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Monarch Festival and 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Living Prairie Museum
2026-08-08 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Our annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is back with special activities to celebrate 50 years of Living Prairie Museum. The whole weekend is great for all ages, and admission is free!
Enjoy live butterfly displays, and our milkweed plant giveaway. Join special workshops and teachings from community experts and teachers. Experience the prairie by taking a guided hike, and take part in hands-on crafts and activities. Prairie Flora plant sale will be back to help you start your own butterfly garden. There will also be displays and activities from several partners, so you can learn more about butterflies and prairie in Manitoba.
For more information on this event, or to volunteer, please contact us at prairie@winnipeg.ca or 204-832-0167.
ASL interpreters will be available on Saturday August 8 for visitors.
Des interprètes en langue des signes américaine (ASL) seront à la disposition des visiteurs le samedi 8 août.
All-weekend activities:
- Live butterflies and caterpillar displays
- Make your own butterfly wings
- Milkweed plant giveaway (while supplies last each day)
- Art activities
- Prairie Flora plant sale
- Paskwâwi-mostos seed beads
- Partner activities and booths
Scheduled activities:
Saturday
- 11 a.m. – 50th Anniversary Ceremony & Cake
- 12:30 & 2 p.m. – Edible & Medicinal Plants Walk with Tyrel Bruyere
- 2 p.m. – Endangered Butterfly Talk with Katherine Dearborne
Sunday
- 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: âniskômohcikan Nature Activities
- 11 a.m. – Grassland Birds Talk with Tim Poole
- 12 – 2 p.m. – Drumming Activity – with Barbara Nepinak
