Reviews of Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum (Zoo)

Joelle Morgan

The oldest building in Winnipeg. It is beautiful. You've got to see it!

Kevin Nyborg

Great history, lots about Riel and the history of Manitoba. Great museum!

abdellah madani

Good

P Q

Excellent telling of Manitoba history!

Rolly Gagné

Great historic museum & dedicated staff - Defintly worth the visit

Marianne

(Translated) Nice service and very warm welcome. Place with a great history. (Original) Beau service et très belle accueil. Lieu avec une belle histoire.

Pahan Gunawardana

This is the oldest building in Winnipeg and the first hospital in Western Canada. Anyone interested in history should visit this place.

Lin

Lovely old building. Loads of history.

C G

Rich, historical significance. I think it may be Winnipeg's oldest building.

Eric V.

(Translated) Bilingual. Thank you and congratulations! (Original) Bilingue. Merci et bravo !

Peter Dongelmans

Great!!!

Pauline Knockaert

Love exploring the history of my region. This place is excellent for that.

Dan Mitchell

A must if you are interested in Manitoba history. This museum is best enjoyed using a tour where the guide can share hos/her knowledge.

Mischevious Wolf

Did a tour here during door's open Winnipeg. Was great to learn about Winnipeg and how things were done. Learnt a lot and now plan on doing more to learn about our City.

Jeremy

Large and interesting museum. Worth going.

John Van Hal

Nice quite place to send a hour.

Maguy Ebongo

Visiting this museum has been a rewarding experience through the cultural discovery of the Aboriginal and Métis community... it's fascinating!

Gary Mears

derek longmuir????

Ryan Marshall

All round decent museum. Fairly focused so if the French or métis don't interest you at least some, you won't get much out of it.

Paul Quintilian

Tells the story of an important period of our history.

Ed Delisle

Very authentic place started 1840s by Grey nuns

Albert Riezebos

Nice museum on French-Canadian history and the oldest wooden building in Western Canada, as far as I know. 1844 or so, I believe. Many artifacts from different periods including a lot on Louis Riel who is buried nearby at the Cathedral, along with many of his family members. Staff is always helpful and there's a small store with books, souvenirs, etc.

The Great

Cool place to be

Deb

Small but filled with history. Go with time and open to learn!!! You’ll have to read a lot!!

Ryan Cormack

Nice museum. Good place to learn about Louis Riel and the early Metis settlers.

Aaron Wiens

Knowledgeable staff and great place to check out in Winnipeg.

Queen #27

Wow

Christophe Candas

(Translated) Many artifact in this historic place. (Original) Beaucoup d'artéfact dans ce lieu historique.

Ricardo Rodríguez

An excellent place to know.Métis history

Ashley Bérard

Visited the Museum during the Doors Open Winnipeg. Tour guide was great, and learned a lot about the history of the building itself, additional to the items inside.

Tim Westfield

Very interesting museum that provides a great history lesson on the Metis people, Louis Riel and the Grey Nuns.

Ali Petruic

Love the childhood memories it brought back.

Alix Bauer

Very interesting and informative. Wonderful staff!

Burga Kruse

They sell good books here

Steven Fontaine

A great museum! Lots to learn and very close to the Forks!

Vicki Waldner

Admission was only $7 and it's a great old building to tour. If you take your time and read all the historical placards you'll learn gads and gads about the history of the Metis in Canada, much of it not casting a favourable light on the Canadian government. I loved learning about the Grey Nuns as well, those women were a force to be reckoned with.

Nastya K

Wonderful place to learn about the past of Winnpeg

Jason Bourner

The staff were so kind and helpful. It's a small museum but steeped in history that every Canadian ought to be familiarized with.

Véronique Demers

(Translated) Lots of nice exhibits, the staff is very friendly! Lots of beautiful exhibits and the staff are great! (Original) Lots of nice exhibits, the staff is very friendly! Beaucoup de belles expositions et le personnel est super!

Flat Lander

Great history.

Wes Macdougall

They have some interesting history artifacts from Louis riel

Pablo Listingart

Really nice museum. Not too big but interesting things to spend some time with the kids.

Loic Bazin

Beautiful place, wonderful staff, very interesting history.

Sara Schmidt

Absolutely enjoyed our tour... Will definitely revisit!

Éclectique Blue Jazz

(Translated) Great ! (Original) Super !

Richie Jones

Full of heritage and interesting artifacts! It is difficult to see the place, from the outside, in a later hours. The sign out front is not very visible, but all in all, a fantastic adventure on the history of the city and community.

Ladyhawkmb Heyer

Step back in time. Amazing collections and exhibits. Staff ready to help if needed. Nice little souvenir shop. Covid-19 protocol and sanitizing areas readily available. Wheelchair accessible, just call ahead. Don't miss this historical site.

Marvin Campbell

Very nice museum

Zichri Fabian

Nice museum, where you can find more tribute of Louis Riel

Steph Sam

(Translated) It's very interesting! I like the shop. (Original) C'est très intéressant! J'aime la boutique.

Michel M.

(Translated) Interesting to see how people lived from that time. (Original) Intéressant de voir comment vivaient les gens de ce temps là.

Jeri-lynn Heinsma

Very nice displays of MB history

Judy Henry

Wonderful violinist

Patricia Duchesne

Excellent small museum in an historic building. Free, but would have willing paid to visit it. Took a walking tour. The two of us had two guides who did a Walking tour explaining Louis Riel's history. If you are interested in Manitoba's Metis and Francophone history, this is the museum for you!

E Thompson

The oldest building in Winnipeg. Learnt a lot for the tour guides who were so knowledgeable! A piece of history that should be visited by everyone. We have a rich history and the settlers that arrived here showed perseverance and grit. Such a great staff!

Cheryl Foster

Great spot to step back in time.

Ryan Purpur

Surprisingly interesting inside. Lots of old memorabilia from Winnipeg from long ago that you don't normally see including an old sit in livingroom sauna from 1950. Definately worth checking out someday.

Regent Simard

(Translated) Nice and welcoming staff (Original) Bien et personnel accueillant

Rodrigue Bedard

(Translated) You must visit this museum to understand the francophone presence in western Canada. (Original) Vous devez visiter ce musée pour comprendre la presence francophone dans l"ouest canadien.

Michel Beaudet

(Translated) The lively tour is pleasant. (Original) La tournée animée est plaisante.

adriano costa

(Translated) Excellent (Original) Ótimo

Marcel Pelland

Nice lots of history and it free,grey nuns and metis history

Lynn Dobbins

Well curated and great place for all ages.

Rakesh Nair

Knowledgeable staff.

Cori Swenarchuk

Great experience for my 9 year old grandaughter to see how places were built and how they lived. The oldest building in Winnipeg built by the Grey Nuns from 1846 to 1851. Started as a nunnery then an orphanage, school, seniors home and then part of the start of St. Boniface Hospital. The only thing that scared her were the creaky floors...lol.. too unsafe for her.

Franklin Camus

I love coming here once in awhile at the museum. Especially Louis Reil Day, when it's free.

K W

Fantastic I learnt alot great tour guides.

Jian Westburn

This was a very nice museum that provided a good history of the Convent beginnings and the pioneers who founded it. We really enjoyed the section on Louis Riel. Parking is somewhat difficult to find since the museum itself does not have any that we could see (we parked on a side street), but that was my only real issue.

Bryan Preas

Great little museum. Really helpful staff.

Joanne PH

Loads of information on Louis Riel

Evan Heine

Been here twice. Great connection to the past that we should keep trying to preserve. Super friendly staff.

João Vicente Bastos

Amazing destination if you wanna learn about Manitoba and Western Canada. Very good price.

Barb Tanner

I live in Winnipeg and this was my first trip to the Museum. Very interesting. Fabulous info on the life of Louis Riel and the Metis. Many old items from what they used to get food, protection and battles fought. Artifacts from the Cathedral and remnants from the massive fire. Info on how the Grey Nuns lived back in time. A very hard life. And a display of how people lived on that time also. I saw items that my Grandma had when I was growing up. I really learned a lot and was very thankful that we have this museum.

B0b Lagace

very well done...people from everywhere would enjoy this

Stephane Boulanger

If you like history, nice museum

Sameer Ahmed

Nice collection of items giving peak into manitoba history. Friendly staff, activities for kids as well during summer.

graham thomson

Quite interesting and bonus - free this year

Terry Fox

Great heritage learning for all

j mck

We have gone here a few years in a row for Christmas events. There is surprisingly a lot of things to look at and do here.

Rick Sirant

Don't go , horrible liars

Eva Maze

A hidden gem. Small but we'll worth exploring.

Anthony Roth

Early artifacts from pioneer days of this region, guided tours highly recommended, or just browsing the panels if you have the time. Excellent historical items on display!