Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum Hot

The Grey Nuns’ con­vent, Winnipeg’s old­est build­ing, houses Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum. Built for the Grey Nuns who arrived in the Red River Colony in 1844, the struc­ture is an out­stand­ing exam­ple of Red River frame con­struc­tion. The Museum presents an impres­sive col­lec­tion of arti­facts that reveal the lives and cul­ture of the Fran­coph­one and Métis com­mu­ni­ties of Man­i­toba, includ­ing a spe­cial exhibit about Louis Riel, the “father” of Manitoba.