Descrease article font size Increase article font size Designs have been completed for a major planned expansion to the National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada, at the site of the former residential school in Portage la Prairie, Man. Executive director Lorraine Daniels says it will be a place of healing and community. “For some…
In an email dated Dec. 5, 2024, Ramsey Zeid, president of the Canadian Palestinian Association of Manitoba and a member of the museum’s Palestinian Content Advisory Network, wrote to CMHR Vice-President of Exhibitions, Matthew Cutler, and CEO Isha Khan. He said Palestinian representative Mona Abuamara would be touring the museum six days later and wanted…
Internal emails obtained by National Post show that senior officials at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) had a discussion with the Palestinian representative to Canada, in which she attempted to get involved in, and was updated on, the progress of its upcoming “Nakba” exhibit, raising fresh questions about the political agendas behind the…
The founding document of the Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC) was welcomed to the Manitoba Museum on Thursday, where it is being readied for visitors. The royal charter for incorporating the Hudson’s Bay Co. was signed in 1670 with the blessing of then-king of England, Charles 11, and all England’s colonies. In the charter, which is written…
Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the Manitoba Museum’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business when the Hudson’s Bay Company faltered last year. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” the museum CEO said Monday. “Regrettably,…
When Hudson’s Bay faltered last year, Manitoba Museum CEO Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the institution’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” she said Monday. “Regrettably, it was nowhere in…