WONDERING THROUGH HISTORY Eastern Manitoba Museum Tour Over 150 years of Awesome Manitoba History Anola and District Museum MUSEUM—located at 725 Weiser Crescent, Anola (across the highway from the Anola Community Club) m
[email protected] c 204-866-3599 G Anola & District Heritage Museum he Anola and District Museum is open 1-4 p.m. Sundays from May to October and includes Tthe original Anola Schoolhouse with a special display on one-room schools of the area, Millbrook Chapel, replica store, and Anola Blacksmith Shop. Step inside the Fire Hall to get a glimpse of Springfield’s first fire truck, or explore one of the municipal- ity’s oldest farmhouses. All buildings Pioneer washing machine, likely within this site contain artifacts from early 1900’s days gone by, including hand-written letters. Ever wonder how the laundry got done 100 years ago? For the domestic king or queen, or children you wish to inspire, come check out the “Lessons in Laundry” display, complete with tools used for clothes cleaning and stories that provide a snapshot of this familiar and import- ant household chore. ■ OPEN Sundays 1-4 pm May to October - 2 - Buffalo Point Cultural Centre MUSEUM— Buffalo Point First Nations w buffalopoint.ca m
[email protected] c 204-437-2133 mmerse yourself in the independent spirit of the First Nation Ojibway people at the tipi-shaped Cultural Centre in Buffalo Point. Chock-full of architecture, art, archival, and interpretive displays, this shrine Ito Indigeneous life holds the history of the area as far back as the 1700’s, when Chief Red Cloud and the Sioux inhabited the land before the Ojibwa arrived in the 1800’s.