Allan Community Heritage Society and Museum

Allan Community Heritage Society and Museum Seasonal Museum open early June- mid September. Displays change every year thanks to 230+ families who lend items each year including over 3000 local photos!

We are a lending museum - our displays change every season, based on our themes! We have the capability of conducting research for family trees, Allan history, etc. We would like to acknowledge SaskCulture & Sask Lotteries for their financial assistance in our Museum activities.

Congrats to Grattan O'Grady, winner #11 in the May Lottery!
05/30/2026

Congrats to Grattan O'Grady, winner #11 in the May Lottery!

Viktor Fast, congratulations! You are lucky draw #10 in the Allan Museum's May Lottery!
05/28/2026

Viktor Fast, congratulations! You are lucky draw #10 in the Allan Museum's May Lottery!

Congrats to Val Anderson, winner #9 in the May Lottery! 😁
05/25/2026

Congrats to Val Anderson, winner #9 in the May Lottery! 😁

This little toy train from the 1950s can teach us a lot about the method of printmaking known as lithography! 🚂😁This met...
05/25/2026

This little toy train from the 1950s can teach us a lot about the method of printmaking known as lithography! 🚂😁

This method of printmaking is done on a flat surface, as opposed to engraved or raised surfaces such as in intaglio or relief prints. This is evidenced by the smooth surface of the toy train. The process was invented in 1796 by author and actor Alois Senefelder, and was most often used for musical scores and maps. It was done by drawing the image which one wished to be printed with a greasy substance (like oil, fat or wax) onto a smooth, flat limestone plate which was then treated with a mixture of weak acid and gum arabic. This made the portion of the plate which had not been drawn on, and hence not protected by a greasy surface, more hydrophilic (water attracting.) The stone was moistened and the water only adhered to the hydrophilic portion of the stone, making it more oil-repellent. An oil-based ink was then applied, which would only stick to the image which was drawn on. The ink would then be transferred to a blank sheet of paper, producing the final printed image.

However, this train is clearly more modern and therefore the method used for its printing was modified for mass production. While fine artists continued to pursue the limestone method, commercial lithography needed to pick up speed. The image to be printed would have been transferred onto a polymer coated and flexible metal or plastic plate (likely created in a photographic process). The printing process could then be fully automated by transferring the ink from the plate to the printing surface indirectly by means of a rubber plate or cylinder, a referred to as ‘off-set lithography.’ This is the form of printing most often used today for books and magazines, especially if they are illustrated in colour.

Vickie Jensen, congratulations! You are lucky draw #8 in the Allan Museum's May Lottery!🥳
05/22/2026

Vickie Jensen, congratulations! You are lucky draw #8 in the Allan Museum's May Lottery!
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Congrats to Francis Carpenter, winner #7 in the May Lottery! 😊
05/22/2026

Congrats to Francis Carpenter, winner #7 in the May Lottery! 😊

This is a glass Drewry’s Dry Ginger ale bottle from the 1930’s!🍾Drewry’s originated in Winnipeg where it was known as ‘D...
05/19/2026

This is a glass Drewry’s Dry Ginger ale bottle from the 1930’s!🍾

Drewry’s originated in Winnipeg where it was known as ‘Drewry’s Lake of the Woods Brewery,’ named after its founder, Edward Lancaster (E.L) Drewry. Drewry’s beer garnered a lot of popularity across Western Canada, particularly because of E.L Drewry’s “buy local” mentality which the local communities greatly respected. E.L Drewry served as city councilor from 1886 to 1889, was the director for several environmental efforts including planting elm trees around the city, and he was also a notable member of the Winnipeg General Hospital Board from 1900 until the time of his death in 1940, at which point he had been named honorary president of the board.

Shortly after alcohol prohibition ended, E.L drewry purchased the Sterling Brewers of Evansville Indiana, in 1936. The first case of Drewry’s ale produced from this facility was shipped to President Franklin D. Roosevelt because of his involvement in repealing prohibition. E.L made the decision to purchase Muessel Brewing Company in South Bend, equipment was upgraded and the production of Muessel beer ceased entirely. The original facility in Winnipeg was closed in 1940 and sold to the Great Western Brewing Company, originally headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan!

Congrats to Edward Singer, draw #6 in the May Lottery!
05/19/2026

Congrats to Edward Singer, draw #6 in the May Lottery!

Congratulations, Belinda Riehl-Fitzsimmons, draw #5 in this years May lottery! 🥳 Enjoy your prize!
05/17/2026

Congratulations, Belinda Riehl-Fitzsimmons, draw #5 in this years May lottery! 🥳 Enjoy your prize!

Congratulations to the next May Lottery winner, Aihua Yang! 🥳
05/12/2026

Congratulations to the next May Lottery winner, Aihua Yang! 🥳

Address

326 Main Street
Allan, SK
S0K0C0

Opening Hours

Tuesday 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 1pm - 8pm
Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Friday 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

Telephone

13062573511

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