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ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 LEGACIES OF CONFEDERATION EXHIBITION EXPLORED CANADA 150 WITH A NEW LENS N THE OCCASION OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF CONFEDERATION, the Manitoba OMuseum created a year-long exhibition that explored how Confederation has aff ected Manitoba since 1867. Legacies of Confederation: A New Look at Manitoba History featured some of the Museum’s fi nest artifacts and specimens, as well as some loaned items. The topics of resistance, Treaty making, subjugation, All seven Museum Curators representing both and resurgence experienced by the Indigenous natural and human history worked collaboratively peoples of Manitoba were explored in relation to on this exhibition. The development of Legacies of Confederation. Mass immigration to the province Confederation also functioned as a pilot exhibition after the Treaties were signed resulted in massive for the Bringing Our Stories Forward Capital political and economic changes and Manitoba has Renewal Project. Many of the themes, artifacts and been a province of immigration and diversity ever specimens found in Legacies of Confederation are since. Agricultural settlement in southern Manitoba being considered for the renewed galleries as part after Confederation transformed the ecology of of the Bringing Our Stories Forward Project. the region. The loss of wildlife and prairie landscapes in Manitoba has resulted in ongoing conservation eff orts led by the federal and provincial governments since the 1910s. FRONT COVER: Louis Riel, the Wandering Statesman Louis Riel was a leading fi gure in the Provisional Government of 1870, which took control of Manitoba and led negotiations with Canada concerning entrance into Confederation. Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada /C-006688d 1867 Confederation Medal The symbolism of this medal indicates that the relationship between the Dominion of Canada and the British Empire was based on resource exploitation. The woman on the left represents “Britannia”. The girls, her subjects, represent Ontario (sickle for agriculture); Québec (canoe paddle for trade); Nova Scotia (shovel for mining); and New Brunswick (axe for forestry). H8-37-134 Surveyor’s Chain A 66-foot chain was used to measure and divide land at Red River, in preparation for settlement. H8-64-300 Plains Bison (Bison bison) From herds numbering in the millions, commercial hunting almost eliminated the Plains Bison. This bison head hung in the Winnipeg City Council Chambers, an ironic symbol of vitality and plenty on the western frontier. MM 24175 Treaty No. 1 Medal commemorates the Treaty negotiated at Lower Fort Garry Cover: Pliosaur in 1871. The medal denotes the binding fossil detail nature of Canada’s promises to First Above: Life-size Nations people, whereas a pipe (not reconstruction ofpictured), the reinforces the understanding pliosaur, Earth Historythat Treaties represent a sacred trust. Gallery HBC-57-53 Photo: AJ Enns Photography AJ Enns Photo: In May 2017, the Museum welcomed the World's Giant Dinosaurs exhibition. A refurbished Engineered for Speed exhibit re-opened in November 2017 complete with a real full-size race car that visitors can climb into for a selfi e. TABLE OF CONTENTS Awards, Appointments and Retirements 2 Spirit Lines – Governor General Award 3 Manitoba Museum Governance 4 Manitoba Museum Staff 5 Manitoba Museum Leadership Message 6 Capital Renewal Project 7 Exhibitions 8 The Museum hosted many Canada 150 Programs and Interpretation 11 experiences, including the Eyes on the Arctic exhibition celebrating Collections and Conservation 13 the relationship between Acquisition Highlights 14 Canada and the U.S. Research 16 Publications and Presentations 19 Volunteers 20 Community Partners 22 Museum Partners 24 Annual Giving 26 Membership 28 The Manitoba Museum Foundation Inc. 29 Auditors’ Report 31 Financial Statements 32 Manitoba Museum is accredited by Imagine Canada for excellence in non-profi t accountability, transparency, and governance. AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS AWARDS Nancy ANDERSON Debra FEHR Getty Fellow and Consulting Collections Management Director of Marketing, Scholar, Centre for Native PLIOSAUR EXHIBIT Associate Sales and Programs American and Indigenous Award of Outstanding Member, Board Board Member Research, American Achievement in Exhibitions of Governors Culture Days Philosophical Society — Science, Canadian Manitoba Museum Museums Association Seema HOLLENBERG Member, Board of Jaya BEANGE Director of Research, Governors SPIRIT LINES: Senior Exhibit Designer Collections and Exhibitions Manitoba Museum MANITOBA MUSEUM Programming Committee Board of Directors for Member, Speaker’s Bureau NORTHERN 10x20x20 Alliance of Natural History Treaty Relations OUTREACH PROJECT Museums of Canada Commission of Manitoba Dr. Diana BIZECKI Governor General’s History Museum Representative, ROBSON Dr. Randall MOOI Award for Excellence in History Museums Network Museums: History Alive! Curator of Botany Curator of Zoology Member Dr. Maureen MATTHEWS, Heather LASER Adjunct Professor Ecological Reserves Curator of Cultural Director of Philanthropy Department of Biological Advisory Committee Anthropology and David Secretary, Board of Sciences SWANSON of Frontier President Directors, Friends of University of Manitoba School Division, recipients Manitoba Association Dalnavert Museum Editorial Board on behalf of the Museum of Plant Biologists American Society Claudette LECLERC of Ichthyologists and DR. MAUREEN Kevin BROWNLEE Executive Director Herpetologists MATTHEWS Curator of Archaeology and CEO Curator of Cultural Vice Chair, 2018 Editorial Committee Fellow Anthropology Conference Committee Manitoba Breeding Canadian Museums Manitoba Book Award Canadian Archaeological Bird Atlas Association for Non-fi ction 2017 for Association Programming Committee Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story Fellows and Distinguished Prairie Conservation of a Contested Repatriation Cindy COLFORD Service Jury and Endangered Species of Anishinaabe Artefacts, Manager of Collections Canadian Museums Conference University of Toronto Press and Conservation Association Nov 2016 President Board of Directors Dr. Roland SAWATZKY Canadian Association for Curator of History DR. DIANA Conservation of Cultural Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Adjunct Professor BIZECKI ROBSON Property Department of Curator of Botany Course Director Cultural Strategy Review Anthropology James Fletcher Award Ontario Museum Task Force University of Winnipeg for best paper in The Association – Certifi cate in Winnipeg Chamber Canadian Field-Naturalist, Board of Directors Museum Studies Program of Commerce Volume 130, Year 2016: Mennonite Heritage Village Governance Review Distribution and ecology Rachel ERICKSON Committee Member, 2018 Conference of a new species of water- Manager of Learning Winnipeg Chamber Committee lily, Nymphaea loriana and Engagement of Commerce Canadian Archaeological (Nymphaeaceae) in Western Board Member Association Canada Commonwealth Association Tourism Committee of Museums Manitoba Chambers Dr. Graham YOUNG APPOINTMENTS of Commerce Curator of Geology and Dr. Adelana Dr. Amelia FAY Paleontology Dr. Maureen MATTHEWS ADELEYE-OLUSAE Curator of the Hudson’s Past President Curator of Cultural Director of Human Bay Company Museum Geological Association Anthropology Resources Collection of Canada Director, Board of Directors Chair, 2018 Conference Adjunct Professor Adjunct Professor Chartered Professionals in Committee Canadian Department of Department of Human Resources Manitoba Archaeological Association Anthropology Geological Sciences University of Manitoba University of Manitoba 2nd Vice President Manitoba Archaeological Research Associate Society Royal Ontario Museum MANITOBA MUSEUM MANITOBA 2 SPIRIT LINES WINS GOVERNOR GENERAL'S HISTORY ALIVE! AWARD On November 22, 2017 Governor General Julie Payette presented the Governor Byron Beardy (left) with an Elder from Garden Hill. Byron, the son of Jackson General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive! to the Beardy, was a champion for this project, provided translation and voiced the Manitoba Museum’s Curator of Cultural Anthropology, Dr. Maureen Matthews, Oji-Cree and English oral histories, and acted as a project ambassador. and David Swanson of the Frontier School Division. Building on the success of two previous education kit projects, the Museum gained support from the Museum Assistance Program to focus on our oral history collections including a large body of work recorded and translated in the 1970s by the artist Jackson Beardy. Based on artifacts, museum research and 200 pages of Beardy’s stories, eight multifunctional educational kits were developed for schools in the Garden Hill and Norway House First Nations with an additional kit provided for teacher education at the University College of the North. The kits include artifact replicas, bilingual story recordings made in the community to accompany bilingual books providing side-by-side transcriptions of local stories in English, Cree or Oji-Cree to facilitate language teaching. A unique feature of the Spirit Lines project is the inclusion of a syllabic keyboard, enabling teachers to write their own Oji-Cree texts and communicate across networks in the Swampy Cree and Oji-Cree dialects. SPIRIT LINES PARTNERS PROJECT TEAM Spirit Lines is the product of cooperation, sharing of time, resources and eff ort between three partners. Community members read stories, translated and transcribed texts and replicated artifacts. Frontier School Division Garden Hill Education Authority University