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Part of your City of Winnipeg,
Public Works Department, Parks and Open Spaces Division, Naturalist Services Branch
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The Living Prairie Museum is a 12 hectare (30acre) tall grass prairie preserve located
inside the City of Winnipeg. Set aside in 1968, this preserve is home to over 160 species
of prairie plants and a great array of prairie wildlife. Prior to European settlement,
tall grass prairie covered one million square kilometres in central North America,
stretching from Texas to southern Manitoba. Today, tall grass prairie is all but gone.
In Manitoba only 1/20th of 1% of the original tall grass prairie remains. The Living Prairie
Museum is one of the few remaining fragments of this once vast ecosystem.
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The goal of Living Prairie Museum is to provide awareness and conservation of natural areas, specifically tall grass prairie, through environmental education. To download a copy of our
Environmental Education Brochure for print,
click here.
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Living Prairie Museum News
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| Upcomming Programs at the Prairie
Snowshoe Club
Learn how to snowshoe while you explore nature and have loads of fun!
Join us Thursdays from 5:00
to 6:00 pm at Living Prairie
Museum. The program is FREE for children 6 to 12 years of age, with parents welcome to
participate. Registration is required by phoning 832-0167. Donations are gladly accepted.
Spring Break Day Camps
Children will learn all about the fantastic world of prairie animals including owls, bison, and butterflies.
Camps will be offered each day during the spring break and will feature a variety of hands-on activities.
Day camps are suitable for children 7 to 10 years of age. Cost is $25/day. Please call 832-0167 to register.
Celebrate International Year of Biodiversity at LPM
Join us the first Wednesday of each month beginning in April for our 2010 Biodiversity Buzz lecture series.
Lectures are FREE of charge. Topics TBA shortly.
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Admission is Free
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The Living Prairie Museum Interpretive Centre opens for the season with the blooming of the
Prairie Crocus,
Manitoba's provincial flower. During
Crocus Day, usually the latter weekends in April (weather permitting),
special programs and guided hikes are available to celebrate spring's arrival. The Interpretive Centre has
displays on prairie history and ecology and a second story observation deck that offers a great view of the prairie. Books and wildflower
seeds are available for purchase through our
Prairie Bookstore.
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May to June - open Sundays only from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
July - August - open daily from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Interpretive Centre is located at:
2795 Ness Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 3S4
Phone: (204) 832-0167
Fax: 311
Everyone is welcome to visit the prairie year-round from dawn until dusk whether or not the Museum Interpretive Centre is open.
Self -guiding trail booklets are available at the front entrance to the
Interpretive Centre.
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