier School Division's annual science fair saw students coming into Winnipeg, from across 17 schools in the division. All competing for a spot in the Canada Wide Science Fair.

  Education

  Feb 22
  
• Winnipeg stargazers vie for glimpse of solar eclipse

  Stargazers and science enthusiasts gathered at Assiniboine Park Saturday morning to try and catch a glimpse of the eclipse, which peaked from 11:40 a.m. to 1 p.m.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2023
  
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• Perseid meteor shower to light up Manitoba skies

  Depending on how far out of the city and away from light pollution one is, watchers can expect to see between 30 and 60 meteors per hour Sunday night into dawn.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2023
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• Museum exhibit looks at five decades of Winnipeg LGBTQ2 history

  The Manitoba Museum exhibit 'If These Walls Could Talk,' which opens Friday, examines major issues and activist campaigns in the city from the 1970s to the present

  Education

  May 26, 2023
• Best spot to see lunar eclipse in Winnipeg may be a computer screen: astronomer

  'There’s lots of folks with telescopes and webcams and internet access and they’re all going to be connected,' says a Winnipeg astronomer of Tuesday's lunar eclipse viewing.

  Science

  Nov 7, 2022
• Canada Day looks a little different this year for Winnipeggers

  The wider conversation around Canada's relationship with Indigenous People will be an important aspect of The Forks' Canada Day itinerary Thursday.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021
• Author details ‘100 years of fumbling’ attempts to create Manitoba Museum in new book

  Jim Burns, author of 'Fire, Folly and Fiasco: Why it took 100 years to build The Manitoba Museum,' describes the efforts as a 'tragic tale of frustration and failure.'

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2020
• Winnipeggers get glimpse of ‘brightest comet we’ve seen for probably 20 years’

  NASA scientists say it will be roughly 7,000 years before the comet returns.

  Science

  Jul 17, 2020
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• SpaceX launch could lead to space tourism, says Winnipeg planetarium boss

  Scott Young with the Manitoba Museum says that SpaceX's successful spacecraft launch could open up a lot of doors for things like space tourism.

  Science

  Jun 1, 2020
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• Manitoba Museum lays off staff amid financial strain of COVID-19 pandemic

  In a release Friday, the museum said it delivered layoff notices to staff earlier in the day, although all staff will continue to be paid until June 26.

  Economy

  May 1, 2020