Dalnavert Museum

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Less than 48 hours to go until 2024! With your contributions over the past few weeks, we're close to reaching our year-end fundraising goal! If you'd like to help us meet our goal of $4885 before the new year, visit lnkd.in/gewWntTY for our online donation form.

This part-time position is funded in part through the @CulturalHRC (CHRC). Applicants must meet the CHRC criteria including being being a post-secondary student at a recognized Canadian post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP, polytechnique).

We're #hiring a Museum Interpreter to join us for the holiday season through early 2023. Apply by November 8, 2023. Visit friendsofdalnavert.ca/work-with-us to learn more. #WinnipegJobs

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Let Dr. Serena Keshavjee amaze you with the story of T.G. and Lillian Hamilton, and their investigations into photographing human consciousness after death. Explore the historical significance of séances and the surprising impact of the Hamilton’s photo collection on art and film

Join Dalnavert and the University of Manitoba Press on November 6th as we celebrate the launch of The Art of Ectoplasm: Encounters with Winnipeg’s Ghost Photographs with Winnipeg’s Forgotten History: Ghost Photography.

If you attended or organized a Culture Days event this year we’d love to hear from you! Please take 10-15 minutes to fill out our survey at culturedays.ca/survey for the chance to win a $200 prepaid Visa gift card 🤑

As some of you may know, our skeleton friend Mabel had a baby! We're still having trouble deciding on a name. If you have a favourite Victorian baby name, share it here for Mabel's consideration!

We'd like to send a sincere thank you to today's guest who wasn't afraid to face the museum ghosts this Friday the 13th. Thank you Mayor @ScottGillingham for taking the time out of your busy schedule to view a slice of Winnipeg history! We hope you'll be back soon.

@PrairieTweeter @HeritageWPG @SherriLRollins @firmangallery @BCRobyn Beautiful pictures! (as always)

And join our collections registrar, Ines Bonacossa, for her lecture on Experiences with The Other Side on Oct 15th at 1:00pm.

Dalnavert at Night runs Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:30. Escape from Dalnavert: The Dracula Escape Experience is nearly sold out. But here are still spots available for tomorrow and Sunday.

Happy Friday the 13th! While our spooky programming for today is sold out, there's still time to catch some Halloween fun this month! Book now at fareharbor.com/embeds/book/fr….

FYI: You can only vote in your riding, so don't come to Dalnavert unless you live nearby.

It's Election Day in Manitoba. Polls opened at 8am. If you haven't already, go excercise your democratic rights! For more information including to find out where to vote, visit electionsmanitoba.ca. #MBpoli #MBvotes

It's never too early for Halloween! Check out all of our exciting programming this year and visit our website: friendsofdalnavert.ca/halloween-2023

CULTURE DAYS IS HERE 🎉 From September 22nd to October 15th, discover thousands of FREE in-person and online arts and culture events happening in communities across Canada! Find events at culturedays.ca/events

Sad to hear about the loss of the historic Windsor Hotel earlier this week due to a fire. Here it is in better days during the 1906 Winnipeg Railway Strike as a police patrol wagon passes by. [Western Canada Pictorial Index, Robert Goodall Collection, A0307-9830]

Today was the last lecture of the Domestic Spaces with Dyna Sanderson series. Keep your eyes on our socials for more events featuring Dyna's wisdom!