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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Book Now Description Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12 students will learn what ice cream is made of and how it was made before electricity was widely available. Students will learn the…
Book Now Description During this two-hour program, WDM volunteers and staff will bring the Museum alive, inside and out, with demonstrations, interpretations, displays and activities. Students, accompanied by a chaperone/teacher,…
Description Smarter Science Better Buildings is a 2-hour, hands-on program. Students explore the concepts of heat and temperature through the practical application of making our homes more energy efficient. Students…
Book Now Description One Room, Many Lessons builds critical thinking and analytical skills by inviting students to identify key characteristics of their classroom or school and then compare them with…
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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