WDM News
 August
25, 2010 Moose Jaw - Hunter of the Prairie Sea
temporary exhibit
The Western Development Museum at Moose Jaw, in
partnership with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum is very excited to open a
new exhibit entitled
Hunter of the
Prairie Sea. The exhibit features a 10 metre-long
marine reptile called a tylosaur from the age of dinosaurs. It was
discovered along the south shore of Lake Diefenbaker in 1994. Read more
on the Moose Jaw WDM homepage or
download the
WDM
Media Release (PDF).
 August 23, 2010 ALL - FREE Teacher Information Nights
Planned for September
Find out first hand what the WDMs have for you and
your students. Staff will be on hand to explain how to access and use
our resources, what to expect from our programs, and give you some ideas
about how to prepare your students for their visit. Check out new
programs, like our 25 Discovery Boxes.
Dates:
Moose Jaw WDM - September 16,
2010
North Battleford WDM - September 22, 2010
Saskatoon WDM - September 21, 2010
Yorkton WDM - October 14, 2010
July 22, 2010 ALL -
Read all about the WDM in 2009-2010
This year's Annual Report features opening
ceremonies for WTPG exhibits and 60th Anniversary celebrations.
WDM Annual Report
2010 (PDF)
July 14, 2010 ALL -
Sparks Off The
Anvil July-August 2010 (PDF)
July 14, 2010 ALL -
WDM Saskatchewan
Trivia Homepage and
Trivia Contest
launched.
 June
29, 2010 All - Artifact
Articles by Collections Curator
Tractors, airplanes, steam engines, and more intriguing
artifacts from the WDM Collection will be highlighted in a series of articles by
Collections Curator, Ruth Bitner to be published online bi-weekly, beginning today. The first article will feature
Blowtorch, the mechanical horse.
June16, 2010 ALL -
Sparks Off The
Anvil June 2010 (PDF)
 June
10, 2010 ALL - WDM Calliope Starts Summer
Tour
The
WDM Calliope is a
Saskatchewan favourite. It regularly tours the province
during the summer months appearing in small towns and big
cities alike. This year it is scheduled to make stops
at:
June 5 - Town of Allan
100th Anniversary Parade
July 3 -
Town of Kenaston 100th Anniversary Parade
July 10 & 11 - Pion-Era -
Saskatoon
WDM
July 31 & Aug. 1 -
Threshermen’s Show & Seniors' Festival -
Yorkton WDM
August 10 -
Saskatoon Exhibition Parade 10:00 AM
August 16 -
North
Battleford North West Territorial Days Parade
June 1, 2010 ALL - Geocaching at the WDMs.
With assistance from Saskatchewan’s geocaching community, the WDM now
hosts geocaches within the vicinity of the four WDM branches and the
Curatorial Centre. The geocaches are hidden in and around the grounds of
the WDM. (more)
 May
7, 2010 ALL - Saskatchewan ABCs Classroom
Border available online.
From Agribition and Fishing to Kookum
and Zero Tillage, this ABC border adds colour and
Saskatchewan content to any classroom. Detailed explanations
are on the back of every letter.
Now available at the
WDM Online Store.
May
1, 2010 ALL - May is Museum Month!
All across Canada May is being celebrated
as Museum Month. May 18 is also
International Museum
Day which has been celebrated
around the world since 1977. Celebrate this year by visiting
one of our four museum locations. With
Winning the Prairie Gamble
exhibits now open at all four museums, there are plenty of
new Saskatchewan artifacts and stories to be discovered.
 April 22, 2010
Saskatoon - Wind Power at the Saskatoon WDM
Three turbines have been installed
outside the Saskatoon Western Development
Museum and a permanent indoor
companion exhibit sits ready to inform the public about the past,
present, and potential future of wind power in Saskatchewan. Read more
at Winds of Change.
April 14, 2010 ALL -
Sparks Off The
Anvil April - May 2010
(PDF)
April 10, 2010 Moose Jaw and Saskatoon -
WDMs Host Traveling Exhibits
Saskatoon WDM
April
9 - June 2:
The Vikings from the Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
Moose Jaw WDM
April
10-May 3:
Afghanistan 360°
from the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA)
April 9-July 31 -
If These Walls Could Talk from
the
Diefenbaker Centre, Saskatoon
March 16, 2010 ALL - WDM Wins Tourism Saskatchewan Marketing
Award
The Western Development Museum has been awarded
the 2010 Tourism
Saskatchewan Gil Carduner Marketing Award (Budget of over
$20,000). Awarded annually, the Award recognizes creative and
innovative marketing.
January 21, 2010 ALL -
Sparks Off The
Anvil January - March 2010 (PDF)
January 1, 2010 ALL- WDM Welcomes
New
Board members
As of December 2009, we welcome new Board members Jack Hay,
Don Fox, Kevin Kuruluk, Dean Redman, and Winston Elaschuk and extend
our gratitude to our past and returning Board members. Look for more
information about our Board here
and our past and current Board members in the
January-March edition of
Sparks Off the Anvil.
November
23, 2009 Moose Jaw -
Moose Jaw WDM Receives Funding.
The WDM Board of Directors and staff at the Moose
Jaw Western Development Museum extend their thanks to Canadian
Heritage. On November 12, 2009, Palliser Member of Parliament Ray
Boughen announced that the Moose Jaw WDM would receive funding from
the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund to aid in the installation of a lift
to the upper mezzanine in the Snowbirds Gallery. Read more in the
January-March edition of
Sparks Off the Anvil.
 November
20, 2009 ALL - WDM Gift Cards
Gift Cards loadable from $5 - $250 can be
purchased at all WDM locations. Gift Cards will be redeemable for
Gallery Admission, Gift Shop purchases, memberships, and at WDM Cafe's
(where available).
 (NEW)
November 9, 2009 All - WDM
Education Programs and Resources
New Site!
Get ready to be amazed! Saskatchewan may be many things - but
boring - it is not. And we can prove it! View our
SK
Resources
(including SK timeline), or check out our
Teacher's Section, with complete lesson plans and
programs for a variety of grades and subject areas.
July 20, 2009 Saskatoon -
Boomtown Wins WestJet Magazine Up! Value
Award
Value
Award winners are chosen by thousands of WestJet guests who turn to Up!
Magazine for vital destination information.
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