recent study by the American Alliance of Museums — the organization that oversees museums of all sizes down south — suggests that a full third of U.S.
museums could end up shuttered due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.While local museums in Manitoba may not be suffering quite as badly as their southern neighbours, the situation remains dire, say many directors and curators.Winnipeg’s Dalnavert Museum, located in the former home of Hugh John Macdonald — the eighth premier of Manitoba and son of Canada’s first prime minister — is among those that have weathered the hard times so far.“All not-for-profits are looking at a very unusual year, and Dalnavert is not alone in that,” museum director Thomas McLeod told 680 CJOB.“We’ve been.