The Manitoba Museum was called the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature when it was founded in 1965. That name best describes its mission: to trace the province’s history dating back 450 million years to the present. The Manitoba Planetarium in the foreground was built in 1968. Manitoba’s largest museum in the background was opened two years later during a ceremony conducted by Queen Elizabeth II. Both facilities are part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre in the heart of downtown.
