The 47 best wedding venues in Winnipeg (2024)

It's an eye-opening experience. I learned so much in just a short amount of time. My partner had been reluctant to come with me ("it sounds boring"), but even he was intrigued and wanted to stay longer once we were there. The booths and exhibits have a lot of variety, as well as really important information about history you might've never heard before. Aside from that, the museum has a really unique design and layout, making it a really memorable, unforgettable experience.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the coolest wedding venue ever! As a wedding photographer, I've shot at some amazing places, but nothing compares to the stunning architecture and breathtaking views at this museum. The natural light pours into the space, making every shot look absolutely magical. And the staff are like wedding ninjas, making sure every detail is perfect and every guest is happy. They truly go above and beyond to ensure everyone has an amazing time.But what really sets the Canadian Museum for Human Rights apart is the feeling you get when you're there. It's hard to describe, but every bride and groom I've worked with have said the same thing - they feel like they're getting married in the coolest place ever. Maybe it's the modern design or the unique exhibits, but there's just something about this museum that makes it feel special. If you want a wedding venue that's not only beautiful but also unforgettable, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the perfect choice.

It's one of the most attractive and prominent landmarks of Winnipeg which is probably to a great extent the face of Winnipeg. The architecture of this place is mind blowing. Myself personally a great admirer of architecture this was a perfect architectural gem which i couldn't have missed. You can book the tickets in advance to visit the museum, the museum is divided into several floors each having a separate section . You can spend hours and hours inside the museum but you would still feel you didn't have the most of it. The show stopper is on the 8th floor the tower where you can see the panoramic view of the city. I wish I could see the sunset from the tower but unfortunately the sunset is Winnipeg summers is too late. I would highly recommend visiting this place. All lovers of architecture and history should visit and i am sure you'll be enlightened after returning back

I like to go to the museum. And we got some different types of museums in Winnipeg, Human Rights is the one I’m surprised about it. I couldn’t finished to read and see what they have in a day!! They have so many good things, history and something to learn and think in the museum!Knowledge is power, human rights will be a step to another higher level/place for us. We don’t talk about color, country, age… we care about what is human rights and how to do to make this world better.Learn from our history and do the right things. No matter who you are !!

Great in so many elements. The message and purpose of educating people on human rights issues is very well done. The layout and quality of the exhibits enhances the learning experience with clear visual and auditory presentations. The building architecture is beyond describing as it is so unique and beautiful. The friendly staff were icing on the cake. Well done.

Powerful and modern museum. A good place to go, learn, and reflect. I'd say save aside 5+ hours to go through the museum. 2 exhibits were being changed over and I still was there for quite a while. Many of the exhibits are interactive and can be listened to outloud or with headphones (blue tooth or jack).Also there are many exhibits that are built with accessibility in mind (as well as ramps/elevators and washrooms on each floor) so I'd check out all those features online before going.

I have traveled to 63 countries and 9 provinces in Canada.I only had two days in Manitoba, and I visited this museum both days.The Human Rights Museum is the best museum we have in the country. It is super close to Esplanade Riel and The Forks Market, and just a kilometre away from the Art Gallery and Legislative Building. So the location is perfect too.I spent a total of five hours at this museum total.It costs $18 per ticket. So if you have to come here a second day, you'll pay $36.Definitely take your time here. Don't rush it. There isn't much else to do in Winnipeg, anyway.Note: It is closed on Mondays. I spent one extra day in Regina because of that and waited until Tuesday to travel to my next province on my cross Canada trip.

Human Rights Museum is well thought! Everything that is written is both in English and in French and all of the video are in sign language, and braille (visuals impairment) with subtitles.♿️✅: Museum is totally accessible and Museum provide wheelchair equipment at the entrance.We were a group of 17 people, and did a private tour. Francoise was our expert guide, she was knowledgeable, kind and helpful.I would recommend the museum because there is plenty of information ℹ️ that broad your knowledge on human rights.🅿️ : Parking was easy to find and plenty around.Cafeteria offer inside the building, plenty of place to sit and enjoy the museum.Plan a good 2+ hours at the activity.At the top of the building you can access a 360 view of the City of Winnipeg! Especially the red river and fork market and the baseball stadium.New exhibit keeps on coming and growing the museum.

At the time, Covid restrictions were ramping up but the staff were extremely helpful and attentive to ensure all measures were followed. Beautiful displays! The interior of the building was quite surprising considering such a bold exterior design. Definitely would recommend a visit.

It's an intriguing space, but the walk is tricky. I feel like there is both too much info and not enough at the same time. I just think it feels disjointed as an exhibit, with no sense of cohesion in the narrative. If that was the goal, then it's spot on. I did like the Holodomor exhibit and the Ukrainian tribute. It's appreciated.

We love working with the event staff at the Canadian. Museum for Human Rights! The venue is amazing to hold events at and the staff incredible to work with. Super friendly and organized!! They make it easy for us to set-up our photo booths at the various events we are rented for!!

Be prepared to do alot of walking. Very interesting museum. Lots of history. Exhibitions get smaller the higher you go up. Tower has pretty views. Indigenous people get in for free, which is pretty cool.

Worth visiting - we spent four hours learning our way through the seven floors of this unique and important museum. It leads one through darkness of man’s inhumanity to man and through the healing alabaster ramps, towards thought, hope, and light in the tower. Many displays, interactive stations, videos and art work share information. Guides are helpful - we especially appreciated Sarah 😀 Unfortunately we didn’t know there were not guided tours after summer hours although we intercepted many - so book one in advance - we didn’t know that. Also the cloud coffee shop is disappointing in that gluten free items listed were no longer an option and prices were high. Perhaps practice what is being presented and source local groups to run the shop and source local bakers, producers to rotate through.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is an exceptional institution that offers a powerful and thought-provoking experience. The architecture is stunning, and the exhibits are well-curated, shedding light on various aspects of human rights issues. It provides a meaningful and educational journey, encouraging visitors to reflect on the importance of human rights in our world. A must-visit for anyone interested in this crucial topic.

What a great and well curated museum! Well worth the visit! Even though we have been there for about 6 hours, we only saw a fraction of all the storys an things displayed. Great Media use and up to date devices. The architecture is also quite impressive.

On my 2nd visit to Winnipeg, I made a point to revisit this museum. It was very moving, a bit depressing, but hopeful. The staff made me feel welcomed at every turn.

What a beautiful and amazing experience. The education is off the charts. Gorgeous building. Amazing and friendly staff

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights was a powerful and well laid out exhibit. Each room had a dedicated person to help navigate and provide additional information. The information on the main displays was plain (in a good way) so it would be accessible to people from different age ranges and backgrounds. It also had several languages available to choose from. More in-depth information could be found on terminals all through the museum. The building itself was a beautiful universal design. My husband and I walked the whole thing bottom to top, even reaching the top of the tower. It was a lot bigger than we expected so budget at least a few hours if you’re someone like me who reads everything.

Great museum to spend a few hours and learn about the history of human rights and their violations around the world. Great videos and exhibits. Not busy so you can thoroughly enjoy and read the information in the exhibits. Has elevator access to the top of the tower which has a nice of the city.

Words are inadequate for the rush of emotion you experience while visiting. A word of advice: patience. Take your time at each exhibit because all are worthy of being seen to their fullest. Well planned exhibits, beautiful architecture and outside should be visited as well.

Absolutely stunning museum. The amount of history and didactic material makes the experience unique.The exhibits are quite well maintained, everything looks modern and it really enjoyed my experience there. It sets the proper atmosphere to reflect and learn from the errors of the past.

Amazing experience. The architecture is phenomenal and the building is designed in such a way to be all part of the experience of what you are seeing and learning about human rights and the architecture helps in experiencing and feeling emotions relative to human rights. The exhibits are so informative, thought provoking, and some are extremely hard to swallow. The museum is so thought provoking. Everyone should have to experience this museum. The overall experience is so moving and emotional. Be prepared to grapple with the human experience. Again, such an awe inspiring and hopeful experience especially ending in the Israeli tower of hope. Again, everyone should experience this museum.

This place exceeded our expectations. Outdoor. It's an eye catching building. Endures the artistry and layout is breathtaking. We opted for the free tour. There is so much to explore. We were very glad we did. Our tour guide was excellent, adapting her tour to our questions and interests. I cried a couple times when I see how simple human rights are and yet how hard some people make them. There are some interesting interactive exhibits that are really thought-provoking. For example, one is where a group of people can look at different supreme Court rulings and decide how they should be ruled and then compare it to the actual ruling and get a score. Going up to the 8th floor and seeing the view is spectacular, but our guide explained that going from the first level to the 8th level is a journey of darkness to light and that is well represented by the building.

A good place to visit and stroll around. But if you plan to do an in-depth viewing, would take an entire day to go through all the information and floors.The view at the observation tower was amazing.

So much to see and learn. We did not read it all in 1 visit so we came back a second time. Our teens enjoyed it here. The architect is amazing and the view is incredible. You have a choice of taking the elevator or walking. You will get in a good workout walking it all. The staff was very polite, helpful and friendly.

This is an outstanding museum, in terms of its architecture, exhibits, and people, and yet I find it overlooked beyond Winnipeg. It makes Winnipeg a must-visit city!It’s hard not to be awed by the museum’s architecture, both from afar and close-up. I didn’t see photos of the museum’s interior before my visit and I was so amazed by the criss-crossing, gently ascending and illuminated stair design and how that is woven into the museum visiting experience as you are taken from one exhibit to the next. And when I got to the atrium, my jaws just dropped. Overall, the museum is a great place for architecture photography! As an architecture enthusiast, I feel that if the same building is placed in cities such as New York, Barcelona or Singapore, it would have received a lot more well-deserved fanfare. However, I am glad it is situated in Winnipeg as it is a marvelous centrepiece of the city.The museum’s stunning architecture brings attention to its excellent and rich exhibits. There are several galleries, each with a different theme. I really liked the permanent exhibit that reflects on the experiences and discrimination felt by different groups of people in Canada. I felt that it should be an ever-growing exhibition as our values and the meaning of human rights continue to develop. The Holocaust exhibit is also impressive and sombre, and extremely timely. There are also a lot of interactive and multimedia elements to make the visit more engaging. For example, I really liked the area on the upper levels where visitors are invited to write and post notes on what human rights mean to them. Note that the exhibits are very dense and I felt that I only scratched the surface by viewing and reading, so I might try joining a guided tour during my next visit to learn more.A visit to the museum would be incomplete without checking out the observation area in the spiral, which is accessible by stairs and elevator. It has great views of the Forks, St Boniface and other parts of Winnipeg, so make sure you budget time for that. I also love how the museum has plenty of seating spaces, especially the reflection area and the cafe. If I were living in Winnipeg, I would purchase a membership in a heartbeat and visit these areas in the museum for quiet reading or studying. Last but not least, the museum staff I’ve encountered and spoken with were all really friendly, just like most other people I’ve met in Manitoba. The human aspect makes the visit stand out just that bit more.

We visited this museum yesterday in glorious sunshine. It is an architectural marvel. The displays on multiple floors are extremely interesting and interactive. The museum is all about human rights and takes you on an interesting journey through rights, abuses, the power of protest and the relative freedoms to change laws in Canada. There are survivor stories and as you work from bottom up, you get to the very top with a view over the city and beyond. The journey takes you through light and dark moments quite regularly, finishing with light at the top. The experience will move people in very different ways. The beginning has quotes and aims from historical characters and religions. I felt much of the light was great, but the darkness was much more powerful and again we are in a place in the world where the person with the biggest stick can almost do what they like while so many suffer (Isreal, Gaza, Ukraine & Russia). I'm sure having the floors not evenly spaced and the beautifully lit, but asymmetrical alibaster walkways have a deep meaning, but I found it difficult to navigate and felt uneasy (probably tells you more about me). Staff were amazingly friendly and engaging and explained some of the architecture, which were totally lost on me beforehand. One thing is for sure is it makes you think, feel and it's a very must see and a super special place.

The building itself is a feat of artistry and engineering. The exhibits were fascinating, somber, and educational. A beautiful ode to human rights won, human rights fought for, and the rights we still are fighting for. A must visit for anyone and everyone.

Great museum with a huge amount of great information. I planned for a couple of hours for the museum but that is diffently not enough! Plan for half a day or even a full day if you would like to capture all the stories and information put together in this state-of-the-art building.A must visit in Winnipeg, in my opinion.

Only museum about the importance of human rights, describing all the incidents of the past which happened in Canada and around the world. It’s free on Sundays and the coat check is free. The staff is super friendly and helpful.

The building is spectacular, clearly world class and well worth the visit. The view of the city from the top level is memorable. But then we have the content inside including about 1/3 open concept office space, mostly empty cubicles, since our bureaucracy works from home. The holocaust section tells a horrific history of prejudice and suffering. The Ukrainian display is educational and equally disturbing. But the Aboriginal display is a joke, about a D+ mostly political masquerade low on relevance and thin on historical accuracy. The large display with the elder and young girl depicted as the self appointed protectors of water and nature is a silly and pointless script. The comments such as “many aboriginal youth oppose pipelines and oil exploration” is unnecessarily political and open to debate. Overall the Canadian section reflects a safe political message from the source of funding $ - the Federal Government. Perhaps the empty upper levels and wasted office space can be used for future expansion.

A journey from darkness to light. This museum is incredible! You really need to have an eye for the interior and the design to truly appreciate the architecture that lies in and out of the building. From the alabaster ramps, to basalt rocks , to huge glass windows, the architecture is a timeless masterpiece!When you enter inside it's pretty dim and as you go up in each floor - it gets lighter and lighter, until you reach the tower of hope. Which lies at the very top of the building that overlooks the city and downtown Wpg. It's a wrap around that gives you panoramic 360 view of the forks. The exhibits within the museum are amazing with the story and history behind it - although you need to have an appreciation for history and the willingness to learn in order to truly understand each exhibit. It's very rich in history and so captivating.As you go throughout the museum you'd find a few things in each exhibits that allows you to interact with it. I should mention that there is a lot of walking since this place is MASSIVE. This museum is for everyone - though the target audience is intended for older folks and young children might be bored since the exhibits contains a lot of information that's intended for an older audience.This museum is mainly focused on HUMAN RIGHTS - especially coming from a Canadian point of view. It has 8 floors which are all wheelchair accessible & the atmosphere of the museum has a calming aura. This museum is powerful, modern, a place to go learn and reflect.

Incredibly moving experience. The setup of the stories, the vignettes, and the interactive nature of the exhibits made for a great experience. The architecture and natural materials used throughout the spaces were calming and absolutely gorgeous. Worth the time and resulted in good dialogue with my family after our visit. Highly recommend lunch at the bistro as well.

A brilliant interactive museum focused on human rights, especially from the Canadian experience or history.It's a 8 floor museum with all floors accessible to persons of disabilities.It's rich in information and so captivating.Hint, plan to spend 4 hours when planning a visit.

One of the best museums I have been into. Displays are interactive and poignant. As a member of Amnesty International this visit was very meaningful to me. The view is also excellent on the top floor as you can see the entirety of Winnipeg.