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Come and explore the rich history of Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum. Located at the heart of the community for over 170 years, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum is fortunate to call the little white house its home since 1967.
Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum (also known as the St. Boniface Museum) is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that is dedicated to Franco-Manitoban and Métis culture and history.
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Recognized as a keeper of Francophone and Métis heritage, it is an unavoidable reference point for researchers, a key experience for teachers and students, a must-see for tourists, a touchstone for our communities’ families and a wonderful part of Winnipeg’s cultural landscape.
It is now the oldest building in Winnipeg and is the home of the St. Boniface Museum, opened in 1966. A plaque on a limestone base in front to the museum was placed there by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
A mid-19th-century convent is Winnipeg's oldest building and the largest oak-log construction on the continent. The museum inside focuses on the establishment of St Boniface, the birth of the Métis nation, and the 3000km journey of the first Grey Nuns, who arrived here by canoe from Montréal.
Le Musee de Saint-Boniface / St. Boniface Museum. Stand inside the oldest building in Winnipeg, and the largest oak log structure in North America. The museum showcases objects related to the heritage of French-Canadian and Métis peoples.
Now a municipal museum of Winnipeg, the Saint-Boniface Museum attained its current stature in 1995, after another major restoration of the former Grey Nuns’ convent. Saint-Boniface Museum’s collection of some 30,000 artifacts of the French-Canadian and Métis cultures is the largest in Manitoba.
The Saint-Boniface Museum’s collections document the evolution of the Francophone and Métis communities since their establishment or genesis in the Canadian West, particularly as it pertains to Manitoba.
About Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum. Built between 1845 and 1851, this former Grey Nuns’ convent houses the Museum and is in fact its principal artifact. It is the oldest remaining structure in the city of Winnipeg and the largest oak log building in North America.
