Before the flowers start to poke their heads out of the ground, Winnipeg’s attractions and cultural events hit full bloom.
During spring you’ll be able to catch numerous performances on the city’s stages, including A Thousand Splendid Suns (Mar. 19 - Apr. 11) at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre; 80 Years – A Retrospective (May 6-10) by Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet; and numerous performances by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, including Beethoven’s 5th (Apr. 24-25).
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) houses brilliant works spanning a variety of mediums, moving from the later Renaissance to contemporary Canadian. It’s also home to the world’s largest collection of contemporary Inuit art, which will find a permanent home in 2020 after the unveiling of the $65-million Inuit Art Centre.
This incredible building, which is attached to the WAG, will contain a multitude of unique features, including a transparent working vault displaying hundreds of sculptures representing nearly every community of the Arctic.
Winnipeg’s architectural marvel, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights – which you can also find on the new Canadian $10 bill, alongside Viola Desmond, whose story is told in the Museum – is always awe-inspiring. If you have a few hours, a self-guided stroll through its ever-climbing galleries is a must, while the Museum also offers a variety of daily thematic tours. The Museum often hosts travelling and original exhibits; its onsite ERA restaurant does a wonderful work with local, sustainable and fair-trade ingredients; while the Museum Boutique contains consciously-curated unique, fair trade gifts from the area and around the world.
