The Winnnipeg Art Gallery is one of Canada's most eminent art museums. Founded in 1912, it was the Nation's first civic gallery, and remains the foremost gallery in the prairie provinces.
In addition to eight galleries, the building contains a 320 seat auditorium, a rooftop scuplture garden, an elegant resturant, library, gift shop, and extensive meeting, studio and lecture space.
The Gallery's collection includes over 20,000 works of art ranging from 16th century Flemish tapestries to 20th century videos. As well as mounting exhibitions from its own collection, the Gallery organizes and hosts exhibitions of local, national and international art.

The WAG landed a major exhibition for 1999. From May 16 through July 11 more than $77 million worth of Dutch paintings called Art in the Age of van Gogh; Dutch Paintings from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam were on display. Including four paintings by van Gogh, the exhibit's only other stop in North America was at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

The present Gallery building, triangular in shape and constructed of Manitoba Tyndall stone, was opened in 1971.
Its unique triangular shape, similar to the prow of a ship sailing the prairie sea, houses an important collection of Canadian and Manitoba art and one of the most significant collections (9,000 pieces) of Inuit art in the world.

The gallery gift shop near the entrance offers unique crafts, prints, books and art jewellery.

For more information, call: 1-204-943-1197

Located in the heart of The Exchange District, it is Canada's largest artist-run centre and is home to 24 member groups.

For information call: 1-204-947-0984

Those with an eye for aboriginal art should see the collection located in the Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg in the former Canadian Pacific station. Drawn from aboriginal artists from across Canada, the gallery shows totem poles, masks, birchbark biting, and contemporary and traditional paintings.

For information call: 1-204-943-4972

Unique to Assiniboine Park is the only sculpture garden in North American dedicated to the works of a single artist.

Leo Mol was born Leonid Molodoshanin in 1915, at Polonne, near Shepetivka, Ukraine. He studied at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1941, and later continued his studies in Berlin and the Netherlands. In 1948, Leo Mol and his wife, Margareth, emigrated to Canada and made their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Leo Mol is an internationally recognized sculptor and artist. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Manitoba Society of Artists. In 1989, Leo Mol was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his artistic contributions to his adopted country.
The unveiling and dedication of Brazil's monument to Ukrainian poet laureate Taras Shevchenko took place in August, 1986 at the Ukraina Plaza in Prudentopolis. The statue is the creation of sculptor Leo Mol.
The Leo Mol Sculpture Garden was specifically designed to display an impressive collection of bronze sculptures, porcelains, paintings and sketches by this internationally renowned sculptor.
Since it was opened in 1992 the sculpture garden has attracted more than 250,000 visitors a year. The garden is also the home of the Leo Mol Schoolhouse Studio and gift shop. Audio tour tapes are available upon request.
Open daily, year round. Gallery and Studio open 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. seasonally May 31st to September 1st. Admission free. Group tours may be booked by telephone 1-204-986-6531.

Telephone: 1-304-237-1622 or 1-204-986-6531

The centre works with artists, arts organizatons, the community and hosts concerts throughout the year.
Telephone: 1-204-783-6918

Winnipeg is a city of many cultures of which the Chinese community has always been an integral and significant part.

Oseredok is the largest repository of Ukrainian historical and cultural artifacts in North America. Includes a museum, library, art gallery, archives and boutique. Located at 184 Alexander Avenue East.

For information call: 1-204-942-0218

A collection of Ukrainian maps, medals, flags, photos and memorabilia.