Amazing museum for the history buff and transportation lover, which alone made me feel like the trip from Toronto was worth it! I didn’t know much going in and was expecting it to be your normal history museum with artefacts and explanations, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. Upon entering, you would see a meticulously re-created Western boomtown with two rows of shops/stores, each of a different type, almost all of which you could enter and explore. I was in awe at the intricacy of the design and layout of each store – they are brimming with period goods and yet so well organized. There is even a building where you could walk up to the second floor and explore its interior! (And the balcony has a great view of the boomtown exhibit.) There are also two rows of vehicles to add to the period feeling. I really felt like I was in a period movie, transported back in time.

If that isn’t enough to immerse yourself in, there is another amazingly designed and incredibly interactive exhibit that takes you through 19th and 20th-century Saskatchewan, an exhibit specifically on automobile development and innovations in the province, a fascination model train set (with an entire model town and surrounding landscape), an exhibition hall of farm machinery, and a locomotive where you could sit in the operator’s room…All in all, it was just an amazing visit. I spent 2.5 hours there and it felt rushed. I could have easily spent double that amount of time to take everything in.

I was also amazed at how sparse the museum was in terms of visitors, despite my visit being (coincidentally) on a free admission day. Truly, the city should conduct more promotions for this museum, and more people, locals and visitors alike, should go and visit!