US Edition‘Not Meant to Be’: Manitoba Museum Reflects as Bay Charter Heads Elsewhere
MANITOBA, CANADA, AUG 8 – The Weston family purchased the 355-year-old charter for $12.5 million to preserve it as public property and ensure access for museums and Indigenous groups nationwide.
- The 1670 royal charter signed by King Charles II is expected to move to the Canadian Museum of History pending court approval, after auction preparations began.
- The document was moved from Toronto head office to a secure facility as Hudson’s Bay Company liquidated stores and planned to auction 1,700 art pieces and 2,700 artifacts after the company filed for creditor protection.
- Seldom seen by the public, the charter was temporarily loaned to the Manitoba Museum in 2020, with sharing required to Indigenous groups across Canada and limited public viewings due to the pandemic.
- Manitoba Museum CEO Dorota Blumczynska said she isn’t bitter despite losing the charter, and would `absolutely welcome it back`, even if “it wasn’t meant to be.”
- The Manitoba Museum's response highlights debates over public access, as the charter's potential home shifted from the Westons to the Canadian Museum of History amid court approval for Hudson’s Bay store lease sales.
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'Not meant to be': Manitoba Museum reflects as Bay charter heads elsewhere
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'Not meant to be': Manitoba Museum reflects as Bay charter heads elsewhere - The Turtle Island News
By Tara Deschamps The Manitoba Museum might have one of the largest collections of Hudson’s Bay artifacts, but its CEO isn’t bitter the defunct retailer’s crown jewel isn’t destined for her institution. There will soon be a new home for the 355-year-old royal charter that birthed the Bay, giving it extraordinary control over a vast swath of unceded lands — and enormous influence over settlers’ early relations with Indigenous Peoples. It will win…
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