A glimpse into Great Sandhills Museum
By Joan Janzen
The Great Sandhills Museum and Interpretative Centre in Sceptre, Sask. holds a wealth of interesting treasures. Each classroom of the former school building contains a different theme. But before you enter the building, you can stroll along the board walk and check inside a church, village office, stable and refurbished house. Tucked in behind the buildings, are a wide assortment of antique farm implements.
Once inside the museum, you’ll find artifacts and murals depicting the First Nations peoples and sports memorabilia. A theatre room contains wooden theatre seats from Sceptre’s theatre, and a movie projector from Cabri, dating back to 1947.
Additional rooms in the museum depict Sceptre as an early pioneer village. These include a school room, railway station, chapel, dentist, livery and blacksmith shop, hospital, hair salon, library, store, and boarding house. Of course, the galvanized bathtub was filled each Saturday night, and the entire family used the same bath water starting with the youngest.
There’s a lot to see at the Great Sandhills Museum. It’s worth your while to drop in for a visit on your way to the Great Sandhills.
PHOTOS BY JOAN JANZEN, click for larger images
