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Digital Museum Records: The WDM and the National Inventory Project
January 12, 2026
Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre
By Kaiti Hannah, Curatorial Associate Recordkeeping is a vital part of museum collections management. Before computer-based databases, keeping, updating and referring to artifact records meant manually sifting through files and…
Canada Strong Pass | Laissez-passer Un Canada fort
December 11, 2025
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Make the most of the holidays! From December 12, 2025 to January 15, 2026, enjoy free or discounted admission to the Western Development Museum as part of the Canada Strong…
Historical Research at the WDM
August 7, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre
As a human history museum, our research methods are rooted in best practices in traditional archival research, in new and emerging standards in community-engaged scholarship and in exciting advances in…
Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2025
April 25, 2025
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Over 475 people of all ages volunteered for the WDM last year, giving over 20,000 hours of their time. From working with artifacts to leading tours, each WDM volunteer’s contribution…
Taking Charge of Health – A Brief History of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Saskatchewan
February 24, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre
While working on our ongoing Fire Code Compliance Project, Arden, one of our volunteers, and I were busy inventorying another batch of artifacts. As we went through the items, we…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 3
February 3, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services CentreSaskatoon
Growing up, I loved looking through the Sears catalogue, especially around the Christmas holiday season. I made my wish list for the holidays, dreaming of the toys plastered on the…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 2
January 27, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services CentreSaskatoon
How often do you read the terms and conditions on a website when creating a user profile? If I am honest, I do not thoroughly read the terms; I scan…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 1
January 20, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services CentreSaskatoon
When was the last time you pulled out a phone book, a city directory, or an address book with a carefully curated list of friends and family phone numbers? Some…
Behind The Scenes in Collections Storage – Improving Artifact Storage
January 14, 2025
Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre
The Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre is embarking on a large-scale collections project to implement critical upgrades in artifact storage to meet fire code regulations. This work will ensure that…
Celebrating International Volunteer Day 2024: A Tribute to WDM Volunteers
December 4, 2024
Curatorial & Corporate Services CentreMoose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Over 450 people of all ages and from over 70 communities in Saskatchewan (and a few from beyond our borders!) volunteered for the WDM last year. From working with artifacts…
