Past Events: Past Events
We explore human rights from many different angles and perspectives. Check out our past events (since March 2018).
Past Events listing
February 2020
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.44%2C0.28%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/rosemaryv2.jpg?itok=UoZqWDJS)
![A man and woman in silhouette face each other in front of a dark wall illuminated by purple light.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.61%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/FridayNight-feb14.jpg?itok=QCFFPufU)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.55%2C0.58%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-08/ConversationCircle4.jpg?itok=Il81mhCR)
Member shopping days
February 13 to 15, 2020
Cost: Member exclusive
Location: CMHR, Boutique, Level 1
![Two women look at a piece of jewellery. They are standing in a store full of colourful merchandise.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.43%2C0.55%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/Tristin%20and%20Member%20in%20Boutique_Ruth%20Bonneville.jpg?itok=eu1fkWWw)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.17%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/friday-tango1.jpg?itok=emFyjEzB)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/band-buhler_0.jpg?itok=ph72qUCt)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.61%2C0.66%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/WNMF%20Sonic%20Trails%20photo.jpg?itok=i518miyG)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.6%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/Auschwitz-Birkenau-Börner_b.jpg?itok=yLouKvVM)
![Two people gaze out a tall glass window at a sunset over a cityscape.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.64%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-10/Tower%20of%20Hope%20two%20people%20evening%20_%20Aaron%20Cohen.jpg?itok=9Y9dHv_s)
Annual public meeting
January 22, 2020
Cost: Free. RSVP requested.
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms on Level 1
![A person walks in front of a large photograph of Nelson Mandela.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-12/Mandela-lrg-photo.jpg?itok=WqZkxXIw)
![A crowd of people walk along illuminated ramps. Some are taking photographs.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-10/visitors-on-ramps_William-Au.jpg?itok=tjCBNs3E)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-12/Stitch%20pic.jpg?itok=DDPFd7at)
December 2019
![A man sits on the interior ledge of a rooftop. There are high-rise buildings in the background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.38%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-12/Keith%20MacPherson.jpg?itok=07rKzl-k)
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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.47%2C0.29%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-12/holiday-programming.jpg?itok=Jvd4A078)
![A woman waits for a drink at a bar in a museum space, while a bartender pours glasses of wine.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.28%2C0.58%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-11/Bartender-serving-drinks.jpg?itok=olB1LCft)
![Three laughing people sit together at a table in a Museum space, drinking wine.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.24%2C0.54%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-11/people-laughing.jpg?itok=0ZNE_g5a)
Conversation Circle: Discrimination and persecution
December 13, 2019
Cost: Free ticket required
Location: Meet at Group Entrance
![Small groups of people stand in a Museum exhibition space and talk to one another.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.67%2C0.56%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-08/ConversationCircle3.jpg?itok=PESSy7-F)
Night of the disappeared
December 12, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![Outdoor display of large photographs of people’s faces.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.62%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-11/Parque_por_la_paz_Villa_Grimaldi.jpg?itok=hoixgAop)
The forgotten stories: Nigeria‐Biafra war and its genocide
December 10, 2019
Cost: Free ticket required
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![Two people in conversation seated across from each other.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-11/Liz%20Bird%20interviewing%20survivor%20Felix%20Onochie.jpg?itok=75zgpiLB)
![A young child interacting with photos on a table. An adult sits beside him.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.59%2C0.36%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-11/humanrightsday2019.jpg?itok=zh0u0zm0)