 This museum is defined by the historical interpretation of the Tall Grass Prairie of the Winnipeg Region.The museum has an interpretative centre with displays on prairie history and ecology as well as an interactive art installation titled "lost_landscape" by Winnipeg artist Collin Zipp.The City of St. James-Assiniboia set aside set aside of virgin land untouched by urban development in Assiniboia, Manitoba, a suburb of Winnipeg to create the Living Prairie Museum in 1970.