The Museum's signature gallery pays tribute to the building's heritage as a locomotive repair facility. The 1952 NR Diesel locomotive, 191 0 Pullman passenger car and 1950's train station creates an authentic contextual environment in which children can engage in role-play.

LIVEWIRE

Manitoba Children's Museum A gallery where children can discover the marvels of modern computer technology. They can surf the Internet, dance in Technicolor, tape their actions and watch them in reverse and explore the asymmetry of their faces.

OUR TV

A fully operational television studio, which allows children the opportunity to create their own programs. The studio is complete with two pedestal cameras, a VCR, a CD player, an audio mixer for special effects, microphones, a weather map, scripts and cue cards.

SANTA VILLAGE/ONCE UPON A TIME

Eaton's donated this much-loved Winnipeg display to MCM upon closure of its downtown Winnipeg store. Featuring fairytale vignettes, this new addition to MCM actually plays double gallery-duty. Throughout the months of November and December, the gallery is open as the traditional Santa Village, with decorations, music and an opportunity to visit with Santa. The rest of the year, the gallery will be open at special times under the name Once Upon A Time.

THE TREE & ME

This gallery is specifically designed for preschoolers, houses a 17-foot representation of an oak tree, complete with caves, a beaver lodge and 22 realistically carved animals in their natural environment. The gallery focuses on animal homes and provides opportunities for children to develop an awareness that animals like people, live in and build different types of homes.

WONDERWORKS - THE INFRASTRUCTURE GALLERY

A unique gallery that invites Museum visitors to develop an appreciation of the infrastructure of communities and its impact on the environment. Through interactive displays, children and their caregivers will design their own cities, excavate using child-size heavy equipment, and build sections of roads, bridges and structures using a variety of building materials. The display also explores power sources and the properties of water.

TWO SMALLER EXHIBITS

SPEAK OUT BOOTH

An operational video recording booth that invites children to speak their minds on a topic of their choice and record their thoughts.

SONIC PLAYGROUND

A Musical odyssey of recycled materials that create unique music, which floats across and entertains the outdoor Forks Market area.

COMING IN 2002

The Museum will welcome the LEGO traveling exhibit in June - August 2002, featuring a life size submarine and ocean animals, all made from LEGO.

Plans are in the works for a gallery associated with the Government of Canada. This could be the first of its kind in the country.

Museum renovations are already underway including creating a larger rental /event space in the Great Hall, additions to the playhouse and child-sized machinery in WonderWorks and a sign language station and full body pin screen in Live Wire.