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Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library

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Established
  
1930s

Phone
  
+1 204-487-6117

Type
  
handcrafts museum

Province
  
Manitoba

Location
  
183 Kennedy Street Unit 1B Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1S6

Address
  
183 Kennedy St #1B, Winnipeg, MB R3C 1S6, Canada

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–4PMMonday9AM–4PMTuesday9AM–4PMWednesday9AM–4PMThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturdayClosedSundayClosed

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Manitoba crafts museum and library


The Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library is museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba dedicated to the preservation of handcrafts. It was part of The Crafts Guild of Manitoba until 1997.

Contents

The museum started in the 1930s after the establishment of the Manitoba branch of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild (later The Crafts Guild of Manitoba) in 1928.

The library started in the 1930s and originally held resources for teaching basic skills such as knitting and quilting. It has since expanded to include historical texts and design books.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library Wikipedia