Join us for the launch of a fascinating new exhibit, Is There a Spirit Here with Us?: Contextualizing the Spiritualism Movement. The exhibit's curator, Charlotte McGregor will be on-hand to discuss the exhibit and answer questions. While you're here, try your hand at spiritualism-themed activities in the historic house.

Admission to the exhibit launch is $5 general and free for museum members.

The exhibit is located in the Visitors’ Centre, which is wheelchair accessible. Some exhibit-inspired activities in the historic house may not be accessible to all as the upper floors of the house are only accessible via stairs.

About Is There a Spirit Here with Us?

The Spiritualism movement is often sensationalized in movies and television, showing malevolent ghosts and haunted houses. It is most recognizable through depictions of séances held around tables in dark rooms, and photos of ectoplasm escaping from the mouths of mediums.

How did this movement come to be? Context is everything. This exhibit explores the time and place that birthed the Spiritualist movement. From the mediums and spirit rappings of the 1850s to the psychical research of the Hamiltons that started in the 1920s right here in Winnipeg. Spiritualism moves through science, entertainment, religion, technological advancement, grief, and human curiosity into life after death.