Western Development Museum

The Saskatoon Museum is frankly sensational because it allows us to travel back to 1910, an extremely active period in Saskatchewan history. Back then, it was easy to see that the Canadian prairies would become a destination of choice for European immigration and Canadian economic expansion. The railroad and the establishment of towns and villages called upon to supply the whole world with cereal crops held out dreams of prosperity. Hence the interest in visiting "Boomtoom," the reconstruction of a typical main street of the time in an interior museum environment, accessible all year round. The Western Development Museum (WDM) is Saskatchewan's largest human history museum. With over 75,000 artifacts ranging from pins to locomotives and four locations across the province, the WDM shares Saskatchewan's history from early settlement to today. Each museum location focuses on different aspects of Saskatchewan history – transportation in Moose Jaw, agricultural and rural life in North Battleford, Boomtown in 1910 and innovation in Saskatoon, and immigration stories in Yorkton.