When the Pavilion opened in 1908, a year before the surrounding Assiniboine Park, it featured a dance hall and banquet facilities as well as a 16,000 gallon water tower. It was destroyed by fire in 1929, rebuilt the following year and then totally renovated in 1998. Today, the Pavilion features an art museum including a permanent exhibit on Winnie-the-Pooh. A highlight is an oil painting of Winnie holding a honey pot by Ernest Shepard, the illustrator for A.A. Milne’s famous children’s books. Admission is free so bring the kids.
