MacBride Museum of Yukon History, Regional history museum in Whitehorse, Canada.
The MacBride Museum of Yukon History is a regional museum in Whitehorse that documents the territory's development through artifacts, photographs, and documents. The collections include exhibits on transportation history, early settlement, the gold rush era, and indigenous cultures.
The museum was founded in 1950 by the Yukon Historical Society and first occupied a telegraph building dating to 1900. This historic structure, once used for communication across the territory, became the institution's original exhibition space.
The museum shows how indigenous communities shaped the territory and tells stories of early settlement and the gold rush period. These exhibitions reveal how people adapted to life in this remote region and built connections to the land.
The museum operates Tuesday through Saturday, with extended evening hours on Wednesdays during winter months starting in October. Plan your visit around these hours, especially if you want to see rotating exhibitions that change regularly throughout the year.
The building itself is more than 100 years old and originally served as a telegraph station, which gives the collection of communication instruments and equipment from that era special authenticity. This architectural remnant of the territory's early connections adds an extra historical layer to any visit.
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