Training
CoursesYorkton WDM - Story of People
The Yorkton WDM chronicles the stories of immigrants to Saskatchewan. From a Ukrainian kitchen to an American bedroom, from the steam traction engine to the Morris Rod-Weeder, exciting exhibits will help you gain insight into the undaunted spirit of the people who came to this land.
Click the image below for a virtual tour of our Local
History exhibit.
Look around our website more virtual exhibit
tours.
Features:
Time Square exhibit and play area
for kids- In a Prairie Attic exhibit
- Winning the Prairie Gamble exhibit
- Curriculum based education programs
- and much, much more!
News:
All the latest about the Yorkton WDM.
International Museum Day - May 18
Since
1977, ICOM, the International Council of Museums has organized
International Museum Day to call attention to the importance of museums
to the fabric of societies around the world.
Apparently the WDM once had an even longer name! In a May 12, 1949
article “Giants Bossed The Frontiers” by W.J. Bradley in The Western
Producer, pictures are identified as having been taken at the Western
Canadian Development Museum in North Battleford.
I love the WDM! - Katelynn, student from Kamsack, at the
Yorkton WDM, November 2012
What does the WDM mean to you? Tell us on Facebook or Twitter.
Saskatchewan Fashion Week 2013:
Fashions by Phyllis Baker Online Exhibit
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See
selected designs from Phyllis Baker’s Just Looking...Thank You
exhibit of art clothing that toured the province in the 1990s along
with the sketches she worked from.
See Fashions by Phyllis
Baker -->
Saskatchewan Fashion Week 2013:
Fashion in the 1920s
The
devastating loss of eight million men in the First World War had a
significant impact on the 1920s. With so many young men killed, youth
was at a premium.
See 1920s dresses from
the
WDM Collection -->
Five Milestones that Changed the Way We Use the Telephone
How
we make local telephone calls in SK will change this week with the
introduction of 10-digit dialing and a new area code (639). It isn’t
the first time that the way we make telephone calls has changed.
Check out Five Saskatchewan
telephone milestones -->
Three Cheers for our Museum Volunteers!
Where
do more than 1200 people give more than 65,000 hours of time and talent?
Each year at the four WDMs in Saskatchewan, that's where.
Volunteers saw and hammer, cut and stitch, churn and cream, gas up and
steam up, tap a telegraph key or tune a shortwave radio, and share their
love of Saskatchewan history with Museum visitors.
Three cheers for our Museum volunteers. You share your heritage hearts
proudly. Where would the WDM be without you?
Find out more about volunteer opportunities at the WDM -->
Read our Volunteer Week Media Release -->
Sparks Off the Anvil April-May 2013
Check
out this edition of Sparks to hear from
Executive Director Joan Champ and discover all of the great upcoming
events at all four WDMs.
Read
Sparks Off the Anvil
(PDF)
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Western Development Museum to Reopen Mondays
Effective April 1, 2013, the Western Development Museum’s (WDM) four exhibit locations in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon, and Yorkton will reopen on Mondays throughout the year, with the exception of January, February and March.
Click to read Media Release
