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Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· 28d

Recently, you may have noticed a large hatch of mayflies, or fishflies. Mayfly adults are short-lived and don't feed, dying shortly after mating and laying their eggs. Hatches often happen over just a couple days, their massive numbers helping at least some adults survive to mating and egg-laying.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 13

There's no way to beat the heat quite like ice cream and this summer we've teamed up with CHVN 95.1FM to search for Winnipeg's greatest ice cream sundae! Help crown Winnipeg's favourite sundae. Make your nomination: https://chvnradio.com/contests/the-great-winnipeg-sundae-search

Word graphic promoting The Great Winnipeg Sundae Search. Next to an image of the Manitoba Legislature Golden Boy holding a cherry-topped ice cream sundae, text reads, "Submit your favourites, then vote for a winner!" followed by the Manitoba Museum and CHVN 95.1FM logos.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 11

If you zoom in on an aquatic insect, you might see a mite! These larval mites were on the underside of a giant water bug specimen. As parasitic larvae, they attach to and feed on the blood of their host. Once they're nymphs, they drop off the host and become active hunters, looking for smaller prey.

10x zoom image of nine aquatic mite larvae on the exoskeleton of a giant water bug. The mites are similar in colour to the exoskeleton of the host. Two black eyes are visible on each specimen, with their large mouthparts to the right of the eyes. These larvae are very small, barely visible without magnification. The whole cluster of them is about the size of a poppy seed.

A giant water bug specimen on display in the Prairies gallery, brown against a white background. It is pinned with its underside facing up to show the nymphanophane stage water mites attached to the exoskeleton, which have been painted red for enhanced visibility.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 10

Get ready for a boatload of fun this summer with family programming at the Manitoba Museum! Learn some un-whale-ievable facts, dig for fantastic fossils, decipher ancient artifacts, play traditional Inuit games, and more. Plan your visit today: https://dub.sh/IM7o5Im

Promotional image for Summer at the Manitoba Museum. An adult and two children pose smiling for a photo in front of the Nonsuch. To the left of the image is a graphic of a sailboat on the water and text reading, "A boatload of fun for the whole family! / Open Daily 10 am to 4 pm".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 9

Don’t miss visiting exhibition “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act”. This powerful exhibition takes an unflinching look at Canada’s exclusion years, focusing on the human impact and personal cost this law inflicted on Chinese people in Canada. Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4cCXGcK

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 8

Travelling this summer? Get more out of your trip with your Manitoba Museum Membership! Manitoba Museum Members receive free or discounted admission to 30+ science centres and museums across Canada through reciprocal agreements with CASC and ANHMC. Explore Membership: https://bit.ly/4a2uLyf

A senior couple engaging with the caribou diorama in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Gallery. Above and below the image text reads, "Spend less, discover more / 15% off all Memberships +1 month free / 13 months for the price of 12 / Sale runs from June 19 to September 7, 2026".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 8

Eastern Cottonwood is a fast-growing tree that reaches around 25-m tall, but some individuals have grown to a whopping 37-m! These trees are known for their copious amounts of cottony seeds that are easily carried on the wind and can look like a fluffy coating of cottony snow. #WildflowerWednesday

Watercolour painting of a branch cutting from an eastern cottonwood tree. The branch starts a greyish colour, turning browner as it gets to new growth. Near the end are several drooping bunches of red-purple flowers, and at the tip is a closed bud. Handwriting near the base of the cutting reads, “N. Criddle / 5.VI.07”.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 6

Our collection holds hundreds of thousands of natural history specimens, and finding a specimen in storage would be like finding a needle in a haystack if we didn’t have our handy tools: location and movement control! Learn more in this recent blog: https://manitobamuseum.ca/where-did-i-put-that/

Looking down the aisle between two rolling units of storage cabinets. On the outer sides, closest to the camera, labels read "Unit 8" and "Unit 9".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 5

Nothing beats ice cream on a hot day in Manitoba! This wrapper was from a chocolate ice cream made locally by the People’s Co-operative Ltd, which was founded in 1928 in Winnipeg. This particular treat was named "Carmichael" after a polar bear who came to the Assiniboine Park Zoo as a cub in 1939!

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 5

Set sail for adventure in the Science Gallery this summer! Running daily 1 – 4 pm, design and build your own wind-powered boat using simple craft materials, then race it through our Pirate Treasure canal. Will your ship sink, run aground, or sail to victory? Plan your visit: https://dub.sh/IM7o5Im

A two-mast sailing ship labelled as the Yopsuch made out of a plastic yogurt bottle with skewer and paper sails. Plastic pirate figures surround the vessel on a pile of plastic coins.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 4

Roam into adventure all summer long with hands-on activities and engaging programming running daily from 10 am to 4 pm! The Canada Strong Pass is back for the summer, which means kids 17 and under visit free until September 7, 2026! Plan your visit today: https://dub.sh/zSx4jur

Two children engage with a digital display in the Prairies Gallery. Text reads, “KIDS FREE Starting June 19! / Ages 0-17”. In the upper corners are the Canada Strong Pass and Manitoba Museum logos.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 3

Did you know your ticket includes unlimited Planetarium shows? Dive below the sea and into the stars above with “Voyage of the Stars”, catch the dancing northern lights in “Aurorae”, and discover your place in space with “The Milky Way – Live”! Plan your visit: https://dub.sh/IM7o5Im

Show posters for three Planetarium shows. Left, “Voyage of the Stars: A Sea and Space Adventure”, a cartoon starfish and a star wearing a space suit stand above the streak of a spaceship flying past. Above the streak is the night sky and Moon, and below it is the sea with fish swimming around. Centre, “Aurorae”, a silhouette of a person with their arms held above their head as they look towards a sky filled with dancing green aurorae, or northern lights. Right, “The Milky Way LIVE!”, an image of a nebula brightly coloured with reds, oranges, yellows, blues, and greens, with the show title next to it.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 2

Roam into adventure this summer with family programming at the Manitoba Museum! As you roam through the Museum Galleries, put your sleuthing skills to the test in search of hidden miniature bison herds in our Bison on the Move Scavenger Hunt. Plan your visit today: https://dub.sh/IM7o5Im

Promotional image for Summer at the Manitoba Museum. Two children from behind smile towards one another as they stand in front of the Manitoba Museum bison diorama. To the left of the image is a graphic of a bison walking through prairie and text reading, "Roam into adventure all summer long! / Open Daily 10 am to 4 pm".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jul 1

Just over 100 years ago – Canada Day, July 1, 1923 – the Chinese Exclusion Act came into law, effectively banning all Chinese immigration into Canada from 1923 to 1947. To date it remains the only time in Canadian history that a single community was targeted for total exclusion.

Image inside "The Paper Trail" exhibition looking at two framed sepia-toned formal photographs of a Chinese man and woman. On shelves below each of the photographs are clipboards with the story of the pictured individual's experience with the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 29

Spend less, discover more with Membership! Right now, all Manitoba Museum Memberships are 15% off. Not only do you get a year of unlimited visits to the Museum, you get discounts on memberships to the CMHR, the Children’s Museum, WAG-Qaumajuq and others! Explore Membership: https://bit.ly/4a2uLyf

From behind, two adults look towards one another as they stand in front of the Metis Kitchen diorama in the Parklands Gallery. Above and below the image text reads, "Spend less, discover more / 15% off all Memberships +1 month free / 13 months for the price of 12 / Sale runs from June 19 to September 7, 2026".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 29

Did you know that we have a weekly e-newsletter? Find out about upcoming events, new shows in the Planetarium, and get behind the scenes content sent straight to your inbox when you sign up for our Manitoba Museum e-newsletter. Subscribe today: https://vrl.link/7k

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 28

Join us on First Friday, July 3, from 4 pm to 9 pm for special First Friday programming! Enjoy FREE general admission to the Museum Galleries, Planetarium, and Science Gallery. No ticket is required. Explore July 3 programming: https://manitobamuseum.ca/event/first-fridays-2-2/2026-07-03/

Two children stand at one side of a table displaying fossil specimens, with one of them holding a large tooth. On the other side of the table a Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie staff person talks with them.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 26

While drilling for rocks in Two Creeks, Manitoba, this tiny tooth plate was discovered within a rock core sample. About 350 million years old, this fossil comes from a group of cartilaginous fish known as the Holocephali and is a rare example of a fossil from the Carboniferous Period. #FossilFriday

A small piece of rock with a tiny fossil on it is placed on a dark background, with a scale located below.

A close up of the tiny fossil on the rock piece.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 25

In “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act”, take an unflinching look at Canada’s exclusion years through artifacts, photographs and documents. The exhibition focuses on the human impact and personal cost that the Act inflicted on Chinese people in Canada. Plan your visit: bit.ly/4cCXGcK

Photograph inside The Paper Trail exhibit. Looking at a wall with a text panel in the design of a Dominion of Canada Department of Immigration and Colonization Chinese Immigration Service certificate flanked by dozens of immigration cards and identification photos of individuals impacted by the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 24

We're just past the summer solstice, so finally the nights are getting longer! Tomorrow on Dome@Home, join Scott for a guide to the summer sky, including constellations, planets, the Milky Way, and summer's mysterious noctilucent clouds. Tune in live, June 25: manitobamuseum.ca/event/domeho...

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 23

The jingle dress is one style of regalia worn by First Nations women and girls during special events like powwows. Jingle dress also refers to the dance performed while wearing the dress, known for its light footwork and the characteristic tinkling or jingling of the metal cones adorning the dress.

Upper body and 3/4 length puffed sleeves are blue on bottom and burgundy; Skirt is two layers, blue on bottom, burgundy on top; Five sets of tin cones on front and back; One set on upper body and sleeves, Three sets on skirt and one set along hem; Cones are tin snuff lids bent and secured to blue cloth strips knotted on inside; Applied to dress with blue cloth border except for hem which is burgundy; Yellow rick-rack trim on top of border and around cuffs.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 22

Did you know that Indigenous languages across Canada are considered endangered or at risk of becoming endangered? Canada is home to 70 distinct Indigenous languages. Read about some of the revitalization efforts we're taking here at the Museum in this recent blog: manitobamuseum.ca/keeping-indi...

Circular sign on a handrail with a illustration of two bison. Text on the sign reads, "What is "Bison" in Anishinaabemowin? / Mashkode-Biziki / Play Anishinaabemowin with Amik language game online". Out of focus in the background is the iconic Manitoba Museum bison diorama.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 20

The Canada Strong Pass is back for the summer! Until September 7, 2026, kids aged 0-17 can visit the Museum for FREE, and young adults aged 18-24 get 50% off on admission! Plan your visit today: https://dub.sh/zSx4jur

A adult and a child stand together, smiling up at the projections displayed across the Planetarium dome. Text reads, “KIDS FREE Starting June 19! / Ages 0-17”. On the right side are the Canada Strong Pass and Manitoba Museum logos.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 19

Summer is here, and it’s the perfect time to discover everything the Manitoba Museum has to offer with our Summer Membership Sale! Use promocode SUMMER26 to get 15% off any Membership, and get a bonus month FREE until September 7, 2026. Explore Membership today: https://bit.ly/4a2uLyf

Two adults and a child together on the Nonsuch Gallery viewing balcony as the child looks through a viewing telescope towards the Nonsuch, a large wooden sailing vessel. Above and below the image text reads, "Spend less, discover more / 15% off all Memberships +1 month free / 13 months for the price of 12 / Sale runs from June 19 to September 7, 2026".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 18

New galaxy dropped… wait, never mind, that’s a beetle! Since light reflections obscured the specimen, this image was left out of our recent video on insect eyes. However, the photo is still beautiful! Zoom in to get a look at the “galaxies”, “nebulae”, and “stars” contained in one small beetle.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 18

Intent to Repatriate – Peguis First Nation Belonging In accordance with UNDRIP, the TRC Calls to Action, and the Manitoba Museum’s own policies and commitments, the Museum is providing public notice of its intention to repatriate a cultural belonging to its rightful First Nations community.

Traditional Indigenous medicines laid out together on a patterned cloth.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 17

Covered in white hairs, and with purple-blue flowers, Prairie Turnip is named for its starchy root! Prairie Turnips were a source of starch to Indigenous Peoples who lived on the Great Plains. The root could be eaten raw, boiled, or ground and dried to use as a thickening agent. #WildflowerWednesday

A watercolour painting of a plant cutting. The plant has branches growing off the main stem covered in small hairs. Some branches are tipped with clusters of five leaves, and others with bunches of small purple-blue flowers. Near the base of the cutting is a portion of the brown root, and handwriting reading, “N.C / VI.26.10”.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 17

As a Manitoba Museum Member, your voice helps shape the work we do. You are invited to join us for the Annual General Meeting of the membership of the Manitoba Museum this Thursday, June 18, at 5:00 pm. Full AGM details: https://manitobamuseum.ca/event/agm2026/

Word graphic featuring an image on a red background of the exterior of the Manitoba Museum building, including the Planetarium dome and Museum sign. Text above the image reads, "Annual General meeting / Thursday, June 18 / 5:00 to 5:30 pm".

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 15

It is with great sadness that the Museum expresses our sincere condolences to Elder Louis Bird’s family, and all who knew him. It was a privilege to know and work with Elder Bird – he will be deeply missed. Read more: manitobamuseum.ca/the-passing-...

A black and white photo of a man from the waist up, wearing a windbreaker jacket and sitting outside, smiling over and past the camera.

Manitoba Museum@manitobamuseum· Jun 14

We are excited to share that we are participating in the Canada Strong Pass this summer! Starting June 19 until September 7, 2026, children 0-17 will enjoy FREE admission, and young adults aged 18-24 will receive a 50% DISCOUNT on admission! Plan your visit today: https://bit.ly/4e3582O