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
WATCH ONLINE: How to Dig Through the Past Without a Trowel with Carmen Kazakoff-Lane
Great news if you missed the in person Show & Tell talk How to Dig Through the Past Without a Trowel with Carmen Kazakoff-Lane – it is now available to stream on YouTube! Thank you to WCGtv for recording the event. You can find the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdVPccfY9GE Kazakoff-Lane has Continue Reading
BGMA Closed March 29
While we will be closed this Friday, our hours are still 11am-5pm the rest of the week – including Saturday! Come by, visits and tours are by donation
Brandonites Podcast Interview with BGMA Admin Keith Waterfield
Check out this wonderful interview with Robin Stewart from the downtown Brandon branch of the WMRL for their podcast Brandonites. The interview can be found on your podcatcher of choice or at the direct link here “Welcome to Brandonites, a podcast in which we hear from people around Brandon, Manitoba Continue Reading
SHOW & TELL: HOW TO DIG THROUGH THE PAST WITHOUT A TROWEL WITH CARMEN KAZAKOFF-LANE
Interested in history? Whether you’re looking into family lore, local buildings, or the Roman Empire – Carmen Kazakoff-Lane will help point you in the right direction with her presentation How to Dig Through the Past Without a Trowel: Effective Historical Research! Join us for our next Show & Tell presentation Continue Reading