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Transcona Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the community heritage of Transcona and the surrounding Springfield district through our collections, exhibitions, and programs.  Our yearly rotating displays feature the history of the community, railroad industry, settler life, Native cultures and the natural history of the area.  The museum is located in the a historic building that originally served as the Bank of Toronto and later the Transcona Municple Office.

The museum's largest artifact CN 2747, the first steam engine built in Western Canada at the Transcona Shops is on display in Rotary Heritage Park on Plessis Road, north of Kildare Avenue.  

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Weaving Workshop with Black Thistle Creative

Date:October 12, 2018 6pm-9pm
Where: Transcona Museum, 141 Regent Avenue West
Tickets: $55, All supplies included, with a take home wooden loom and a complimentary glass of wine
Get your tickets online or in person at the museum, space is limited.  

Small Talk Tuesdays

Join us for this new drop-in program for interested seniors, community members and heritage organizations. Enjoy a casual and lively discussion with the museum curators in the galleries.  Feel free to bring a small crafting item to work on.  Light refreshments are served.  Tuesdays 10am-12pm.  Admission by Donations.  For more information see poster.

2018
October 9th- Dugald Train Wreck
October 16th- 50 Years of the Transcona Museum
October 23rd- Early Schools of Transcona
October 30th- Transcona's World War Efforts

November 20th- Communities That Time Forgot
November 27th- Every Artifact Has a Story

December 4th- History of Musums
December 11th- 1930's Regent Avenue West