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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Local - MB Museum 1919 strike exhibit opens celebrating its 100th anniversary. Dr. Roland Sawatzky, Curator of History at the Manitoba Museum, stands in a replica of the famous Strathcona restaurant which is part of the 1919 strike exhibit that opened Thursday celebrating its 100th anniversary. More info on the Stathcona Hotel and Restaurant: The Manitoba Museum was built in the late 1960s, on the site of the former Strathcona Hotel, built in 1905 on the south-east corner of Main St. and Rupert Ave. The Strathcona was also the scene of labour resistance during the 1919 Winnipeg Strike. See Alex Paul story. March 20, 2019