Name: It’s Funny Because It’s True: Indigenous Artists on the Work of Humour
Start: 2025-09-06T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-06T14:00:00-06:00

A young child with dark hair and a pale yellow shirt looks up toward a warm, golden light filtering through a patterned curtain. The expression on the child’s face is one of wonder or curiosity.

Discovery Cinema: The Spirit of the Beehive

August 23, 2025 at 1:00PM–3:00PM

Film

A lively outdoor performance takes place on a riverside stage with a band playing under a canopy. In front, a diverse group of children and adults dance enthusiastically, enjoying the music. The large blue text “WeGo” is overlaid across the image. Trees, modern buildings, and a river are visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

WEGO 2025

August 24, 2025 at 10:00AM–4:00PM

Great for children

Two young children sit at a table engaged in a colourful paper art activity. One child smiles while arranging cut-out shapes with a glue stick, while the other concentrates on using small scissors. Bright craft materials are scattered across the table.

Low-Sensory WEGO 2025

August 25, 2025 at 1:00PM–6:00PM

Great for children

A fantastical creature with large curved horns, bark-like skin, and long hair gently holds the face of a young girl with dark hair. They gaze intently at each other in a dim, mysterious room with shadowy walls.

Cinema at the Museum: Pan’s Labyrinth

August 28, 2025 at 7:00PM–9:00PM

Film

A stylish man and woman sit in an open car, wearing bright, fashionable outfits. The man in a light suit and straw hat smokes a cigar, while the woman in a red wide-brim hat, sunglasses, and lavender blazer holds a cigarette holder. Tall grass fills the background.

Cinema at the Museum: Touki Bouki

August 29, 2025 at 7:00PM–9:00PM

Film

A large, red-cloaked beast warrior and a young boy stand confidently side by side in a colourful town square, each holding wooden swords over their shoulders. A diverse crowd of animal-like creatures and people watches them in the background, with buildings and hills under a bright blue sky.

Discovery at the Museum: The Boy and the Beast

August 30, 2025 at 1:00PM–3:00PM

Film
Great for children
Great for youth

A woman with long dark hair and a thoughtful expression raises her arms to adjust a small woven headdress with sticks. She wears a camouflage jacket over a grey shirt and a beaded bracelet. In the background are trees and a calm lake under a cloudy sky.

In Focus: The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw

September 4, 2025 at 7:00PM–9:00PM

Film

Two side-by-side photographs show a person standing in front of a wall of colorful rectangular panels arranged in a grid. The panels are in red, yellow, green, black, blue, and light blue, with some containing images of the back of the same person’s head. In the left image, the person is wearing a green shirt, facing the wall; in the right image, they wear a black shirt with green trim, also facing the wall.

Artist & Curators’ Tour: Dawit L. Petros: From the Edge of the Horizon I

September 5, 2025 at 2:00PM–3:00PM

Tours

A man in a white coat and white bucket hat looks thoughtfully at a dark green sculpted figure with raised arms. Another person in a white coat stands nearby with their head bowed. The background is softly lit with warm brown tones.

Cinema at the Museum: Dahomey

September 5, 2025 at 7:00PM–9:00PM

Film

Side-by-side portraits of four people: Wanda Nanibush (photo by Shelley Niro), Adrianne Chalepah, Shelley Niro, and Tarralik Duffy. Each person is shown from the shoulders up, facing the camera with unique expressions and styles.

It’s Funny Because It’s True: Indigenous Artists on the Work of Humour

September 6, 2025 at 12:00PM–2:00PM

Talks & Performances

Monday	Closed
Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday	10 AM – 5 PM
Thursday	10 AM – 9 PM
Friday	10 AM – 9 PM
Saturday	10 AM – 5 PM
Sunday	10 AM – 5 PM

Events & Gatherings