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The Olha School and McNarry house at the Prairie Mountain Museum.
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Peer into the past with a museum tour

The Shoal Lake-Strathclair area is ideal for a history-focused day trip

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If you are interested in exploring some of Manitoba’s museums, plan a trip to the Shoal Lake-Strathclair area. There are at least three in this area well worth a visit. The largest is the Prairie Mountain Regional Museum along Highway 16, about five kilometres east of Shoal Lake. Construction at the site began after 1997,
The entry gate of the Fort Dauphin Museum.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

From prehistory to pioneers, Fort Dauphin has it

Sightseeing: The displays at Fort Dauphin Museum span the historical spectrum

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Those interested in getting a peak into Manitoba’s past may find Fort Dauphin Museum worth a visit. The facility, which covers settlers in Manitoba’s Parkland and the Métis community, fur traders and the region’s earlier Aboriginal history spanning 8,000 years, is on the west side of Dauphin, not far from the Vermillion River. Why it
Pedal planes will occupy the youngest visitors to the museum.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

PHOTOS: Remember veterans with a visit to the Commonwealth Air Museum

Winston Churchill called the pilot training program Canada’s greatest contribution to the war effort

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If you’re looking for an activity to help recognize Remembrance Day, consider a visit to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum and RCAF WWII Memorial at McGill Field (Brandon Municipal Airport). This was the site of a training school for pilots and other aircraft crews of the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. It
The museum features buildings representative of several eras and a typical early Prairie town main street.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

A touch of history, close to home

Portage la Prairie’s Fort la Reine Museum gives a window to earlier times in the region

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With museums now beginning to reopen, I decided this was the time for a long-planned visit to the Fort la Reine Museum in Portage la Prairie. Although only half an hour away from my home, this was my first visit and I certainly recommend it for anyone interested in Manitoba’s history. Fort la Reine Museum,
The Dauphin Rail Museum has extended its hours this fall to celebrate the anniversary of the line’s arrival in the community.
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Dauphin Railway Museum celebrates 125 years of rail travel in community

The Gladstone to Dauphin line was completed in 1896 and later became part of the Canadian Northern Railway, then the CNR

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It’s 125 years since the railway arrived in Dauphin, an important historical event for the city. The Dauphin Rail Museum board has decided it is worthy of a celebration and a number of commemorative programs have been planned for this fall, with some already carried out. Historically, this section of railway had a different beginning
Garry Workman (right) with Paul Brennan at the Strathclair Old Iron Club’s threshing day.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

‘Walking tour’ preserves the Solsgirth of bygone days

As the village’s eldest resident, Garry Workman made himself its biographer

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“Straw hats and old dirty hankies, Mopping a face like a shoe, Thanks for the meal here’s a song that is real, From a kid from the city to you.” These words serve as the verse to Murray McLauchlan’s, “The Farmers Song.” Released in 1972, the song is a snapshot of the changing place of
Curator Lacey Winstone (l), puts beans in a Sunbeam Mixmaster/Attachment unit donated to Strathclair Museum by Jim and Shirley Dayton of Shoal Lake.
Country Crossroads, Other

Strathclair Museum welcomes generous donation

Collection of Sunbeam Mixmasters will live on, thanks to Jim and Shirley Dayton

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Jim and Shirley Dayton of Shoal Lake donated a unique collection to the Strathclair Museum this summer. You might think it has something to do with John Deere farm equipment, as the couple used to own a dealership in Newdale and later in Shoal Lake, but the collection involves Jim’s other passion — restoring Sunbeam
The St. Malo museum closed it's doors forever this spring, after the making of the film. The collections will be dispersed back to donors this month.
Country Crossroads, Local news

‘The End of Our Memories’ shows the challenges of small-town museums

Gimli-based filmmakers Andy Blicq’s and Huw Eirung’s half-hour documentary interviews 
volunteer proprietors of small-town museums about their struggles and successes

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A new film depicting the plight of small-town museums is a cautionary tale of what rural communities will lose if they’re closed, say museum advocates. These aren’t merely collections of curios, tools, books and other things donated by local pioneer families, says Monique Brandt, executive director of the Association of Manitoba Museums. They’re tangible connections
Retired dairy farmer Raymond Philippot displays his provincial award received for long years of service with the Manitoba Dairy Museum located in St. Claude.
Country Crossroads, Local news

St. Claude farmer recognized for his work creating the Manitoba Dairy Museum

Raymond Philippot is one of five Manitobans to receive an award this month 
from Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon for long service promoting history and heritage

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Years back, when talk began about setting up a museum in St. Claude, everyone was all for it, except no one knew where to start. It wasn’t just a matter of collecting old stuff. The provincial Culture and Heritage Branch urged them to try something different. Manitoba already had plenty of pioneer museums. “They said
Jessica McKague is assistant curator at Steinbach’s Mennonite Heritage Village Museum where the exhibit, Mennonite Food: Tastes in Transition, is on display until early 2016.
Country Crossroads

Steinbach museum reveals a global recipe swap

A new exhibit at Steinbach’s Mennonite Heritage Village Museum explores the impact of migration and other influences on Mennonite food

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Why do Mennonites eat watermelon and roll’kuaka? Where’d their recipe for varenikje come from? And what’s up with all that farmers’ sausage, anyways? A new food history exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Village Museum in Steinbach answers those questions and more. Typical Mennonite foods like kielke (egg noodles, schmauntfat (white cream gravy) and/or pereschtje (meat-filled

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