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Digitizing Artifacts at the WDM
On October 4, 2023, a few WDM staff members spent a morning at the University of Saskatchewan’s Digital Research Centre to make high-resolution scans of 19 large posters from our…
Summers of Scanning and Finding Silences in the Archive: Part Two
The Western Development Museum (WDM) is pleased to be an institutional partner on the Building London with Canadian Resources: An Immersive History for Learning the Limits of the Earth’s Carrying…
Summers of Scanning and Finding Silences in the Archive: Part One
The Western Development Museum (WDM) is pleased to be an institutional partner on the Building London with Canadian Resources: An Immersive History for Learning the Limits of the Earth’s Carrying…
Yvonne Yuen Artifact Mystery
We need your help! This artifact was sewn and worn by Yvonne Yuen in the 1990s. Yvonne immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in 1975, opening a successful tailoring and…
Celebrating International Volunteer Day 2023 at the WDM: A Tribute to Our Volunteers
International Volunteer Day is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly and is celebrated on 5 December every year. [International Volunteer Day] is a day where volunteers are acknowledged and…
Memory Mondays – Can You Help Us Learn More?
For this December’s #MemoryMondays, we’re doing things a bit differently! The WDM’s Barton Collection of photos is a collection of around 1,000 photographs covering a period from the earliest part…
WDM Volunteer Engagement Manager Receives Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada Award
The Western Development Museum is thrilled to announce that Kristine Flynn, Volunteer Engagement Manager has been awarded a 2023 Exemplary Impact Award from Volunteer Management Professionals of Canada (VMPC). The…
Memory Mondays – Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing Our Community at Pion-Era, 1955 – 69 Revisited
Just over one year ago, the Western Development Museum and Whitecap Dakota Nation opened a co-curated partnership exhibit Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture, Sharing Our Community at Pion-Era, 1955…
WDM Receives Heritage Saskatchewan Awards
The Western Development Museum is honoured to announce the Introduction to Blacksmithing Course and the Heritage Presentations Series partnership with Seniors’ Centre Without Walls as recipients of 2023 Heritage Awards…
WDM North Battleford’s 60th Anniversary: A look back at the opening celebrations
60 years ago, on May 25, 1963, the WDM North Battleford opened in its present location on 60 acres of land at the junction of highways 5 and 40 (now…
