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Winnipeg Art Gallery–
Qaumajuq wag.ca
While Qaumajuq, the Winnipeg Art Gallery's
brand new $65-million Inuit art centre, can be
seen right on the cover of
TIME magazine's
World's Greatest Places 2021 issue, you really
must witness it in person. This gorgeous building
pays homage to Canada's Arctic landscape with
a façade and galleries that flow like snow drifts.
It brilliantly presents the world's largest collection
of contemporary Inuit art, while its first exhibition,
INUA, was curated by an all-Inuit curatorial team.
The WAG itself houses an internationally acclaimed
collection of over 27,000 works, spanning the
Renaissance to modern Canadian and Manitoba-
centric pieces, with a particular emphasis on
contemporary Indigenous artists.
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Canadian Museum
for Human Rights
humanrights.ca
You can't miss the museum's stunning glass cloud
facade, which is composed of more than 1,600
blue panes of glass that wrap around the museum
like the wings of a dove. In fact, it is such a
stunner that you can find the museum on the new
Canadian $10 bill, along with the story of Viola
Desmond, who is featured within the museum. The
11 powerful, interactive, heart-wrenching and awe-
inspiring exhibits literally climb from darkness to
light once you begin your experience.
Must sees
in Winnipeg
While Winnipeg is often celebrated for its weird
and wacky side, we also excel when it comes to
world-class experiences. Here's our top 10:
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Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq,
photo by Salvador Maniquiz
Canadian Museum
for Human Rights,
photo by Aaron Cohen
tourismwinnipeg.com
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