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Incorporated in 1965 by two Acts of the Manitoba Legislature, the Museum (opened July 1970) and Planetarium (opened May 1968) in Winnipeg became joined as the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. It was later renamed the Manitoba Museum.
James Stuart Anderson (1911-1994)
Harry Crowson Ashdown (1885-1971)
James Harry Ashdown (1922-2009)
Arthur Bradwyn Brown (1906-1977)
George McLeod Brownell (1899-1979)
James William “Jim” Burns (1929-2019)
Roland Gerard Couture (1910-1993)
Harry James Gibson
Robert John “Jack” Heron (1919-1987)
Milton Carman Holden (1903-1975)
Philip Kenneth “Phil” Isaac (1928-2021)
Edward Isaac Leith (1906-1999)
William Russell “Russ” Leslie (1891-1985)
Gerald William Malaher (1903-1984)
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
William James Mayer-Oakes (1923-2005)
James Archibald McLeod (1904-1979)
Dallas Medd (1921-1987)
Rosslyn Brough “Ross” Mitchell (1880-1972)
William Lewis Morton (1908-1980)
William Scott Neal (1914-1993)
George Taylor Richardson (1924-2014)
Conrad Sanford Riley (1916-1999)
Jennifer Mary Walker Shay (1930-2018)
Charles Gordon Smith (1902-1990)
Henry Gordon Harvey Smith (1902-1973)
Richard William Martin “Dick” Sutton (1920-1995)
Ian Maclaren Thompson (1896-1981)
Lorna Marion Thorlakson (1924-2014)
Mary Elizabeth Tisdale (1895-1992)
Gunter Voss (1926-?)
Period
President
1932-1947
Henry Martindale Speechly (1866-1951)
1947-1954
Theodore E. Howard
1955-1958
James Watt Anderson (c1893-1962)
1959-1960
Walter Felix Tisdale (1887-1960)
1960-1961
Ian Maclaren Thompson (1896-1981)
1961-1965
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
Period
First Vice-President
1947-?
George McLeod Brownell (1899-1979)
Period
Second Vice-President
1947-?
Alexander George “Lawrie” Lawrence (1888-1961)
Period
Chair
1966-1977
Francis Alexander Lavens “Frank” Mathewson (1905-1994)
1977-1979
William Scott Neal (1914-1993)
1979-1981
William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007)
1981-1983
Prof. E. O. Anderson
1983-1987
Beverly A. Scott
1987-1990
James R. Lewis
1990-1992
Roger B. King
1992-1994
Augustus Searle Leach (1939-2021)
1994-1996
Rudy C. Isaak
1996-1998
Dr. June M. James
1998-2000
Bill Davis
2000-2002
Arthur R. Pearson
2002-2003
James A. Dolynchuk
2003-2006
Bill Baines
2006-2008
Dr. John McFerran
2008-2010
Ken Ross
2010-present
Sangeet Bhatia
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Civic Auditorium (200 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: The Manitoba Museum (190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Dr. Speechly retires as museum president,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 March 1947, page 3.
Minutes of the Manitoba Museum Association, 1932-1965.
“Notice of application to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 February 1965, page 72.
This page was prepared by James Burns and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2023
