Reviews of Riel House National Historic Site (Museum)

David Elias

Such nifty piece of Manitoba history...and great interpretation by knowledgeable Louis Riel Institute staff.

Shubham kumar

Nice

Geoffrey Bishop

Wish this place was open! Still nice to walk around the property.

Scott Davis Outdoors

Nice quick informative stop, helpful staff.

Nick Paquin

Despite the rain, the site is beautiful. The interpreter who guided us around the house was incredibly well-informed, answering my myriad questions with tons of very interested information. When we asked something to which an answer was not immediate, they banded together to try to find out. I was also super grateful to get a tour/highlights reel of the beautiful vegetable garden. If you're in Winnipeg, drop by and spend a free afternoon learning about how and upper-middle-class Metis family used to live.

Barbara Guzman

Great place to go with family and friends over the summer! The tour guides do an amazing job at explaining the history behind the house :)

Philip Fletcher

This is a neat louie reils house. 12 people lived there at one time. Bedrooms up and on main floor

LéAmber Raven

Riel House gives insight into our history of how people lived.

Josh Halliday

I have lived down the road from this spot for 4 years. Finally went. Just under $5 to get in for adults. I didn't bring my wallet so I did not go in but the grounds had lots to see without the tour of the house. Parks Canada should really do a refresh on it though as it is starting to show some age.

Em Eff

Fun and interesting. The employees were knowledgeable and entertaining. Adults and kids in our group had a blast

Trevor

Very good tour, well worth the cost. It's a shame the upstairs can't be seen.

Amanda Turner

We visited with 3 adults and 2 boys age 9 and 14. There were some great informative display boards in front to read that gave us some of the history of Riel's life. We added a guided tour on to our visit which really increased our understanding of the site far beyond what we would have got ourselves. The young people working were friendly and informative. The bathrooms were nice and clean.

Ryan Wilson

Amazing place with knowledgable staff and fun interactive games. There is also live performances and historical sites.

Mueed Mirza

A must visit place

Trish Lagimodiere

Love it here

Denise Crosbie

Did the guided tour with our kids. Worth getting the tour for sure. Very reasonable price and informative and educational. Came with activity book and necklace. A fun activity centre for the kids spread out on a picnic blanket too.

Albert Riezebos

Lots of history..

Awesome Miller

Knowledgeable staff, quaint and well preserved historical site. Worth a visit

Balakrishnan Seerapathy

Not got chance to explore.. Wrong timing.. Have to go another time

Terry Wiebe

Extremely interesting tour. Fascinating Riel family story

Zoe Coates

The staff are very reserved and quiet here which isnt a good quality in your tour guide.

navdeep singh

Good place to visit

Jeremy McCombs

Great historical site. The kids enjoyed the explorer books to fill out.

Marie-Claude McDonald

(Translated) Nice little historical visit. (Original) Belle petite visite historique.

Erin Okrainec

The interpreters the Louis Riel house are very knowledgeable and if never been it a great place to learn more about Manitoba's history. Also the Louis Riel house hosts an event every Thursday evening in the summer that has traditional live fiddle music and much more.......

Sebastian Kluth

Riel House National Historic Site is a little museum that only takes about fifteen minutes to visit. Riel didn't actually live here but his family did. Staff is very helpful and knows numerous historic details. Visiting this site is certainly worth a little detour.

Tim & Denise Lindsay

Fabulous historical place and stories

Ryan Gale

An important Manitoba landmark and great place to go for a walk

Ron Fischer

Small place. Kind of ordinary.

mega jam

Very knowledgeable interpreter, fascinating visit.

Jared Friesen

Riel never really lived here. The guides were nervous and not knowledgable of their basic history.

Blaine Whitney

Very interesting and informative. Learn about the french parcel of land system, and see how the Riel family lived. House is fully restored. No inside tours this year but guides are outside and provide info and an outside tour.

Raelene Recksiedler

Very amazing but small museum

Bentley Coates

Winnipeg history

Marlene Fletcher

Very beautiful impressive historic site. I was happy to enjoy the tasty bannock. The house was so neat and lots of historic things to see. Thank you.

Jon Kilimnik

Enjoyed a tour through Riel House. Very informative and relaxing.

Chris Crosbie

Had a great tour. Our guide's name was actually Riel. How about that!

Sylvie Potvin

(Translated) To see to know the history of this founder of Manitoba! (Original) À voir pour connaître l'histoire de ce fondateur du Manitoba!

JY Michon

(Translated) Very well informed (Original) Très bien informé

Louise Watson

Excellent site. Knowledgeable interpreters

Diane Mee

The guide who gave us the tour was excellent.

Nadine V

Interesting to see how people really lived. The staff were fun and informative. Covid19 precautions in place.

Aaron Kanis

Beautiful

M Brydges

Cant find out information whether its closed or not

Liz Curtis

Quite small but informative staff

Candace Irvine

It was great. Had eats and great music.

James Li

Good visit place, learn and know history.

Jeff

Great tour. Wish I knew the girls name that gave the tour, she did an awesome job.

Marcel Pelland

Nice to go back in time and learn what louis reil did for Manitoba

Lynn Dobbins

Enjoyed our visit.

balvinder mann

If you're interested in historical buildings this is your destination, build 19th century .

Jeff Brennan

Ok

Alex Anderson

They very accommodating of the kids and put on a good performance.

Sameer Ahmed

Good to see the house owned by Louis Riel still kept in good condition.

John Guthrie

Easy to access. Ample parking. Nice gardens.

Ray Inman

Came here with my family and kids all the way from British Columbia and was very unimpressed with the tour, we could not comprehend the guide interpreter she could not speak properly, I had to ask her to repeat to many times, we ate lunch on the grounds and heard the same interpreter swearing. I did not appreciate my kids over hearing this. I don’t know who hired these ladies but if you want to go for a tour and be guided by people who can’t speak properly who swear and rude by all means go. I know I will not be back, very disappointed.

Katrina Easton

Interesting recreation of what the house looked like. There was Meti and music going on the day i was there

Michael Franklin

While Louis Riel, the 'father of Manitoba', didn't actually live in this home, it's still an interesting spot to visit to learn more about the period when he lived. As long as you have Discovery Pass, be sure to stop by.

Benjamin

Closed when I visited. There's a small garden and I bet the inside would be neat to see. Old timey and stuff.