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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is located on Indigenous ancestral lands on Treaty One Territory. The Red River Valley is also the birthplace of the Métis. We acknowledge that the water in the Museum comes from Shoal Lake and are grateful to the First Nations that care for that water. Continue. “Sometimes, folks made us feel strange ...
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Upcoming holidays and events that may affect our hours of operation: Canada Day (July 1, 2024) Open and free admission 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Civic Holiday (August 5, 2024) Closed. Labour Day (September 2, 2024) Closed. Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30, 2024) Open and free admission 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
In 2000, Israel Asper began to imagine a world‐class human rights centre for Canada. A few short years later, in April 2003, plans for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights were announced by Asper and his supporters. Winnipeg, situated near the longitudinal centre of Canada and the heart of the continent, would play home to the new Museum.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights ( CMHR; French: Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne) is a Canadian Crown corporation and national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference to Canada, to enhance the ...
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