The Manitoba government has recently selected 29 recipients of the Community Museum Project Support Program. Included in the program is Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach.

“Museums help preserve and promote Manitoba’s diverse heritage, culture and identity,” said Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Andrew Smith. “This new grant will help support the economic recovery of these important community institutions and help fulfil our government’s commitment to advance reconciliation and build a more inclusive and prosperous future for all Manitobans.”

The Community Museum Project Support Program is an eight-year initiative designed to fund museum activities that advance reconciliation, equity, diversity, inclusion, COVID-19 recovery and collections management, the minister said.

Announced in January, the application process was open until Feb. 1 to non-profit community museums focused on conserving, preserving and interpreting their collections for the public’s enjoyment. Preference was given to museums that support an appropriate interpretation of Manitoba’s history and include partnerships with Indigenous people or communities.

The minister noted 29 non-profit community museums were selected to receive support based on prioritizing projects that advance the program’s goals. Of the 29 community museums selected:

  • four initiatives will advance reconciliation;
  • three will advance equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion;
  • eight will support COVID-19 recovery; and
  • 14 will improve collections management activities in community museums.

The program is allocating a total of $240,000 in 2022 to support the following museums:

  • Beautiful Plains Museum Inc. ($3,600);
  • Brandon Museum Inc. (Daly House) ($11,000);
  • Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (1971) Inc. ($11,000);
  • Cardinal Church Historical Project ($4,500);
  • Cartwright-Roblin Municipality (Badger Creek Museum) ($5,000);
  • Cross of Freedom Inc. (Trembowla) ($17,530);
  • Dufferin Historical Society Inc. ($6,250);
  • Dugald Costume Collection (Costume Museum of Canada) ($4,300);
  • Fort Dauphin Museum Inc. ($6,287);
  • Fort la Reine Museum, Pioneer Village and Tourist Bureau ($5,000);
  • Friends of Dalnavert Museum Inc. ($25,000);
  • Gilbert Plains Municipality (Gilbert Plains Heritage Committee) ($8,000);
  • J.A. Victor David Museum Inc. ($8,000);
  • Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library Inc. ($14,000);
  • Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre Inc. (MICEC) ($14,000);
  • Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. ($14,000);
  • Manitoba World War One Museum, Archives and Library ($3,225);
  • Mennonite Heritage Village (Canada) Inc. ($9,000);
  • Miami Railway Station Museum Association Inc. ($4,600);
  • New Iceland Heritage Museum Inc. ($11,000);
  • Prairie Mountain Regional Museums Collection Inc. ($7,000);
  • Sam Waller Museum ($1,545);
  • Service Battalion Senate Inc. ($5,000);
  • Seven Oaks House Museum ($3,897);
  • Société historique de St-Georges Historical Society Inc. (Winnipeg River Heritage Museum) ($8,000);
  • Transcona Historical Museum Inc. ($11,000);
  • Ukrainian Museum of Canada of the UWAC Manitoba Branch ($3,500);
  • Whitemouth Municipal Museum Society Inc. ($5,000); and
  • Winnipegosis Historical Society Inc. ($9,766).

For more information about the Community Museum Project Support program, visit gov.mb.ca.