Guided Tours
Saint-Boniface cathedral as seen from the Museum. (Photo: R. Barrow)
Groups of up to 50 people can be accommodated on a tour. Reservations are required a week in advance so that enough guides are available. You will receive a confirmation by fax; it must be signed and returned to complete the reservation. In case of a cancellation, please give the Museum 24 hours’ advance notice, to avoid being billed.
To reserve your guided tour or other program, please contact Carmène Fiola, Visitor Services Coordinator at
The Museum
Length: 1 hour
Cost: adults $6.00
students $5.00
seniors $5.00
children under 6, accompanied by an adult free
Additional donations are always welcome.
On the main floor, visitors will find the Museum’s permanent exhibits: the early inhabitants of the region, the fur trade and the Red River cart; the history of the Grey Nuns and how their convent was built; “Louis Riel: Son of Red River and Father of Manitoba”; traditional crafts such as spinning and blacksmithing; and, in the former chapel, “A Beacon on the Red: the Cathedrals of St. Boniface.”
On the second floor, are the period rooms – the country kitchen, the drawing room, the dining room and the bedroom – illustrating everyday life at the beginning of the 20th century; the choir loft containing artifacts from the former City of St. Boniface; and the room for temporary exhibits.
St. Boniface Cathedral and the Cemetery
Length: 1½ hours
Cost: adults $6.00
students $5.00
seniors $5.00
children under 6, accompanied by an adult free
Additional donations are always welcome.
The tour begins in the Museum, with the exhibit “A Beacon on the Red” which tells the story of the cathedrals in St. Boniface. Your guide will then lead you to the ruins of the cathedral that burned down in 1968. In walking around the cemetery, visitors will see the graves of early St. Boniface residents and those of Louis Riel and other famous people – let your imaginations bring them to life! (Here is a question: who built the “Langevin” cathedral and where is he buried? Answer: Joseph-Azarie Sénécal, architect and contractor in St. Boniface, whose grave is in the south-east corner of the cemetery, near the cathedral.)
