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Artifact Feature – Parking Meter
Parking meters have been in use for almost a century; the first parking meters in the world were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1935. Canada’s first parking meters were…
Chinese History in Saskatchewan: Jow Tai, Yee Clun and the Exchange Café
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
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
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….
WDM SASKATOON RECEIVES FUNDING FROM COVID-19 RESILIENCE STREAM FOR WASHROOM UPGRADES
The WDM Saskatoon is thrilled to announce it has received funding from the federal and provincial governments, through the COVID-19 Resilience Stream, for upgrades to the public washrooms at the…
New Board of Directors Announced for the Western Development Museum
The Western Development Museum (WDM) is pleased to announce the members of the Board of Directors recently appointed by His Honour, The Honourable Russ Merasty, Lieutenant Governor. The WDM welcomes…
Spoons, spoons, so many spoons: a deep dive into an ordinary collection
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!
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
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
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…
