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Chinese History in Saskatchewan: Jow Tai, Yee Clun and the Exchange Café
July 12, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
This summer we’ll be sharing a series of blog posts on Chinese history in Saskatchewan with a focus on four individuals or families and their artifacts in the WDM. The…
Memory Mondays – Campfires
July 5, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Welcome to the new Memory Mondays! Instead of posting one photo every week we’ll share all the photos once a month on our blog and share it on Facebook. This…
Acknowledging Racial Inequities in our Shared Past – Whitecap Dakota Nation at Pion-Era and Beyond
June 21, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Today, to coincide with National Indigenous People’s Day and Indigenous History Month, we present a brief history of the Whitecap Dakota Nation’s relationships and contributions to the City of Saskatoon….
Spoons, spoons, so many spoons: a deep dive into an ordinary collection
March 10, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Have you ever explored our online database of artifacts? What kinds of artifacts would you search for? For fun, we recently searched the spoon collection at the WDM in our…
The Western Development Museum, Spirit Wrestler Productions, and University of Saskatchewan to receive Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive!
November 23, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
The Western Development Museum in partnership with Spirit Wrestlers Productions and the University of Saskatchewan is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence…
Time Changes Everything: Calculators
November 12, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Calculators are handy tools that today most people carry around in their pockets in the form of smartphones. However, there is a long history of tools to help people add…
Moving the “Brick Building” at the WDM North Battleford
October 27, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
This Fall the WDM North Battleford undertook a big move! For many years, a little brick building has sat at the west end of the Heritage Village. The building is…
WDM Medical History – Prosthetic Limbs in Saskatchewan
August 17, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Artificial limbs have been used for much of human history. The earliest known example of a prosthesis is a toe found on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. There are written records,…
Preservation Bias in Museums: Left-handers of the Past and Other Collection Conundrums
August 13, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
August 13 is International Lefthanders Day, a day to recognize people who use their left hands in daily life. In preparing for this day, we had planned to highlight one…
The Dangers of Old Taxidermy
July 27, 2020
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Many museums, including the WDM, have collections of old taxidermy. While it may not seem so at first, taxidermy from before 1960 can actually be dangerous. This is because of…
