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We explore human rights from many different angles and perspectives. Check out our past events (since March 2018).

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March 2020

Friday Night Rights: Women’s rights tours

March 13, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A female tour guide stands with outstretched arms in a museum gallery. Several tour participants are visible in the foreground.

Free Friday night: Celebrate Women’s Day

March 6, 2020

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A young woman talks in front of a black wall that says, in large white letters, “Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits.” (All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.) There is a circular theatre in the background that resembles a large woven basket.

Women’s rights tour

Daily, March 1 to March 7, 2020

Cost:

Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

People standing listening to a Museum guide.

February 2020

Friday Night Rights: Quiz challenge!

February 28, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A group of excited people gathered around a table where one man is writing on a piece of paper.

Friday Night Rights: Celebrate Black history

February 21, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A museum exhibit that resembles an old-fashioned movie theatre. On one side are large representations of a $10 Canadian banknote featuring a woman’s face.

Black Canadian history

Friday, February 21, 2020

Cost: Free with admission

Location: Galleries

A portrait of a Black woman with long hair wearing a plum-coloured jacket.

Friday Night Rights 

February 14, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A man and woman in silhouette face each other in front of a dark wall illuminated by purple light.

Conversation Circle: Protection of rights for stateless people

February 14, 2020

Cost: Free ticket required

Location: Meet at Group Entrance

A small group of people stand in front of large screens displaying photographs and look at a woman who is speaking to them.

Member shopping days

February 13 to 15, 2020

Cost: Member exclusive

Location: CMHR, Boutique, Level 1

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Two women look at a piece of jewellery. They are standing in a store full of colourful merchandise.

Free Friday night at the Museum!

February 7, 2020

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A man and woman dressed in formal attire pose with an accordion.

January 2020

La Nuit des idées (Night of Ideas)

Friday, January 31, 2020

Cost: Free programs, $5 gallery admission

Location: CMHR, various locations

A crowd of people watches a band play on a brightly lit stage.

New Music Festival immersive soundscapes

Friday, January 31, 2020

Cost: Free (does not include gallery admission)

Location: Level 3, Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation

A group of geese standing on ice and snow bordered by prairie grasses. The image has been digitally altered: from left to right it becomes increasingly blurred and abstract.

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020

January 26, 2020

Cost: Most activities: free with admission /
Documentary screening: free ticket required

Location: Various locations in the Museum

Train tracks lead to a distant building recognizable as the Auschwitz-Birkenau gate house.

Friday Night Rights

January 24, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Two people gaze out a tall glass window at a sunset over a cityscape.

Annual public meeting

January 22, 2020

Cost: Free. RSVP requested.

Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms on Level 1

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A person walks in front of a large photograph of Nelson Mandela.

Friday Night Rights

January 17, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A crowd of people walk along illuminated ramps. Some are taking photographs.

Free Friday night at the Museum!

January 3, 2020

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A piece of stitched fabric portraying families in diverse cultural clothing engaged in happy activities.

December 2019

Friday Night Rights

December 27, 2019

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A man sits on the interior ledge of a rooftop. There are high-rise buildings in the background.

Winter holiday programming

December 26, 2019 to January 5, 2020

Cost: Included with Museum admission

Location: Various locations at the Museum

A child reaches into a basket of craft supplies while others work on their projects at a table.

Friday Night Rights

December 20, 2019

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

A woman waits for a drink at a bar in a museum space, while a bartender pours glasses of wine.