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Saskatchewan Women Seek and Find
Using clues explore the Galleries to find Saskatchewan women that have and continue to shape history in this province. Fill in the missing letters to complete their names and when…
Li’l Shadd Story Walk
Learn More about Dr. Alfred Shadd, the first person of African ancestry known to settle in what is now Saskatchewan, through our story walk. Move through the buildings of Boomtown…
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…
Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate Exhibit – Reflection Resource
Description Have you heard the expression “there’s always two sides to every story?” That is one of the ideas at the heart of the Wapaha Sk̄a Oyate: Living Our Culture,…
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…
Memory Mondays – Beaumont Collection Military Flight Training School
From 1940 until 1944, over 1200 students from Canada, New Zealand and Britain graduated from the Service Flying Training School in Moose Jaw as part of the British Commonwealth Air…
Telephone Seek and Find
Saskatchewan was a relatively early adopter of automatic telephone exchanges, with the first being opened in Saskatoon in 1907. We have many examples of telephones in Boomtown. Pick up your…
Memory Mondays – Beaumont Collection Moose Jaw Photos
For September’s #MemoryMondays, we’re sharing photos from the WDM’s Beaumont photo collection. Warrant Officer Frank Beaumont was stationed in Moose Jaw as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan…
