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…
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…
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…
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…
The Western Development Museum (WDM) is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan. With a collection of over 75,000 artifacts ranging from pins to locomotives and four locations in the province, the WDM shares the Saskatchewan story from the Treaties to the present day.
The WDM’s facilities are situated in Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and the Homeland of the Métis. The provincial boundaries for Saskatchewan also include Treaty 2, Treaty 5, Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 territories. Please visit WDM Reconciliation for more information.
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