Parking meters have been in use for almost a century; the first parking meters in the world were installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1935. Canada’s first parking meters were installed five years later in Sudbury, Ontario, and Saskatoon’s first parking meters were installed on July 17, 1950.
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This summer we’ll be sharing a series of blog posts on Chinese history in Saskatchewan with a focus on four individuals or families and their artifacts in the WDM. The first post is on Jow Tai, his business partner Yee Clun, and the Exchange Café in Regina. Early Chinese Immigration to Canada Lik
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Welcome to the new Memory Mondays! Instead of posting one photo every week we’ll share all the photos once a month on our blog and share it on Facebook. This will allow for a more cohesive experience by sharing all the photos of one theme in one place. Click on the photos to enlarge. Campfires &he
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Today, to coincide with National Indigenous People’s Day and Indigenous History Month, we present a brief history of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation’s relationships and contributions to the City of Saskatoon. Considering the important conversations occurring nationally surrounding the destruct
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The Western Development Museum (WDM) is pleased to announce the members of the Board of Directors recently appointed by His Honour, The Honourable Russ Merasty, Lieutenant Governor. The WDM welcomes five new members to the Board. Orlanda Drebit (Saskatoon) has been appointed Chair. Bernie Broughton
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Have you ever explored our online database of artifacts? What kinds of artifacts would you search for? For fun, we recently searched the spoon collection at the WDM in our database. Did you know if you type “spoon” into the database you get over 350 results! That is a whole lot of s
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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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