Wilkie Museum ready for another year of activity

By Phil Heilman
Wilkie Museum

The Wilkie & District Museum is in full swing for the 2026 tourism season.

"The snow slowed us down, but it meant we could get some much-needed indoor chores done," said Secretary Phil Heilman. This included adding to and moving around some exhibits, and some indoor maintenance. Of note, there is a new display with items and photos from the former Wilkie Kinsmen group, and some interesting reads connecting the current generation of music and movies to the 'Silent' era of movies. See if you can spot them all!

The Hometown Raffle is also back, with a twist. The first prize is an Echo combo starter kit with trimmer attachment and blower attachment, great for clearing out around the fence posts in the barn yard or cleaning out the garage after the cows made you go for a run in the mud. Fab-All Welding was gracious enough to provide the museum with the Echo Pro Attachment set and donate it with help from members of the board.

The second prize is a set of medium and large "Saskatchewan 1905" T-shirts, two 10oz thermal mugs with "Blame the Friggin Cows" on each mug (for the drink of your choosing after putting them in for the 87th time!), and a rain gauge with a vintage John Deere tractor as a silhouette in the background. All these items were picked up from Pinetree Innovations (based out of Saskatoon) and donated by members of the board.

Tickets are $10 each, and are available in Wilkie, Scott, Kelfield, Landis and Ruthilda. The raffle runs until July 1st, with the draw taking place during the Canada Day celebrations.

The Museum also has things in motion for the 3rd Annual Show 'N' Shine on June 13th, with a slight venue change. Instead of being held on the Museum grounds, it's been moved to the Homestead Bar/Touch & Taste Restaurant parking lot, with Main Street being blocked off as well.

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