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    This gallery, the largest of the Museum, explores dozens of Canadian stories, from democratic rights to language rights, from freedom of conscience to freedom from discrimination. A digital canvas relays stories across a 29‐metre screen, while others are told in floor stations and story niches.

  2. Sep 22, 2014 · The $351 million Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. (Flickr/JTA) TORONTO (JTA) — On the fourth floor of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights, visitors will find a...

    • WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? Three major elements include: a global human rights timeline dating back to 4000 BC, with 100 curated moments and a digital tour guide; artifact cases that will display objects such as a ballot box from the first democratic election in South Africa 20 years ago, the Bentwood box from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and objects from the suffragette movement in the U.S.;
    • INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES. The second introductory gallery includes a 360-degree theatre, thematic wall and a 2-1/2-storey installation titled Trace, by artist Rebecca Belmore.
    • CANADIAN JOURNEYS. The largest gallery is dedicated to showing the ways in which human rights have been experienced in Canada. It features built exhibits, digital exhibits, films, 18 story alcoves, a large image grid and a youth-focused game centred on social inclusion.
    • PROTECTING RIGHTS IN CANADA. The highlight of this small gallery is an artifact case housing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It’s the original, on loan from Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.
  3. Jan 1, 2012 · The Canadian Museum of Human Rights contains 11 galleries that cover a wide array of issues surrounding human rights: (1) What are Human Rights, (2) Indigenous Perspectives, (3) Canadian Journeys, (4) Protecting Rights in Canada, (5) Examining the Holocaust, (6) Turning Points for Humanity, (7) Breaking the Silence, (8) Actions Count, (9 ...

  4. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR; French: Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne) is a Canadian Crown corporation and national museum located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference to Canada, to enhance the ...

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