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Designed by local architect Gustavo
5 "'=
The Manitoba da Roza, the jagged, modernist design
Museum of Winnipeg Art Gallery has made it a
well-known downtown landmark.
⌂ 190 Rupert Ave @ 11, 15,
16 # 10am–4pm Tue–Fri,
11am–5pm Sat & Sun (May–
Aug: 10am–5pm daily) well­known downtown 7 '
landmark. The WAG was
EXPERIENCE The Prairies region’s geography and people gallery. Along with late Gothic ⌂ Cnr Broadway & Osborne
∑ manitobamuseum.ca
Legislative Building
established in 1912, when it
Outstanding displays of the
became Canada's first civic art
§ (204) 945 5813 # Daily
and Early Renaissance works,
are imaginatively presented
at this excellent museum,
The Legislative Building is
ceramics, and 19th­century
Canadian art, the gallery
built of a rare and valuable
which also includes a planeta­
boasts the largest collection
rium and a science gallery.
limestone, complete with the
of contemporary Inuit art in
remains of fossils threaded
Visitors proceed through
chronologically organized
ing is set in 30 acres (12 ha)
galleries with displays that
13,000 sculptures, prints,
range from prehistory to the the world, featuring over through its facade. The build­
of beautifully kept gardens
drawings, and textiles. Works
present day. Each geographical by women Inuit artists are dotted with statues of poets
area also has its own gallery: particularly well represented, such as Robert Burns of
from the Earth History Gallery, and there are some wonderful Scotland and Ukrainian Taras
which contains fossils up to mono chrome drawings and Shevchenko, which celebrate
500 million years old, to the prints depicting hunting and the province’s ethnic diversity.
re­creation of Winnipeg in magical scenes. A new Inuit Tours run July–September.
the 1920s, including a cinema Art Centre, set to open in 2020,
and a dentist’s office. One of is being constructed next to
the museum’s biggest draws the existing building of the
is a full­size replica of the WAG in order to showcase a 8 "'=
Nonsuch, a 17th­century ketch. much larger portion of this Royal Canadian Mint
fantastic collection. The ⌂ 520 Lagimodière Blvd
gallery's two other significant # 9am–5pm Tue–Sat
areas of specialized collecting
6 "\= are the decorative arts and (May–Labour Day: daily)
Winnipeg Art Gallery photo graphy, with a sizeable ∑ mint.ca
selection of contem porary The Royal Canadian Mint is
⌂ 300 Memorial Blvd
# 11am–5pm Tue–Sun Canadian pieces. housed in a striking building of
(to 9pm Fri) ∑ wag.ca rose­colored glass. The mint
produces more than four billion
Designed by local architect coins annually for Canadian
Gustavo da Roza, the jagged, circulation, as well as for 75
modernist design of Winnipeg other countries. Call ahead
Art Gallery has made it a to book a guided tour.

The distinctive pink-
tinted facade of the
Royal Canadian Mint
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