Western Development Museum Stories
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Mapping Saskatoon: Riversdale and Chinese Laundries
May 26, 2026
Curatorial & Corporate Services CentreSaskatoon
By Shannon Putnam, former WDM Curatorial Intern (Western), Harris Ford, PhD Candidate History (USask) and Dr. Elizabeth Scott, Chief Curator – Director of Collections & Research Introduction As part of…
Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2026
April 25, 2026
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
National Volunteer Week takes place April 19– 25, and this year’s theme — celebrating the ways people in Canada have ignited volunteerism in their communities — offers a meaningful opportunity…
Celebrating 50 Years at the WDM Moose Jaw
March 5, 2026
Moose Jaw
By Kaiti Hannah, Curatorial Associate On June 26, 1976, the WDM Moose Jaw officially opened to the public in a ceremony officiated by Premier Allan Blakeney. The construction grant had been approved…
TeleMiracle 50: An Iconic Saskatchewan Fundraiser
February 18, 2026
Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre
By Kaiti Hannah, Curatorial Associate Since their first event in 1977, the TeleMiracle Telethon has grown into an iconic fundraiser for people in Saskatchewan. Over its first 49 years, TeleMiracle has raised $165,034,652 to help…
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…
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…
