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Volunteer Highlight: Len McDonald
Len McDonald has seen a lot of Trans-Canada Highway 1 between Regina and Moose Jaw. He travels it as he goes from his home in Regina to the WDM Moose…
Volunteer Highlight: Women’s Auxiliary
Women’s Auxiliary The Women’s Auxiliary at the WDM Saskatoon got their start when the WDM Board asked for a women’s committee to be formed to help with household displays at…
Volunteer Highlight: Elaine and Louis Lahosky
Elaine and Louis Lahosky of Theodore became official WDM volunteers and members in the early 1980s. However, this wasn’t the first time they supported the WDM. They had been volunteering…
Volunteer Highlight: Linda and Randall Simpson
Linda Simpson was looking for something to do when she retired. She had a long list of projects to do at home that kept her busy but she was missing…
Volunteering Weaves Us Together
Since the WDM began in 1949, volunteers have been an integral part of what we do. Whether they are doing work in our galleries and outdoor spaces or helping behind…
Behind the Scenes: Assessing WDM Artifacts in Storage
Since 1949, the Western Development Museum has been collecting artifacts from across Saskatchewan, Canada and the world. Thousands of these artifacts are being used in exhibits at our four WDM…
Memory Mondays – Children at Play
April’s #MemoryMondays are all about children at play! From baseball to toy horses to wagons, take a look at different ways children kept themselves occupied in the past! A group…
Memory Mondays – Lewchuk Negatives
This month’s #MemoryMondays are highlighting photos from the WDM’s Lewchuk Negatives Collection. Visit the WDM Yorkton or CLICK HERE to learn more about Professor N.P. Lewchuk’s Travelling Midway. This image…
Behind the scenes of Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living our Culture, Sharing our Community at Pion-Era, 1955-1969 Part 3: Exhibit Panel Installation
We’re offering some behind-the-scenes videos of the building of the new exhibit at the WDM Saskatoon, co-curated with Whitecap Dakota First Nation, Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living our Culture, Sharing our…
Memory Mondays – Feeding Animals
Welcome to February’s #MemoryMondays. This month we’re featuring photos of children helping feed animals around the farm! Making sure the animals are fed is an important task, and one that…
