The Wetaskiwin & District Heritage Museum is developing an exhibit about fashion in Wetaskiwin and the surrounding area through the years, and we need your help! As with all our exhibits and displays, we want to tell this story from a local point of view and to do this we need you! What are some…

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The dawn of a new year may have come and went on the 1st of January, but the celebrations are yet to cease for those who observe the traditional Chinese calendar. This year Chinese New Year’s falls on February 5th, bringing families together to feast, watch fireworks, and exchange red paper envelopes as a symbol…

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Moving on into this week, the heritage museum would like to share with you judge Paul Adilman’s nameplate from his time serving at the provincial court here in Wetaskiwin. Adilman graduated from law school in Saskatoon in 1959. He moved to Wetaskiwin in 1961 to work with Fred McNaughton to start McNaughton Adilman and Siris…

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May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, so this week, we would like to share Wetaskiwin’s heritage with Asia through its sister city in Ashoro, Japan. The district of Ashoro is located on the island of Hokkaido, home to nearly 12,000 people. In July of 1986, the first adult delegation from Ashoro arrived in Alberta…

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The museum wants to share this miniature furniture from Ruby Heggerud (nee Asplan). She was significantly involved in the community along with her husband, Melvin. The couple would have Bruce Heggerud, who was generous enough to donate the items. Ruby and her husband Melvin were both born and raised in the Vang District (The Scandinavian…

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The Heritage Museum wants to make you a fresh cup of coffee with this coffee pot artifact. Keith and Dianne Rasmuson got this pot and other dishes fifty-one years ago. They bought the set of dishes from the Grocery & Hardware store when it was located near Wok & Roll Restaurant and thrift store. Together…

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Ring Ring! Incoming call from the latest artifact shared by the Heritage Museum. This was the last working Payphone in Wetaskiwin. Telus removed it from the hospital on June 16, 2022. With personal cell phones increasing in the developed world, the payphone demand has decreased. The decrease in orders started in early 2000.Public payphones have…

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The Heritage Museum would like to share this drawing of Fort Ethier. The artist is a one B Odell. This image was a part of Bob Vickerson’s collection of art. He believes it belongs to a series of drawings from the 1970s. Fort Ethier was constructed in 1885 by Major General Thomas Bland Strange, who…

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The Heritage Museum would like to share this carding bench we received recently. Emanuel Nelson made it in the 1930s for his mother, Ingeborg Nelson. It was then passed down to the donor’s mother, Bertha Blakely. A handful of wool was placed on the carder; the handle would then be pushed back and forth to…

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November has many essential and commemorative days, such as Remembrance Day on the 11th, Indigenous Veterans Day on the 8th, and National Child Day on the 20th. The federal government recognizes National Childs day to celebrate the rights of children. The 20th of November was chosen as the day because the United Nations Convention on…

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