(Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW staff)

By Angie Rolheiser

Museum events

Melfort and District Museum hosting antique wheels show, Wednesday barbecues returning

Jul 20, 2021 | 2:00 PM

Antique vehicles will be on display this Saturday at the Melfort and District Museum.

Curator Gail Marie Anderson told northeastNOW they are calling it an antique wheels show rather than a car show.

“We want anything on wheels so a car, truck, motorcycle, tractor, you name it,” Anderson said. “Any vehicle that is 1990 or older are welcome.”

Those registering a vehicle can use the front gate of the museum grounds on Melfort St., while the public is being asked to park at the fair grounds and enter at the south gate. Registration is $10 per vehicle and admission for the public is $2 a person or $5 for a family.

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The show runs from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and a barbecue lunch is being served at noon.

All of the buildings on the museum grounds will be open for touring during the show, including the Indigenous people’s and archaeology building that was unveiled last month.

Regular tours are also available throughout the summer with the last tour leaving at 3 p.m.

“We start closing up after 4 p.m., so although the museum is open from nine to five, the last tour needs to leave by 3 p.m.,” Anderson said.

The Museum is currently running their children’s time warp program on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and do have some openings in the program in August. The program includes games, crafts, and activities geared towards the pioneer life, history, and culture in Melfort.

With the lifting of restrictions, the long standing tradition of community barbecues are returning on Wednesday evenings as well. The barbecues typically begin in June and acts as the kick-off to summer hours and programming at the museum.

“The first one will be on July 28 and then we will do them every Wednesday in August,” Anderson said.

Prior to the pandemic, the event’s would serve anywhere from 50 to 90 people each week.

The community barbecues will get underway at 5 p.m. Details on pricing will be available closer to the day.

The ‘thanks for the planks’ campaign continues as the museum looks to replace planks on the boardwalk surrounding the pioneer village.

(Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW staff)

Call Anderson and her staff at the museum to make a donation and be added to the donor wall, or stop in for a visit.

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