Category: Summer

ovenstown original building
Museum, Summer

Tourists at the Museum

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

The 2023 season was jump-started on Canada Day when more than 90 people toured the Heritage Village. This past week has averaged 2 tours per day. In recent years, multiple daily tours often don’t happen until August, so we’re excited to see if this summer will average more visitors than usual. However, it will be really tough to beat the CMMM’s first season, which coincided with Saskatchewan Homecoming ’71. They counted 2,440 visitors from around the world!

Read Elizabeth McLain’s account in the November 11, 1971 edition of the Highway 40 Courier:

~ Debbie M.

canada day red and white
Events, Museum, Summer

Canada Day Brief

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

A GREAT SUCCESS!

July 1, 2023 was the CMMM’s first Canada Day Open House in years, and it was great fun. It coincided with the Town of Cut Knife’s Canada Day celebrations, and Tomahawk Park was buzzing with people, bouncy castles, quilts, and a horse-drawn wagon. More than 90 registered visitors wandered through the CMMM heritage buildings with Board members, Staff, and Volunteers onsite to assist.

Guests were treated to an outdoor Quilt Walk along the walking path between the Duvall House and the Friends of Tomahawk Park bricks. Terri Paziuk, a former CMMM Board member and the organizer of the event, brought together more than 30 quilts from owners and creators in the Cut Knife area, and almost 2 dozen smaller pieces of textile art displayed in the Duvall House. Thankfully, the rain held off until early evening after the quilts had been packed up.

Registered visitors to the Canada Day Open House came from as far away as Colorado, USA, Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario; in Saskatchewan from Fort Qu’appelle, Grandora, Medstead, Saskatoon, and Yorkton; the neighbouring communities of Little Pine First Nation, Neilburg, Poundmaker Cree Nation, Sweetgrass First Nation, Unity, and Wilkie, and local residents of the Town and R.M. of Cut Knife (plus maybe a few from locations missed in the Visitors’ Book).

Remember: Coffee at the Duvall House Wednesdays from 2-4pm.

Enjoy your summer!

~ Debbie M.

Events, Fundraiser, Museum, Summer

Coffee at the Museum 2023

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2023
Running Wednesdays from 2-4pm

WHEN: Wednesdays from 2 – 4pm
WHERE: In the Living / Dining Rooms of the Duvall House at the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum
COST: By donation

duvall house
Duvall House

A donation of any amount is greatly appreciated. It all adds up and supports initiatives at the Museum. So, stop by for a coffee; bring a friend, and enjoy the old time ambiance of an years gone by.

~ Debbie M.

RCMP red serge jacket
Archives, Museum, Summer

Seeking Photos for Exhibit

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

In preparation for the CMMM’s 2023 summer season, Lucille is putting together a 150 year RCMP commemorative exhibit. She is requesting photos of former, or present, Cut Knife and area RCMP members.

Please send scanned photo(s) along with name(s), years of service and location(s) to ckmuseum@gmail.com. Thank you for your help.

Currently on display in the Cut Knife Library is RCMP 150: The Red Serge.

ovenstown original museum building
Board, Museum, Summer

Mission Accomplished

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

ALL SET FOR THE SUMMER STAFF

Spring cleaning 2023 is done! We had a crew of 7 Board members and community members, and did we ever make short work of it. Sweeping, mopping, dusting, shining – and removing mouse traps with prey in various states of decay… In any case, the buildings are all set for our summer staff to take over. We’re excited about Donna and Owen joining us this season, but we’ll introduce them to you a bit later.

We were so focused on getting through the buildings that I almost forgot to take photos until the very end. I was lucky to catch Colton finishing the mopping, and Lisa in the freight shed, but at the beginning, I found this gem in the Station house:

vintage autobridge training board
Autobridge: Learn to play bridge or improve your game.
mopping up and dusting
Colton mopping; Lisa dusting signage and artifacts.

Many thanks to Jean, Donna, Paul, Lisa & Hunter, Chris, and Colton for their hard work.

~ Debbie M.