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Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum
Civic museum in Manitoba, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Established | 1959; 65 years ago (1959) |
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Location | 494 Taché Ave Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2H 2B2 |
Coordinates | 49°53′16″N 97°07′23″W |
Type | Civic museum |
Director | Cindy desrochers |
Public transit access | 10 St. Boniface - Tache 56 Aulneau |
Website | www.msbm.mb.ca/english/profile.html |
Official name | Grey Nuns' Convent National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 1958 |
Municipally Designated Site | |
Official name | Grey Nuns' Convent |
Designation | Winnipeg Landmark Heritage Structure |
Recognized | February 28, 1995 (1995-02-28) |
CRHP listing | January 24, 2008 (2008-01-24) |
Recognition authority | City of Winnipeg |
ID | 8607 |
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It is located in the second oldest building in Winnipeg (the oldest being the store at the Seven Oaks Museum which was built in the early 1830s), a former convent of the Grey Nuns. Begun in 1846 and finished in 1851, the former nunnery has been an orphanage, a school, a seniors' home, and was the first incarnation of the St. Boniface Hospital.
The Museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.