Jane’s Journals

These are journal posts from the perspective of Jane, a mannequin who sits and observes our museum!

Written by 2024 Summer Student, Maddy Birns.

  • Remembering – Collections Diaries #5

    Remembrance Day is all about acknowledging and honouring the sacrifices of those who have fought for Canada. As such, I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a bit about wartime in Saskatchewan and highlight some of the military items within our museum collection. A majority of the military related items that we…

  • The Great Kronau Bake Off* – Collections Diaries #4

    *I say bake off – I’m really just competing against myself haha, we’re not that exciting! Since getting access to the Sask Collections site through the Museum Association of Saskatchewan, I’ve been hard at work in the archive documenting our collection. Recently I unearthed a box filled with old recipe books! As New Grown Ups™…

  • We’re Grand and We’re Open!* – Collections Diaries #3

    Every once in a while, I get to leave my archive and venture out into the daylight and this weekend presented me with one of those occasions! On Sunday (the 22nd) the museum celebrated the grand opening of the Saar School building, a project which has been years in the making. Having only joined the…