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11/08/2024

📣The Millet Museum is hosting a fundraiser, and we're reaching out to the community for Silent Auction Donations! 📣

Every item helps us raise funds directly for our kids and senior programs, exhibits, and preservation work. 🎉 Plus, it’s a great way to showcase your business or talents to a local audience!

Do you have something special to contribute?
Head over to our website, or give us a call directly at (780) 387-5558

Thank you for supporting our community and our history!

11/07/2024

Millet Great War Veteran Pvt. William "Billy" Arrod Vanalstine.

The youngest son, and second youngest child, of Olive and Jacob Vanalstine. He enlisted in 1916 in Wetaskiwin, when he was only sixteen.
During the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, Vanalstine was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry, having been a messenger during the bombardment. It was because of this award that the army discovered the boy's true age, as it caused a senior officer to notice how young the boy looked.
His commanding officer had him transferred out of the trenches to the Young Soldiers Battalion (YSB) back in England noting he could come back when he turned eighteen. The Battalion was formed to protect underage boys that had made their way overseas, holding them in England until they could be sent home or turn eighteen. When his birthday came in October, he was not sent back overseas, as the November 11 Armistice ended the conflict. While millions of soldiers awaited their transfer home, the YSB were particularly known for being quite rowdy, and so that Battalion was promptly shipped home first.
In 1928, he married Winnifred Griffiths. They moved to British Columbia, where he died in 1972, aged 72 years.

11/06/2024

There is a few remaining spots left for the Tapestry Weaving Course! ✨🧶
Give us a call at the museum, (780) 387-5558 for any questions or to register! 😁

Send a message to learn more

11/04/2024

Did you know❓that following World War One, the "Next Of Kin Kits" were mailed out to the family of those who died in service. The kit contained any medals earned by the Soldier, as well as a Memorial Plaque (sometimes called a "Death Penny"), scroll and King’s message.

With nearly a million dead for the British Army alone, the Memorial Plaques are still commonly found today, while the fragile scrolls survive less often and are becoming rarer.
This "Next Of Kin Kit" was issued in 1919 for Driver William Albert Croston Rothwell, who died in August 1917, aged 23 years, and later donated to the Millet Museum.

11/01/2024

🎃 Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our Halloween event here at the Museum! 😁 It was a spooky-fun night, and huge shout out to Zoo2U for bringing all their critter friends!

10/31/2024

Throwback Thursday 📷🔙 🎃 & Happy Halloween!

This circa 1950s photo is borrowed from the Provincial Archives of Alberta photo collection, and shows the local kids of Little Smokey, Alberta in their Halloween costumes.

In the mid 1800s, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought Halloween celebrations to Alberta, with the act of dressing up becoming popular in the 1890s. In fact, the first recorded use of the term "trick or treat" was in the Lethbridge Herald in 1927 ! 🎃

This photo has been digitally colourized
From the Ruth and Leo Hamson fonds, A15910

10/29/2024

🌟 It's Trivia Tuesday! 🌟
Which Candy is Canadian? 🍬🇨🇦

10/28/2024

Did you know❓🦷 In our collection we have a small bottle of Rexall brand Toothache Drops, with the active ingredient Chloroform!

Typically used for many years as an anaesthetic and pain reliever, the use of it in medicines fell out of fashion in the 1950s. 🦷
This bottle specifically if from the mid 20th century, and was donated to the museum in the 1980s.

10/24/2024

Throwback Thursday 📷🔙
Little Stanley Scott helping his Grandmother, Mary Scott, with doing laundry outdoors. Early 1900s.
This photo has been digitally coloured.

10/23/2024

Have you heard? The Millet Museum is hosting our very own Tapestry Weaving Course! This beginner workshop will introduce you to the basics of tapestry weaving over three-four weeks. Relax, learn, and try something new - Yarn Included. 😉

📅 Date: November 9th, 16th, 30th
🕒 Time: 10am-12pm
📍 Location: Millet Museum! (5120 50th Street)
💲 Cost: $60 per person (includes all lessons and materials!)
Call the museum at (780) 387-5558 for any questions or to register! 😁

Send a message to learn more

10/22/2024

🌟 It's Trivia Tuesday! 🌟
Baseball has been a longstanding tradition within Millet for years, but what year was the Millet Baseball Club Founded?

10/21/2024

Did you know❓These glasses were donated to the museum in 1988, and are apart of the initiation portion of the fraternal group, The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). We do not know the specifics of what the goggles were used for, but they look pretty unique!

10/19/2024

📣 🧶 Calling all Crafters! Join us of our upcoming Tapestry Weaving Course! ✨🧶

This beginner workshop will introduce you to the basics of tapestry weaving over three-four weeks. Relax and learn about Soumak, Tabby weave, and other textural stitches to create your unique design. Get one Christmas gift out of the way! Relax and meet other crafters. Everything you need will be supplied; come and have a coffee and learn something new.

📅 Date: November 3rd, 16th, 30th
🕒 Time: 10am-12pm
📍 Location: Millet Museum! (5120 50th Street)
💲 Cost: $60 per person (includes all lessons and materials!)

Call the museum at (780) 387-5558 for any questions or to register! 😁

10/18/2024

10/17/2024

Throwback Thursday 📷🔙
A 1988 view of the outside of the museum! You can see in the background that Fresh Market and most of the trees are yet to be there.

10/15/2024

🌟 It's Trivia Tuesday!
What is the former name of Wizard Lake?

10/10/2024

Throwback Thursday 📷🔙
This photo is of Maxwell Browning's barn in Millet, but the photo is undated. Any ideas when this was taken? Help us out!

10/08/2024

🌟 It's Trivia Tuesday! Here's a blooming question for ya,
How many community flower beds are in Millet?🌸