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When the legislative assembly is in session, we invite you to watch the proceedings from the visitors gallery. Tour guides will show you around the building and explain its history and architecture. From July 1 to the Labour Day long weekend in September, we offer tours on an hourly basis.
- Manitoba's Legislative Building
The three floors contain an area of approximately 23,225...
- The Rotunda
The antechamber at the head of the grand staircase provides...
- The Exterior
The pediment, high above the six columns fronting the main...
- The Legislative Chamber
Manitoba's government is unicameral, a single legislative...
- The Interior
Legislative Assembly; Manitoba Courts; Manitoba Laws;...
- Portraits
Portraits of many of Manitoba's former speakers can be seen...
- Manitoba's Mace
The mace signifies that the legislative assembly draws its...
- The Speaker's Reception Room
The floor of the Manitoba Room is Tennessee marble...
- Manitoba's Legislative Building
The Manitoba Legislative Building (French: Palais législatif du Manitoba), originally named the Manitoba Parliament Building, is the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, located in central Winnipeg, as well as being the twelfth provincial heritage site of Manitoba.
Guided tours of the Legislative Building are booked through the Visitor Tour Program and are offered in English or French. Limit of 30 people admitted for each guided tour. Reservation (phone or e-mail us) or walk-up on first come first serve basis.
The three floors contain an area of approximately 23,225 square metres (250,000 square feet). The top of the dome is 72 metres (240 feet) above ground level. This building is the third used by Manitoba's legislative assembly. The Main Street home of A.G.B. Bannatyne hosted the first assemblies.
A Manitoba landmark, the Legislative Building is the pinnacle of Beaux-Arts architecture in the province and the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Out of 66 entries, English architects Frank Worthington Simon and Henry Boddington III won the competition for design.
- 450 Broadway
- Manitoba Legislative Building
- 1913-1920
The Golden Boy atop the dome is symbolic of Manitoba’s eternal youth and progress. This is Manitoba’s third Legislative Building, built after a period of extraordinary growth and development.
12 Sources vary on the height of the dome often listing it as 240 or 245 feet. A fact sheet on the Golden Boy, prepared when the statue was restored in 2002, lists the top of his torch at 77 meters (255 feet) above the
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