September 11 featuring Max Fraser Join our elders and storytellers as they share tales about life in the Yukon on foot, with dogs and horses, planes, trains and automobiles – even their thoughts about the future. Stories of survival, romance, perseverance, and everyday life. Come and share yours and help us bring history alive.
Please join us for this Sept 11 screening of Never Happen Here: the Whitehorse 9/11 Story and hear, for the first time ever Al Lucier speak of his experience on the day. Allan Lucier is a retired RCMP office. On September 11, 2001 Allan was responsible for RCMP communications which extended from local updates to interactions with the…
1-4pm each day. Come and write songs with us about what’s on your mind and/or on transportation themes from our summer storytelling series. We want to get ideas from you and engage you, with the assistance of musicians, in helping to create songs. What is on the minds of our seniors and elders? Can we make…
We will provide some boxes - however you are encouraged to BYOB (bring your own box) - so there is one for everyone.
Alice started volunteering at the YTM in 2016 taking on the immense job of cataloguing/accessioning a very large collection of primarily WP&YR photographs and items she had donated to the museum earlier in the year. Her accessioning work includes using a scanner; several computer programs she was previously unfamiliar with, recording in depth information on…
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of SS Princess Sophia, which made headlines in 1918 as "the Northland's Greatest Disaster". Curator Angharad Wenz of the Dawson City Museum will give a talk on the travelling exhibit created by the Yukon Transportation Museum and the Dawson City Museum for the centennial anniversary.
Sorry we are sold out for this program. See full details here: https://goytm.ca/weemoves/ and to avoid disappointment, do sign up for our summer session of Wee Moves. Specific dates to be determined.
Brandon Isaak - An Intimate Acoustic Show at the YTM Join the YTM for an exclusive members-only show with Canadian blues legend Brandon Isaak. This intimate acoustic show is sure to impress. Brandon's affinity for the rawness and spontaneity of the blues is second to none. Matched with his firebrand style of guitar and incredibly…
Ice Palace Blues Dance Party at the Yukon Transportation Museum Join the Yukon Transportation Museum and SMRT POP UPS for a ruckus evening of blues fun and comedy at the Yukon Transportation Museum. Blues Legend and Yukoner Brandon Isaak returns to get you moving and grooving with his co Silver Screen Scoundrel Keith Picot…
Let’s Talk Energy – Electricity Generating Bike Try out this bike on most Sundays and Mondays at YTM between April 8th and May 14th. Specific Dates at YTM: April 8,9, 15,16,19,20, 22,23, 29,30 May 6,7, 13,14 What is it? The electricity-generating bike is from Rock the Bike, a San Francisco company. There is a generator…
We are your museum, come and review our past year and our future plans, and meet our board of directors. Light snacks and refreshments will be served after business has concluded. Members receive one vote. Memberships may be renewed at the AGM.
Let's celebrate the start of the busy summer season with a super fun Saturday! Visit the museum, see what's new, and meet our new summer crew! Admission by donation and we are open 10am-6pm. Meet John Faulkner's Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, it'll be sitting pretty in our compound. A Staggerwing is called that because…
