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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.
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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.
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.
At once a key tourist attraction and a staple community gathering place, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum is the perfect place for those wanting to celebrate, discover and better understand local Francophone and Métis heritage.
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.
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.
There are many ways to learn more about the history of Saint-Boniface: the documentary At the Heart of Manitoba’s Francophone Community, guided walking tours with Tourisme Riel and the Saint-Boniface Museum. Today, I’m going to be talking about the museum!
La Société historique de Saint‐Boniface (SHSB, est. 1902) opened a museum in the basement of St. Boniface Cathedral. The SHSB was eventually provided with space in St. Boniface City Hall for this purpose.
