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Biggar Museum & Gallery
105 - 3rd Ave. West
P.O. Box 400
Biggar, Sask S0K 0M0
Ph:: 1.306.948.3451
Fax: 1.306.948.3478
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About Us
The Biggar Museum and Gallery was established and continues to be a transparent depository/gallery permitting the sharing of stories, artifacts, culture and the story of Biggar and its surrounding area. The museum is the cultural foundation to which our citizens can build, share and learn from others.
The Biggar Museum and Gallery exists for the purpose of collecting, preserving, studying, interpreting, and exhibiting, to the public for its instruction and enjoyment, objects and specimens of educational and cultural value, including artistic, scientific, historical, and technological material.
These articles must pertain to the Biggar area belonging to the period of history thirty years prior to date of donation, however, artifacts or displays that are determined vital to the Biggar area, regardless of age, may also be considered.
In order to insure proper management and consistent application of the museum’s collection, policies have been developed by the Board of Directors based on the museums mission and vision statements and in accordance with the Non-profit Corporations Act Saskatchewan By-Laws. Procedures for all aspects of collections management are followed as outlined in the collections Management Handbook developed by the Biggar Museum & Gallery in accordance with the Museums Association of Saskatchewan Standards Document and/or the SHIN Collections Documentation Manual.
The Biggar Museum collects artifacts relevant to the area that provide valuable history to tell the story of our community.
Our collection relates to the story of the area starting with Fossilized Plesiosaur bones, native artifacts, The Earl of Southesk story, Halfway House/ 60 Mile Outpost diorama, Agricultural Equipment Models, General Store depiction and a Railway station representing the arrival of the Grand Trunk Railway, featuring the callboards used from the 1909 opening to the summer of 1986. Of particular appeal is the theatre replica of Biggar’s own Majestic Theatre established in 1910 complete with the restored player piano from this location. Several murals, one portraying the evolution of elevators in and around Biggar, Biggar’s War Effort/ Legion mural, Plesiosaur Mural, Ku Klux Klan mural and painting and the “Whirlwind of Time” mural add a pleasant setting for the stories behind the artifacts. To complete the “Biggar” story we boast Biggar’s Cultural Mosaic 1911, Lee Wong Chong’s Chinese Laundry, Homestead dolls, and of course the “pride of Biggar” – the Sandra Schmirler story is depicted with all of her curling belongings and trophies. “The Hanson Buck” also lays claim to an exhibit within our reading room. Each exhibit “houses” the collection related to that story.
This year our exhibit workers have devoted time to updating many of the exhibits for our visitor’s pleasure. The war memorial exhibit boosts a new mural and change of display. Additional documentation has been added to the Hanson Buck exhibit. Remodelling of the reading room includes the addition of a work desk and new storage cabinet plus new binders for pictures and data making the new library an efficient work space for researchers. New heritage pages add more stories of Biggar and area families, clubs, churches and businesses. A new sign has been erected in the General Store exhibit. A painting donated by Viterra and large panel explaining the pros and cons of agricultural changes enhance the agriculture exhibit. Pictures of “the life in Biggar and District through the years” play in our theatre exhibit. Each year additions and changes are made to the exhibits to complete the “Biggar” story and continues to make our exhibits a rich source of entertainment, enjoyment and education.
 
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