Name: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Address: 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5, Canada, CA
Telephone: +1 877-877-6037

Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a museum, located at 85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5, Canada. They can be contacted via phone at +1 877-877-6037, visit their website humanrights.ca for more detailed information.

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85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5

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Added by Jopie, at 30 January 2017

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Alyssa Wilson

29 November 2017

If you're a first time visitor, I strongly suggest to attend the building on a Wednesday evening. When you get to the top of the museum you can experience a 360 degree view of the city and a backdrop of the lights that dance across the forks and city areas from the view top. It is beautiful. Now you can only experience that when the sun sets before their closing times, this view will not apply during summer hours. Expect to spend at least 3-4 hours to take in all the floors and it's information. If you know your true physical stats and take in more than 12,000 steps a day then you will have no trouble making it to the top using the stairs. No shame in taking the elevator, it is there for everyone's use.
Calum Harper

26 November 2017

Amazing building to house this museum - it's worth going just to see the building. Exhibits good with regular tours. Very informative exhibits split onto seperate floors. Very central to the city so easy to get to.
Nick Guiton

09 November 2017

This museum is incredibly inspiring if not the happiest place on earth. The architecture is breathtaking, and a variety of exhibits on subjects ranging from the holocaust to the Winnipeg general strike of 1919 make for a bounty of information and learning. Plan on spending several hours here if you want to be able to really check everything out, and don't forget to budget for books in the gift shop.
Shadeguy 204

28 October 2017

great place to visit. it is a pretty long walk around the museum but you will see lots of interesting stuff. if you want to go all the way to the top. i recommend taking the elevator instead of the stairs. or if you wanna get a workout in on the trip. take the stairs!
Daniel Roscoe

21 October 2017

The Canadian Human Rights Museum at the Forks is an exceptional institution. It is a museum with remarkably few physical objects on display compared to an art gallery or the Manitoba Museum. The key items are ideas and concepts, with physical objects supporting the experience and understanding of the "displays". It uses the latest in digital tech to allow you to experience the stories and history of a sociological evolution. Even the building's odd shape and layout is part of the delivery mechanism, taking you on a journey through its message.
Angeline Lamarche

13 September 2017

Must see!
Take guided tour if first time about 90 minutes. then take time to visit more in depth after guided tour need at least a half day if you want to fully appreciate. Well worth it!
Dayna Turner-Dickens

10 August 2017

A very powerful and humbling museum built with breathtaking architecture. I think this place should be on every Canadian school kids curriculum and on every Winnipeg travel itinerary. I felt like I was getting very desensitized to what is happening around the world, and here at home with indigenous rights. This museum does a great job of giving historical context to very big issues in a way that is easy to understand and digest.
Alexandra Van Asperen

05 August 2017

A really enlightening and educating trip. I highly recommend this place for inquiring minds and historians.

In terms of accessibility it is amazing. The entire museum is wheelchair accessible, and has French and English presentations and ASL interpreters on all of the videos.

The tour guides are very engaging and willing to answer questions and provide education.

While the museum covers a lot of topics that are quite serious they certainly tailored the education to the age group quite well.
John Piera

02 August 2017

Ample parking just across the street for $2/hour, but if you stay for 4 hours which is the time you will need to see the museum properly, add the $8 parking cost to the $18/adult to calculate your overall cost. The building is beautiful, but is experiencing major construction problems. Despite being only 4 years old and sitting on 50 piles, the building is shifting causing cracks in the concrete everywhere (look at the ramps as you walk up from floor to floor), window panes falling out, etc.. The displays are mostly pictures and written explanations, but very few artifacts. The second floor with the chronological development of thought related to human rights, and the third floor with 50 displays of examples of human rights violations are the most interesting. Nice view of downtown Winnipeg from the top floor.
Kevin Enos

19 July 2017

This is one of the best museum experiences that I've ever had. The museum had something for everyone, youth and adults alike. There are numerous interactive exhibits that grab and hold your interest. I would definitely encourage visitors to check it out if you're ever in Winnipeg or even plan a trip if you're within a few hours drive. Exceptional museum.
The Voice In Your Head

26 April 2017

Incredible! I think I actually verbalized, 'This place is amazing,' each time I reached one of the building's 7 floors. The building itself is a work of art, the exhibitions are immersive, vast, and powerful. To cover such dark history in the manner they've managed is so unbelievable, I couldn't help but be taken aback.

My only critique, especially given it's location on Earth, is that it could stand to have way more depth in the historic mistreatment of Canada's First Nations.

Other than that, we spent three hours here and found it riveting and poignant!
J Mck

20 April 2017

I can't get over the amount of money this museum cost tax payers and continues to cost taxpayers. I understand the message it is trying to convey, but think what they could have done to the existing museum(s) for that money. Plus even after all that money it still looks unfinished when you walk around inside. Some exhibits don't make sense and there is a floor with water features that looks like it was supposed to so much more but now has become wishing wells like all the fountains at shopping malls.
Kevin Jackson

02 April 2017

The architecture was astonishing, not what I expected when I decided to spend my evening here. The content was thought provoking, and I expect it will improve over time as they figure out what works, but I walked the entire building, all the way to the top and back, and logged a number of kilometers of great exercise while appreciating the thought put into its design and construction. Definitely a building with hidden layers to it, not only meant to house a museum.
Z Makila

05 March 2017

Without a doubt one of the most accessible museums I've ever visited. There are multiple languages of translation, including sign languages. Not only is the museum friendly to visitors of all physical capabilities in its ramp-connected levels, there is a natural flow that is captivating and easy to understand. You are not left wondering which exhibit to visit next; you simply follow a ramp or hallway to the next area. The ideas expressed in the museum are universal declarations of equality and human-ness and are so important to learn.
Donavan/Makayla Friesen

06 February 2017

Incredible place. Once a month on a Wednesday evening the museum is free. I went for the first time on that day - lots of kids running around. So because the place is an open concept it was loud and hard to really concentrate. However I then went to the top floor first and worked my way down. By the time I hit the bottom floor kids were off to bed :). Excellent museum!!