January News

New volunteers are welcome. Contact us now to complete the application process. Volunteers need to be at least 13 years old and begin the application process by attending an information session. (Note: If you are under 18 years old, your guardian must attend as well.)

The next volunteer information sessions are scheduled for:

Saturday, January 16

at 1:00PM

Saturday, January 30

at 1:00PM

For more information or if you plan to attend one of the upcoming information sessions, please contact: Lynn Silver, Volunteer Resources Manager, by phone at 924-4002 or by e-mail at lsilver@childrensmuseum.com.

SHOP @ MCM

Visit SHOP this month for exciting activities that will keep you busy during the wintry days!

For more details, see
SHOP's Top 10 List here.

SHOP and the Beanstalk

Fee Fi Fo FUN - I smell...the tasty aroma of freshly brewed coffee!
Visit the Beanstalk Coffee Bar at SHOP today to get a delicious hot coffee or tea, and grab a loyalty card to save up enough magic beans for a free beverage!

Air Miles Bonus Cards
Available at SHOP!

For every $50 (before tax) you spend at SHOP, you'll receive a bonus card for 20 Air Miles Reward Miles while supplies last. Please see in-store for further details.

Your Purchase Counts!

Every purchase made at SHOP goes directly back into the museum! By supporting SHOP, you are supporting the Manitoba Children's Museum.

Telephone: 943-1449
Email: shop@childrensmuseum.com

100+ Ways to Show

Kids You Care

Through daily interactions with kids and observing kids interact with others, the staff at the Manitoba Children's Museum continually see ways in which adults can show kids that they care. We are confident these interactions help build the foundation for kids to succeed.

Every month, our staff would like to share some of the ways we believe we can show kids that we care about them.

January's List

1. Wear the jewelry they make for you.

2. Display the art they create for you.

3. Pretend to eat the food they cook for you.

4. Talk to their imaginary friends and the real ones.

5. Support their imaginations.

Support the Manitoba Children's Museum

The Manitoba Children's Museum is a registered charitable not-for-profit organization. This means that we rely on the support of individuals, foundations and corporations in our community to help us provide quality programming, introduce exciting new exhibits, maintain existing galleries, expand our Free to Play Access Program, grow our endowment fund and move forward with our plans for a Capital Campaign. Please consider making the Manitoba Children's Museum your charity of choice.

To make an online donation,
click here.

If you prefer to send us a donation by mail or fax, please click here to print a donation form.

Thank you!

Tax receipts are automatically issued for donations of $15 or more.

Special Exhibits & Programs

Classroom Connections

Top Hats & Tiaras:
A Family New Year's Eve Event

Date: Thursday, December 31

For the first year ever, we will be ringing in the New Year at noon!

Kids can dress up like Mom and Dad for a formal afternoon out on the town, enjoy snacks, entertainment, and a balloon drop at noon. A free top hat or tiara will be given to children starting at 11:00AM (while supplies last).

The festivities will include bite-size cheese pizza appetizers served in the foyer, a live performance by local band The Solutions from 11:45AM - 12:15PM, ginger ale to toast your family and friends, and, of course, balloon games after our balloon drop!

New Year's Eve 2-For-1 Admission Special:

Download a 2-For-1 pass from our website here and save on admission to this special event before 11:59AM !

Sponsored by:

Eaton's Santa's Village

Time is running out this holiday season - come explore a Winnipeg holiday tradition today!

The Manitoba Children's Museum is pleased to be the home of the last original Eaton's Santa's Village display from the ninth floor annex of Eaton's Downtown Store - fully restored and open to the public for a limited time only!

From now until January 10, visitors of all ages will be enthralled with the spirit of the season invoked by fifteen fun, fairytale vignettes, including classics like Cinderella, Humpty Dumpty, Three Blind Mice and more. A visit to Santa's Village is a holiday experience for all generations.

For more information on our upcoming winter events and programming, please visit our website or call 924-4000 today!

18th Annual Dine Around

Join us on Friday, January 29th for the dining experience of your life!

Register your group of 8 guests and come to a suspenseful cocktail reception where you will watch and await the Restaurant Draw that determines the local restaurant where your group will share a delicious 4-course meal that evening.

Some of the restaurants participating in 2010 are: The Keg on Garry, Mise Bistro, Mona Lisa, The Gates on Roblin, The Current, The Round Table, Hu's on First, Billabong, Buccacino's Cucina Italiana, Moxie's Classic Grill and Boston Pizza City Place.

To enter the Classic/Fine Dining category, seats are $100 each with a $25 tax receipt.

To enter the Casual Dining category, seats are $70 each with a $25 tax receipt.

Contact ekangas@childrensmuseum.com or call 924-4005 to register today!

Star of the Month Draw

Enter your child today for the Star of the Month Draw!

Open to children under 12 years old, enter your son or daughter's name today for this draw and he or she could be our January Star of the Month!

Our Star of the Month will receive the following exciting prizes:

A free photo session at the Manitoba Children's Museum
A special distinction on-location at the museum
An interview that will be featured in the Winnipeg Free Press
A great prize package which includes an Adventurer Family Membership to the Manitoba Children's Museum and other stellar prizes

Our Star of the Month will be featured in our eNews, on our website, on-site at the Manitoba Children's Museum, and in the Winnipeg Free Press!

To Enter:

Visit the Manitoba Children's Museum in person to fill out an entry ballot or visit our website here to submit an entry online before January 31, 2010!

Mini Mondays

Mondays at the Manitoba Children's Museum are very special days!

Every Monday from 10:00AM to 2:00PM, we tailor crafts and activities to suit the needs of our youngest visitors.

We will be offering special guided crafts at the Project du Jour table in the foyer and special story times at 11:30AM and 1:30PM in the T.V. Studio.

Join us in January as we celebrate all the fun and imaginative things that we can do in the Space Station!

This month's themes include:

January 4 - Planet Earth
January 11- I Spy!
January 18 - Blast off to the Moon
January 25 - Attack of the Alien

Weekends Project du Jour:
Come create with us!

Join us in the foyer on Saturdays and Sundays for our "Project du Jour" craft!

This month's crafts include:

January 2 & 3 - Paper Bead Jewelry
January 9 & 10 - Recycled Flowers
January 16 & 17 - Sock Puppets
January 23 & 24 - Magazine Mosaics
January 30 & 31 - Paper Plate Portraits

Free with museum admission.

Rogers Movie Nights

Grab a snack and settle in for the show!

Saturdays at 4:00PM

January's movies include:

January 2 - Up
January 9 - Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
January 16 - Air Bud
January 23 - The Incredibles
January 30 - The Little Mermaid

Movie titles are subject to availability.
Free with museum admission.

For further details, visit our website or call 924-4000.

St. Vital Kids Club Discount Day

As part of our Little Hands, Big Ideas partnership with St. Vital Centre, Kids Club members can enjoy $2.00 off children's admission at the Manitoba Children's Museum all day long during St. Vital Kids Club Days on the first Saturday of every month. Simply show your Kids Club Card at our Admissions Desk to receive your discount.

Next Kids Club Day:
Saturday, January 2

Join the St. Vital Kids Club now and you can enter to win your own private birthday party at the Manitoba Children's Museum! It's free! It's fun! It's fantastic!

For more information or to sign up today, visit Customer Service at St. Vital Centre or visit their website at www.stvitalcentre.com.

I Love to Read Month

February is I Love to Read Month and the Manitoba Children's Museum is planning a fun-filled month to get everyone excited about reading. Every weekend in February, we will be celebrating with great books, special guest readers, and crafts that add to the joys of reading!

Here is a sneak peek at the fun literacy-based activities that will be happening at the Manitoba Children's Museum in February:

Annual Kick Off Party with HOT103's Ace Burpee and Chrissy Troy (Saturday, February 6 at 11:00AM)

Book-nic Picnic with PTE's Munscha Meeya (Saturday, February 20 at 1:00PM)

Pajama Party (Saturday, February 27 from 6:00PM - 8:00PM)

Living Library (Sundays in February)

Please check out our website or call 924-4000 for more information on our upcoming I Love to Read Month programs and events.

I Love to Read Month at the Manitoba Children's Museum is generously supported by:

MCM Month at Sobeys

Support the work of the Manitoba Children's Museum when you visit any Sobeys location in Winnipeg during the month of February 2010!

You will have the opportunity to make a contribution at any Sobeys location that will go directly to the Manitoba Children's Museum.

All proceeds will help fund the Free to Play Access Program of the Manitoba Children's Museum which brings inner city children to the museum for free school visits, after school clubs, day camps, and holiday parties.

Attention Teachers:
100th Day of School Celebration

Your students have spent the last 99 days working extremely hard and they deserve to celebrate this great accomplishment of making it to day number 100. Come and join us at the Manitoba Children's Museum on February 10, 2010 as we celebrate the 100th Day of School!

Treat your class to a fun-filled day of learning outside of the classroom in the museum's innovative and educational galleries. It will be a day of adventures and activities that students will put at the top of their 100 things to do in the first 100 days of school list!

Franco-FUN Day

Our second annual Franco-Fun Day will be celebrated on Louis Riel Day which is Monday, February 15 this year!

Come and celebrate the French language with some of our bilingual staff. Crafts, activities, games and a special treat make this a day to remember.

MCM Online Auction A Success

The grand total raised by the first MCM Online Auction was $11,121!

Thank you to all donors and bidders who took part in the first online auction in support of the Manitoba Children's Museum.

We are so thrilled with the success of this online event, keep an eye out for another auction in 2010!

Introducing MCM's Birthday Photographers of Choice

Let a photographic professional take care of capturing your child's precious birthday party memories. Enjoy watching your child blow out the candles from right beside him or her, rather than from behind the camera!

You will receive photographic coverage for one hour, a photo disk of the images, a special Birthday Child Portrait, two 8�10 sheets of your favorite image and a web link of the party highlights to share with your friends and family!

Call Ebonie at (204) 230-8194 for more information today.

As a non-profit charity, everything we do at the Manitoba Children's Museum
helps children in our community. Our goal is to provide an environment where
children and their families, caregivers and classmates have the opportunity to
let their imaginations soar and engage in self-discovery.

The Manitoba Children's Museum has been recognized as a
Best of the Road (TM) attraction in Rand McNally's 2010 Road Atlas

The Manitoba Children's Museum is a Manitoba Star Attraction

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon at the Manitoba Children's Museum!

email: general@childrensmuseum.com
web: http://www.childrensmuseum.com

phone:204.924.4000