The best way to describe it would be an indoor Main Street from Disneyland in Saskatoon, but you actually get to see educational displays instead of being forced to spend money in gift shops. the fully-furnished interiors are informative, the push-button operated conversations between fictitious characters are educational, and the displays inside the buildings are authentic. For the price, I really enjoyed my time inside.
There’s a gallery of old cars and trucks, but what I think a lot of visitors missed out on was the barn in the rear with all the hundred-year old farming equipment. It’s interesting to see how old tractors looked like mini steam locomotives; indeed, some of them were steam powered. Many physical features on modern tractors, like large rear wheels, a high cab, and long motors, still exist.
The museum is closer to being a provincial history museum than the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. The only topic missing is mining and natural resources, which the University of Saskatchewan’s geology museum covers in depth.
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