[1] For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
These include art galleries, community museums, cultural centres, heritage centres, nature centres, historic buildings, historic sites, parks, historical societies, natural history museums, science museums and zoos.
Their focus includes art, history, science, nature, sports, leisure, transportation and industry.
Manitoba museums are also essential to the province's tourism industry.
This does not include museums in Manitoba that have temporarily made their exhibits available online due to COVID-19 restrictions in 2020/2021.