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Summer day camps connect Saskatchewan kids with our province’s rich history. Campers get ‘hands-on with history’, from doing old-fashioned farm chores to designing their own mini exhibits. Volunteers are key…

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Volunteers like Bill also work on a variety of engines from the WDM’s operating equipment collection, which are the machines used in demonstrations. When asked what his favourite thing to…

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It takes skilled and dedicated volunteers to maintain and run our operating equipment collection, including stationary engines like this one. Without them, visitors wouldn’t be able to experience the sights…

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Thanks to volunteers like Lorne and Hudson, this year’s Great Pumpkin Masquerade at the WDM North Battleford was a Halloween hit with local families.

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The Heritage Farm and Village at the WDM North Battleford comes alive at our History In Motion summer event thanks to volunteers like Allan parading early cars from our operating…

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Our talented blacksmith volunteers and interpreters, ‘spark’ interest and share the history of the trade in our province. Rob demonstrated for crowds of onlookers at History in Motion at the…

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Volunteers bring history to life by operating agricultural equipment like this hay rack and threshing machine at History in Motion at the WDM North Battleford.

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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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