The fall meeting of the North West Museum Association was held at Unity Museum Oct. 13. The meeting was held in the Adanac Hall on the museum grounds.
The building was moved 11 kilometres from the village of Adanac in 2003. It is a two-storey building and has a modern kitchen, bathrooms and storage that were added after it was moved.
It has become a source of income as it is rented for meetings, showers and family gatherings and every Sunday from May to November, Sunday brunch is served by museum volunteers.
Jim Sego was at the registration table and coffee and muffins were available for all who had travelled great distances. Museum volunteers came from Spiritwood, Goodsoil, Frenchman Butte, Loon Lake, Meadow Lake, St. Walburg, Lashburn, Maidstone, Cut Knife, Bresaylor, Wilkie and Unity. Museums Association of Saskatchewan sent three delegates from Regina.
The meeting was brought to order by chairperson Laura Heilman of Wilkie and son Phil took the minutes. Greetings came from Unity president Pat Uzelman and from the deputy mayor of Unity Brian Van der Linde.
A guided tour of the museum commenced, followed by an interesting railroad presentation by Cailen Bethel Von Rempelle.
The business meeting started with each person present introducing themselves and stating which museum they were from. At 2 p.m. visitors were divided into three groups each with a topic to discuss — school tours, fundraising and enticing volunteers. A report from each group was given.
A presentation from MAS followed.
Date for the spring meeting is May 4 at Goodsoil. An interesting and informative meeting came to a close at 4 p.m. allowing visitors to get home before dark.
