Thursday, April 30, 2015

Celebrate Manitoba Day at YOUR Museum!


On Saturday, May 9, The Manitoba Museum will host the province’s largest Manitoba Day celebration, commemorating the 145th anniversary of the Manitoba Act receiving royal assent, officially acknowledging the province as a part of Canada.

The festivities begin at 11:00 am and run until 5:00 pm at The Manitoba Museum, with a short program at 3 pm. Admission is FREE which includes the Museum Galleries, Science Gallery, Planetarium, Manitoba-themed events and activities.

Visitors can view the newly opened Discovery Room exhibit called Trade; Materials and Ideas in Transition, this exhibit features fur trade materials from Hudson’s Bay Company and Archaeology collections and looks at the history of the fur trade in Manitoba.

They hold the prized collections of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and a local history collection for researchers.

To visit the museum, go to http://manitobamuseum.ca/main/visit/

To visit their Facebook page, it is at https://www.facebook.com/ManitobaMuseum

You can also visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba to learn more about Manitoba.



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Historical Council Minutes Now Online



Over 250 years of municipal council meeting minutes of the City of Halifax (1841-1996), Town/City of Dartmouth (1873-1996), County of Halifax (1878-1996), and Town of Bedford (1979-1996) of Nova Scotia have been digitized, and they are now online and searchable! 
 
 
 Happy researching!
 


Check the Canadian Week in Review every Monday morning for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada.
 
It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!
 
It has been a regular post every Monday morning since April 23, 2012