Our Downtown Walking Tours with the Downtown Ambassadors are back again this summer! Tours will be leaving from Princess Park shortly after 12:00 on July 11th and 25th, and on August 8th and 22nd! Make sure to reach out to reserve a spot so we can keep an eye out Continue Reading
Brandon Museum
BGMA Canada Day Long Weekend Hours
Unfortunately, The BGMA will be closed this Saturday for the long weekend. However, this upcoming Monday we will have a booth at Brandon’s Canada Day Celebration, and by Tuesday we will be back to our regular hours. Hope to see you there!
Museum Hours for the Week of June 24th
Unfortunately, our hours this week are going to be slightly different from usual: Tuesday, June 25th, we will be closed from 1:30 to 3:30. Wednesday, June 26th, we will be opening at 12:00, as opposed to 11:00. Additionally, we will be closed on Saturday, June 29th, for the long weekend, Continue Reading
New temporary exhibit at the BGMA!
Come see the exhibit from the 26th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery-XII Manitoba Dragoons Museum! These items will be only be display until September, so make sure to come see them while you can.
Prairie Wires’ Summer Sound Series at the BGMA June 22
We are thrilled to be community partners for the Prairie Wires’ Summer and we can’t wait to host the second concert on June 22 at 2pm featuring Bondgi & A Moon Shape Noise! The concert is FREE & All Ages Join us for an electrifying experimental sound and light experience Continue Reading
BJ Hales Natural History Collection Interactive Exhibit
Have you visited the BJ Hales Natural History Collection since we created an interactive exhibit? Last year, our summer employee got to work on building the app and compiling the research to catalogue all of the specimens on display in the gallery – including some sounds! Come by the museum Continue Reading
The BGMA Is Now Hiring!
Are you passionate about history and the city of Brandon? The Brandon General Museum and Archives is now hiring an Assistant Museum Administrator for a 9-week basis starting mid to late June to assist the Museum Administrator and BGMA Volunteers. The successful candidate should have experience with managerial roles, independent Continue Reading
Creative Writing Program: Museum Edition
We are VERY excited for this new collaboration with the library and can’t wait to share what items we’ll be bringing: Join us for the Museum Edition of our Creative Writing Program! Meetings will happen every Tuesday in May from 4 to 5 PM. The first two meetings will be Continue Reading
Show & Tell: On the Road to Abandoned Manitoba with Gordon Goldsborough
UPDATE: All seats have been reserved, we will have a waitlist for seats but for now we are at standing room only. We’re very excited to announce that Gordon Goldsborough is our next Show & Tell speaker! Join us on May 11 at 2pm at the BGMA for what is Continue Reading
UPDATE: POSTPONED: Free Screening of Stuffed documentary at WMRL
UPDATE: Please note that the screening of Stuffed will no longer be taking place on May 23 – but we are going to reschedule! Future date TBA. Thank you for understanding. We’re so excited to be partnered with the Western Manitoba Regional Library and Brandon Riverbank for this FREE screening Continue Reading