Artifacts Associated with Well-Known Figures

Archbishop Alexandre Taché's bookcase

Arch­bishop Alexan­dre Taché’s book­case. (Photo: R. Barrow)

Var­i­ous arti­facts in the col­lec­tions are asso­ci­ated with famous Franco-Manitobans and Métis, for example:

  • Louis Riel’s cof­fin, moc­casins and tuque
  • Arch­bishop Alexan­dre Taché’s bookcase
  • Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière’s dis­patch pouch
  • Mélina (Landry) Roy’s quilt (mother of Gabrielle Roy)
  • Andy De Jarlis’s violin
  • Pauline Boutal’s paintings
  • Vic­tor A. Long’s por­traits of the may­ors of St. Boniface
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