Sights, sounds and smells of the 17th century a key part of the Manitoba Museum

It's not just the sight of a 17th-century ship, standing erect indoors, that strikes visitors to the Nonsuch gallery in the Manitoba Museum. Other senses are engaged as well -- the piped-in sound of waves, the smell of old rope and wood, and even seaside-worthy sticky humidity, very much at odds with the dry Prairie weather. The gallery transports visitors to another time and place -- a key moment in the development of what would become Western Canada.



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