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At 356, the HBC charter is about to get a Manitoba Museum welcome
The fragile 1670 document will be shown briefly before a one-year exhibition, with $5 million donated for preservation and public access.
- The Thursday ceremony will showcase the 356-year-old HBC royal charter now jointly owned by the Manitoba Museum, with the document displayed before storage for a one-year exhibition in fall 2027.
- Within 24 hours of December's purchase, the Weston and Thomson families donated the $18 million artifact to the Manitoba Museum, Archives, Canadian Museum of History, and Royal Ontario Museum after Hudson's Bay collapsed last year.
- Since the quartet took ownership, Manitoba Museum CEO Dorota Blumczynska said the Canadian Conservation Institute assessed the charter, finding it "has generally held up very well" despite its age and fragility.
- Balancing public access with preservation remains the key challenge. Blumczynska stated that "absolute conservation might have it be in the dark" but this approach does not serve truth and reconciliation or community connection.
- Over the next year, the owners will decide which institution hosts the charter next. They will utilize $5 million in donated funds and future support from the Desmarais family, Power Corp, and the Hennick Family Foundation.
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