This is a list of museums in Manitoba,

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. There are nearly 200 museums in

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, with over 40 in the City of Winnipeg alone. For this context, ''museums'' are defined as institutions (including

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s, government entities, and

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restrictions, all museums in Manitoba have been closed for extended periods of time throughout 2020 and 2021.

Overview

There are nearly 200 museums in

, with over 40 in the City of Winnipeg alone. For this context, ''museums'' are defined as institutions (including

s, government entities, and

es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. These include art galleries; community museums; cultural centres; heritage centres; nature centres; historic buildings, sites, and parks; historical societies; natural history and

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s; and zoos. Moreover, their collections range from

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

and

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to science and nature, from sports and leisure to

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and industry. Manitoba museums are also essential to the province's tourism industry. The Association of Manitoba Museums (AMM; ; also known as Museums Manitoba) is the registered charitable organization and umbrella group that represents Manitoba's museum community. It is akin to the national

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. AMM also operates a

collections management Collections management involves the development, storage, and preservation of cultural property, as well as objects of contemporary culture (including contemporary art, literature, technology, and documents) in museums, libraries, archives and p ...

software for museums in Manitoba called Musetoba, functioning as a shared

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for the

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of five participating museums thus far. This project is funded in part by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage,

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, and the provincial government's "Heritage Grants Program."

Current museums

Digital museums and collections

These are museums or collections that either exist only in

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(i.e.,

virtual museum A virtual museum is a digital entity that draws on the characteristics of a museum, in order to complement, enhance, or augment the museum experience through personalization, interactivity, and richness of content. Virtual museums can perform as t ...

s) or are virtual exhibitions provided by physical museums through their website. This does not include museums in Manitoba that have temporarily made their exhibits available online due to

restrictions in 2020/2021.

Defunct museums

References

External links

Association of Manitoba Museum official website
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