Yukon Transportation Museum

Ice Palace Blues Dance Party
2018-04-20 18:45 - 22:00 UTC
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 and special guest Lonnie Powell.

Dust off your dance moves with a blues dance lesson
Take in the slapstick humour of the Silver Screen Scoundrels as they perform live to silent films
Enjoy a tasty treat from Sourdoughnuts Pop up Shop
Give us your best blues looks in the photo booth
Complete the museum scavenger hunt for a chance to win prizes
Sip on tasty custom lemon sucker cocktails with Freepour Jenny’s famous Yukon bitters

Doors at 6:45
Blues Lesson: 7:00 PM
Show Starts 7:45 PM
$25 for YTM members $35 for non-members
Tickets available here.
Do YOU remember the Ice Palace?

Brandon Isaak Acoustic
2018-04-19 18:30 - 21:00
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 stirring vocals – this is a show not to be missed.
Bring a guest, tour the new museum exhibits and relax into an evening of legendary acoustic blues.
Only 50 tickets available for this exclusive show. Book your seats soon.

DETAILS
Thursday April 19, 2018
Yukon Transportation Museum – 30 Electra Crescent
Doors at 6:30
Show Starts 7:00 PM
$35 for members and their guests
Tickets available here.

Electricity Generating Bike
2018-04-16 12:00, 2018-04-15 12:00, 2018-04-09 12:00, 2018-04-08 12:00 | Yukon Transportation Museum, 30 Electra Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 0M7, Canada
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 in the front tire that generates electricity with each rotation. Electricity flows from the tire to the power box (small wooden box), and then controls how much energy will go up into the LED light tower.

How does the generator work?
When you pedal the bike, the energy generated in the wheel flows into the capacitors. Capacitors hold the energy generated, and are quick to charge and discharge. After the energy charges the capacitors, the energy is transferred to the inverter which converts the current from direct current to alternating current that can be used to power most electronics.

What does the power box do?
The bike is attached to the power box, which contains a series of capacitors and an inverter, which allows us to plug common items into the box and power them with the energy produced by the bike. It also helps to make sure that power surges (up to 1500 watts) are regulated.
How much power am I generating?
This depends on the setting you have the Power Box on. The easiest setting is 200W, up to 600W for the hardest setting on the other side. For younger students, we usually keep it closer to the easiest setting. Most adults we put it at the middle, and more athletic we put close to the hardest.
Adjusting the knob on the power box will change the amount of power generated. Note however, that we’ve found the adjustment knob is opposite of what it says.

(from Rock the Bike’s website: https://rockthebike.com/how-many-people-will-it-take-to-power-my-laptop-and-projector-or-any-device/ )
What do the lights tell us?
The resistance of the bike will feel different when you pedal at the various difficulty settings. When you are at the easiest, all of the LED lights will go on, and then do a series of flashes a few times until the halogens at the top are turned on. In the harder settings, when you have enough power the halogens at the top simply start flashing.
Flashing LEDS mean that you are losing power. A stable lit-up panel means you are staying about the same. The LEDs do not take up a lot of electricity. It is the halogen lights at the top that are big consumers. We usually explain to students that around halfway they’ve stored enough for a modern LED TV, closer to the top they would have enough for a video game console, but not necessarily the TV as well. This also varies depending on what setting the bike is generating power.
Adjusting the knob on the power box will change the amount of power generated.

Other Information:
-Visit Let’s Talk Energy’s website for games, resources, and an Energy 101 series: https://energy.techno-science.ca/en/educational-resources.php
-A TED talk featuring the founder of Rock the Bike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbgyKKMAFyw
-More information on some of the peripherals:
ttps://rockthebike.com/how-many-people-will-it-take-to-power-my-laptop-and-projector-or-any-device/

Donna's Coffee Klatch
2018-04-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-04-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-04-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-02-25 14:00 - 16:00 and 3 more dates | Yukon Transportation Museum, 30 Electra Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 0M7, Canada
Chat, share and learn.
Make new friends, and keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold.
Tea, coffee, bannock and a good time provided.A different transportation theme will be explored each week.
Sundays 2-4pm in the Main Gallery. Regular admission applies, but members always receive complementary admission.

Upcoming!
Anchorage Earthquake
Aviation
Bad Judgements With Child – Oops!
Buildings
Busts around Whitehorse
Camp Takhini
Clay Bluffs
Fire Events
Gold Dredges
Gold Mining
Haines Junction 2004 Heli
History of Atlin
History of Braeburn Lodge
History of Carcross
History of Teslin
Hunting
Jaycees and Jaycettes
Museums
Old Crow
Paranormal
People
Sourdough Rendezvous
Sourdough Thermometer
Sourtoe Cocktail
Sternwheelers
Takhini Hot Springs
Travelling to Yukon
Vocational School
Waterfront Trolley
Wildlife
Worlds Longest Fishladder
Yukon River Quest

Wee Moves - Sold Out
2018-04-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-04-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-04-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-03-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-02-25 14:00 - 16:00 and 3 more dates | Yukon Transportation Museum, 30 Electra Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 0M7, Canada
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.

Curator's Talk: the Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia
2018-03-21 17:30 - 19:30 | Yukon Transportation Museum, 30 Electra Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 0M7, Canada
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.

Paul Cyr Loved Cats Exhibit Opening
2018-02-14 17:00 - 19:30 | Yukon Transportation Museum, 30 Electra Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 0M7, Canada
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 both the collection as a whole and on each individual item. Her donation and her work with it has been a huge benefit to the YTM collection, but it doesn’t end there.
Previously the museum’s collections work area competed with a myriad of other ongoing tasks being done in the same space. Our ED Janna worked with Alice to create a dedicated collections and research work area. As snowballs rolling downhill grow in size, so do Alice’s tasks. She took on the project management for installing a window in the new space and she somewhat willingly became a guinea pig for our new collections system which compartmentalises the accessioning process. The process allows community members to contribute to one or more parts of collections care. As we did this she told us wonderful stories about her husband and each story was exhibit worthy. She took on creating this exhibit which is available online on our website at https://goytm.ca/paul-cyr-loved-cats/. This exhibit is a demonstration of community created exhibits, and it is now created as a physical exhibit.

Alice’s time spent at YTM so far is amazing and what has come out of her contribution is even greater. She has now personally contributed to every aspect of working with the collection she donated, including exhibition. She has been our muse to create this inclusive system, therefore enhancing the community’s ability to interact with their history in a profound way.
