In our final blog about Susanna Dimsdale’s sampler, we will explore how other historical documents and sources can help provide insight about an artifact’s life. In addition to researching the object itself, we can use census records and archival documents to help place the sampler’s maker in
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Last time, we introduced Susanna Dimsdale’s beautiful but mysterious embroidery sampler, one of the oldest artifacts in the WDM’s 75,000+ artifact collection. In this blog series, we are examining archival, textual and material clues to determining when the sampler might have been made. The prov
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The textile collection in the Western Development Museum covers several centuries and has some rare pieces within its storerooms. One is a sampler made in England by a young 8-year-old girl named Susanna Dimsdale. This piece represents a British tradition, handed down for generations, of teaching yo
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As part of the Fundamentals of Horticulture course offered by the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, students developed landscaping plans for the Western Development Museum – Saskatoon to help beautify the grounds at the local historical institution. Each year students in the course are
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All Western Development Museum locations in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon and Yorkton are CLOSED to the public effective Tuesday, March 17 due to the Covid-19 virus. We have been monitoring the Covid-19 situation closely and the decision to close is in the best interest of our visitors, vol
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Western Development Museum locations in Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, North Battleford and Yorkton remain open with Covid-19 precautions in place. Our priority is the health of our visitors, volunteers and staff. We are monitoring the Covid-19 situation closely and decisions are being made on a day to day b
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Located on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and the Homeland of the Métis, the Western Development Museum (WDM) is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan. With a collection.more....
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