Transcona Historical Museum
- Transcona Historical Museum
The Transcona Historical Museum is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The museum is housed in a 1925 bank building which later became the Transcona Municipal Office. The artifacts in the museum include 10,000 years of aboriginal history, archaeological display and natural history of the area as well as a history of Transcona, Manitoba. The railroad industry and how it is responsible for the development of Transcona is detailed. One of the collections of the museum is Norman Mersey's rare firearms collection which spans 200 years. There is also worldwide Lepidoptera collection which contains over 8000 butterflies and moths as collected by Transcona teacher and principal, C.S. Quelch.
External links
[http://www.transconamuseum.mb.ca Museum Website]
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