NEWS & EVENTS
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Come and explore the past with us. We’re saving it here for you!
The Melfort & District Museum collection focuses on the agricultural and social history of Melfort and area. We have many artifacts on display throughout our museum, in our main building, the Powerhouse and in our Pioneer Village buildings: the Bennett pioneer house, a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, a barber shop, Rothwell School, St. Paul’s Anglican Church, a general store with doctor’s and dentist’s offices, Beatty’s Real Estate office, South Melfort Post Office, an Exhibit Hall and a working sawmill.
We also have a large archive of photographs, documents, history books, record books and oral histories available for genealogical research.
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Our museum has a great summer program for children ages 7-12 years. TIME WARP runs three afternoons a week during July and August. We provide hands-on learning about our history and our heritage. Many volunteers help us to provide authentic learning experiences about pioneer life, such as soap making, weaving, farming, and schoolyard games.
In June of every year, we book School Tours and create hands-on learning experiences for the classes. We have Theme Boxes that school teachers may borrow to augment their curriculum in the areas of Pioneer Life, Agricultural History, and Aboriginal and Multi-Cultural Heritage. |
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| Museum Events: |
| Melfort & District Museum hosts many events throughout the year: we participate in Back-to-the-Fifties, Canada Day, Fair Parade and Fair Days, and Celebration of Christmas. We contribute to Communities in Bloom and we host a Family Picnic, Senior's Day, Volunteer Appreciation, Old-time dances, Heritage Fashion Show & Tea and Horseshoes League. We do demonstrations in the saw mill, grist mill and blacksmith shop, and we bake bread in our outdoor brick oven. |
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We are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from May until September.
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Monday to Friday, 9 am – 4 pm.
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| In the winter months, we have an Outreach Program in the Melfort Mall and post our winter hours. |
| Museum Admission: |
| We provide guided tours for everyone, whether individual or group or school tour. |
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Adult: $4.00
Student (over 12): $2.00
Child (under12): $1.00
Family: $10.00
Pre-schoolers: Free
School Tour: $1.00 per student |
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Gailmarie Anderson, Curator
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Street Address:
401 Melfort Street West
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Mailing Address:
Box 3248
Melfort, SK SOE 1A0
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Phone: (306) 752-5870
Fax: (306) 752-5556
Email: melfort.museum@sasktel.net
Website: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/melfort/default.htm |
