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Winnipeg Free Press 'Getting carded' has a whole new meaning this summer as venues, events ask for proof of vaccination By: Alan Small  | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 22, 2021 Save to Read Later Got your Manitoba COVID-19 vaccination card? You’ll need it to enjoy the return of Manitoba’s arts and culture scene this summer. Got your Manitoba COVID-19 vaccination card? You’ll need it to enjoy the return of Manitoba’s arts and culture scene this summer. Museum days on the way Click to Expand Winnipeg’s three major muse...

The former Orientation Gallery, now called the Welcome Gallery, has been completely renovated. It still greets visitors with the popular bison diorama, but the exhibits surrounding it — most of which had been in place since the 1970s — are all different. The museum says a visit to the Prairies Gallery will offer visitors "a greater understanding of the history, biodiversity, and stunning landscapes of our smallest and most densely populated biome." Peguis descendant hopes display will spark conversation But it will also expose other entangled roots. Some of those will come from one of ...

An old friend is back at the Manitoba Museum. The Bison Diorama, a longtime favourite display of three bison being charged down by a Métis hunter that has been under wraps for much of 2020, once again greeted visitors when the Main Street landmark opened Thursday morning. The return of the eye-catching, 15.5-metre work created by Manitoba artist Clarence Tillenius highlights the completion of a four-year, $20.5-million capital renewal project at the museum. The museum also lifted the curtain on a revamped Prairies Gallery, which had been called the Grasslands Gallery before renovati...

WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba Museum is opening its new Prairies Gallery on Thursday. This marks the completion of the museum’s four-year capital renewal project, which saw the renewal of the Nonsuch Gallery, Boreal Forest Corridor and Welcome Gallery. The $20.5 million project also saw the creation of a new Winnipeg Gallery and Prairies Gallery. “It has been really all-consuming for the last couple of years and it’s wonderful that we’re able to achieve our dreams that we’ve had going back as far 2007,” said Kevin Brownlee, the curator of archaeology at the museum. The new Prairie...