The Manitoba Museum has announced plans for a $5.3-million expansion of its main exhibition gallery.
The museum, located across from Winnipeg City Hall, says Alloway Hall will nearly double in size to more than 900 square metres.
The expansion will allow the museum to host "the biggest and best travelling exhibits from around the world," said museum executive director Claudette Leclerc.
Improvements to the gallery will also include heating and air conditioning upgrades, installation of terrazzo floors, new lighting and sound systems and new security cameras.
The province is contributing $3.8 million to the project, the federal government $1 million and the Winnipeg Foundation $500,000.
Most of the work will be completed by the end of 2016, the museum said.
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