The museum in St. Joseph, in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, features an historical village, agricultural village, tourism centre, and campground. Buildings include houses such as Perron House from 1865-1870, Union Point School, Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Church, general store, typical farm buildings, exhibits of tractors and other agricultural machinery, blacksmith’s shop, leather workshop, woodworking shop, one of the largest collection of stationary engines in the Canadian West, and heritage display of the Manitoba sugar beet industry.
A monument on the grounds commemorates museum founders Marie-Laure Delorme Perron and her husband Jean-Louis Perron (1918-2004).
The Parent Tourism Centre, a timber-frame structure decorated with murals by Manitoba artist Hubert Théroux is open year-round and introduces highlights of the museum’s collections. The museum’s 45,000 artifacts are normally housed in the buildings of the historical and agricultural villages, which are open to the public during the summer months. The centre has a gallery for artifacts and travelling exhibits, meeting room, workshop, and gift shop. A permanent gallery is dedicated to the unique Laurent Fillion collection of cameras.
For more information about the centre, museum or programming, call 204-737-2244, send email to museestjoseph@gmail.com, or visit the museum website (http://museestjoseph.ca).
Musée St. Joseph Museum (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Musée St. Joseph Museum (May 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Barn at the St. Joseph Museum (October 2013)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Blacksmith shop at the St. Joseph Museum (October 2013)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Perron House at the St. Joseph Museum (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Perron commemorative monument at the St. Joseph Museum (August 2023)
Source: Glen Toews
Union Point School (no date) by A. J. Manning
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 19.
The former Union Point School building (August 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Union Point School building (April 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of former Union Point School building (August 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church from Plankey Plains (March 2016)
Source: George Penner
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church from Plankey Plains (April 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Interior of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church from Plankey Plains (August 2018)
Source: George Penner
Milk shed (April 2024)
Source: Rose Kuzina
General store (April 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.13572, W97.38902
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Union Point School No. 53 (RM of Morris)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Woodmore Cemetery / Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery (Municipality of Emerson-Franklin)
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Marriage registration [Marie Laure Delorme, Jean Louis Perron], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Jean-Louis Perron], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 2004.
We thank George Penner, Rose Kuzina, and Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 July 2024
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