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March 2025
Museum celebrates spring break with family‐friendly activities
Winnipeg - March 27, 2025
Free admission all week for children 12 and under

Free event highlights Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust
Winnipeg - March 20, 2025
During the war, Sugihara issued thousands of transit visas, allowing Jewish families from Poland and Lithuania to escape. But the visas were just the beginning of a difficult journey across Asia to find safety in Japan.

Folklorama returns to CMHR with night of music, dance, cuisine, storytelling and human rights
Winnipeg - March 13, 2025
Featuring Winnipeg’s Chilean, Greek, Irish and Indigenous communities
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January 2025
Stories of pain, joy and resistance: exhibition on LGBT Purge opens Friday
Winnipeg - January 28, 2025
Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge on display until early 2026

December 2024
Human rights for the holidays
Winnipeg - December 18, 2024
Free admission for kids, family‐friendly activities at CMHR

Free admission to CMHR on International Human Rights Day
Winnipeg - December 6, 2024
Mark International Human Rights Day, Tuesday, December 10, with free admission and programming for all visitors all day from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

November 2024
Mixed reviews: Canadians share hopes and concerns for human rights in new report
Ottawa - November 18, 2024
2024 Foresights for Human Rights report highlights need for more education, more action

What do Canadians think about human rights?
Winnipeg - November 17, 2024
On Monday, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) will release a new report that highlights findings from original research on Canadians’ perceptions and experiences of human rights.The report – Foresights for Human Rights 2024 – will provide valuable insight into how Canadians feel about human …
One Land, Two Hearts unites Indigenous and Newcomer Voices
Winnipeg - November 15, 2024
Multimedia collaboration uses storytelling to find shared narratives
Radiating hope: youth take action for a nuclear weapons‐free world
Winnipeg - November 6, 2024
Fourth annual Youth Nuclear Peace Summit culminates in public event on Friday
Celebrating 10 years at Gala 2024: Raising Our Voices
Winnipeg - November 5, 2024
Friends of the CMHR gala features George Stroumboulopoulos with young human rights upstanders
Free admission for veterans and their families November 5–10
Winnipeg - November 4, 2024
Veterans and active service members can visit the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) this week with up to four family members free of charge.This special admission offer is available Tuesday, November 5 until Sunday, November 10. On Remembrance Day, November 11, the Museum will be closed.During …
September 2024
Museum open and free on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Winnipeg - September 26, 2024
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Museum will be open with free admission on Monday, September 30.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights marks 10 years of transformational experiences
Winnipeg - September 18, 2024
Return of the Witness Blanket installation and free concert highlight historic day

Community invited to create large‐scale mosaic at Museum
Winnipeg - September 6, 2024
Free public event focuses on growing movement around the right to be known
June 2024
Ariane Moffatt headlines Francophone concert at CMHR
Winnipeg - June 26, 2024
Intimate and powerful French‐language concert amplifies music from blockbuster exhibition Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change
May 2024
Students to showcase human rights projects at CMHR
Winnipeg - May 22, 2024
Special free admission offer available to Be an Upstander Showcase attendees

Canada’s Drag Race finalist kicks off Pride festivities at CMHR
Winnipeg - May 16, 2024
Drag shows, tours, Pride pop‐up shop, brunch and storytime celebrate a rainbow of rights