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Originally Posted by esquire
I hear that the Manitoba Museum is getting ready to unveil its new Winnipeg Gallery, which is part of its phase 2 of its gallery renewal which also includes the new Grassland and orientation galleries opening next year, along with the refurbishment of the Nonsuch Gallery which reopened last year.
The third and final phase will be the most exciting one, the construction of a new science gallery on the surface lot to the north, along with reorientation of the museum to Main Street. It's a fairly ambitious improvement and expansion of the museum's facilities, and it'll be interesting to see if the Manitoba Museum can make this happen anytime soon.
More info here: https://manitobamuseum.ca/capital-campaign/
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I'm wondering if you think that Winnipeg really needs more museums and galleries? Don't get me wrong, the project seems great in absolute terms, but on the margin, is it is the best investment for taxpayer money? Downtown already has:
* CMHR
* the Children's Museum
* Manitoba Museum
* WAG
* the new Inuit Art Gallery
Google maps shows a number of smaller museums (can't verify their quality):
* The Saint Boniface Museum
* Dalnavert on Carlton
* the Naval Museum
* sport hall of fame
* firefighter hall of fame
and the Metis National Heritage Centre is also planned for Fort and Assiniboine. Outside of Downtown, there's also the new Aviation Museum renewal project. So it seems we're not lacking in these, and I'm not sure museums have that much of a tangibly positive impact on the lives of Winnipegers. I think most people, myself included, go to these attractions maybe once every 10 or so years and that's all, but maybe I'm wrong.