If you’ve been to the WDM Moose Jaw in the past year or so, you may have seen our 1914 Waterous Road Roller (WDM-1973-S-1080) on display. Before August 2017 you may have missed it, as it was in our Corporate Office being restored. Having been left on the hill outside the WDM Moose Jaw for …
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In late 2017, the WDM launched the Saskatchewan LGBTQ2+ History Collection with the goal of creating a permanent collection of objects that tell stories about LGBTQ2+ life in Saskatchewan. We are committed to preserving and sharing LGBTQ2+ history through this collection. The Saskatchewan LGBTQ2+ Hi
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In October of 1918, Spanish Flu broke out in Saskatchewan, carried home by soldiers returning from the First World War. By the end of 1918, nearly 4,000 people in Saskatchewan had died of the disease. The illness highlighted the disadvantages people living in rural areas faced in trying to obtain he
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The Blairmore Ring (WDM-2017-S-49) was donated to the Western Development Museum by the Saskatoon Airport Authority. Originally erected in 1965 in Saskatoon’s Rotary Park, the Blairmore Ring is an homage to Saskatchewan’s potash mining history. The ring is five meters in diameter and weighs more
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The responsibility for governing the WDM is held by our Board of Directors. There will be more about museums and governance in future blog posts. For now, governance is simply the process of decision-making and decision implementation. It is the way in which the Board of Directors exercises its auth
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The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church (artifact ID WDM-1973-NB-13900) at the WDM North Battleford dates to as early as 1909, when early Ukrainian settlers to the Hafford area of Saskatchewan pulled logs from Little Shell Lake to build the foundation of the church. Organized by Wasyl Pyskl
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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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