The City of Winnipeg Museums BoardThe role of the City of Winnipeg Museums Board is to implement the City's Heritage Preservation Policy to ensure the ongoing preservation of Winnipeg's museums resources and assets, and to audit the ongoing operations of the museums that receive grant funds and in-kind services from the City.This Board came into effect in 2007, after a May 17, 2006 Council Decision , and the ongoing budgeted museum funds were transferred to it, including the funds for Dalnavert, the Children's Museum, The Manitoba Museum, the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, and the Western Canada Aviation Museum, for distribution as grants by Council.The mandate and legal structure of the City of Winnipeg Museums Board can be found here, and feel free to catch-up with our agendas and dispositions.Citizens are free to apply for a position on the City of Winnipeg Museums Board. Appointments can be made for up to a 3-year term basis. Openings will be posted on the City of Winnipeg Boards & Commissions page.The Board's City of Winnipeg agendas and disposition
Search for:Welcome to the Regimental website of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Western Canada's oldest Infantry RegimentThe Royal Winnipeg Rifles is an Infantry Regiment, a unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve . The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fall under the command of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group , a Brigade within the 3rd Canadian Division, which is responsible for all Army units from Northwestern Ontario to British Columbia.Based out of Minto Armouries in Winnipeg Manitob,a The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are the premier Infantry unit in Manitob,a founded in 1883, with a long and proud history of service to Canada and the Crown.The officers and men of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles train as Infantry soldiers: their task 'to close with, and destroy the enemy'. As a Light Infantry unit, soldiers are taught field craft, weapons handling, navigation, infantry tactics and other skills, many of which originated Rifle Regiments of the British Army. These tactics, developed in the early 1800s under Colonel Coote Manningham, were a departure from the tactics used by the Line Infantry of the day
Come home to history! Dalnavert, a beautifully restored, late Victorian residence, is the former home of Sir Hugh John Macdonald, a premier of Manitoba and the son of John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister. Named after the family's ancestral home in Scotland, Dalnavert is one of Western Canada's finest examples of Queen Anne Revival Architecture and has been designated a National and Provincial Historic Site. Designed to embody Victorian values, Dalnavert also incorporated the cutting-edge technology of 1895, including central heat, indoor plumbing, a telephone and electric lights. Continuing that theme, the new 5,000 square foot Visitors' Centre is a "green building" utilizing features such as geothermal heat, recycled/reclaimed materials and straw board construction.
It has been an age-old and ongoing challenge for museums to evolve and compete for the attention of visitors and residents alike. Now, perhaps more than ever before, museums must find a way to be relevant in a society focused on technology and entertainment. Museums large and small, urban and rural must actively seek out and work with a broad network of community partners in order to appeal to new audiences and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the collections and stories they preserve. Museums & the Community will help you define your museum's role in the community and give you ideas for finding new partnerships that can make your museum an invaluable community service provider.
World War One: In the Trenches (Part Two of Three)The Manitoba Museum is currently hosting 'The Victoria Crosses of Valour Road', a new exhibit in our foyer in which all three of the famous Victoria Crosses presented to WWI military servicemen Hall, Clark and Shankland are on display for the public. To put this exhibit of such important ...Subscribe to Our