The Hart-Cam Museum

An excerpt from "Partnerships with Museums"

A collaboration between the Turtle Mountain – Souris Plains Heritage Association and local Museums and Heritage Associations




310 Poplar Street

In many ways the main attraction of the Hart-Cam Museum is the building itself with its selection of artifacts that directly relate to it’s many uses over the years, and the people connected to it.
This two-storey brick and stone building was erected in 1902 by local mason James McArter for merchant brothers A. E. Hill and W. H. B. Hill. It operated as a general store until 1983. The building sat vacant until 1995 when the McBrien family converted it into a restaurant, bakery and gift shop. It closed in 1999 and a group of local citizens turned the building into a community museum.

Ladder for Dry Goods access.

You might be surprised by the rather unique custom-made elevator installed to increase efficiency in the large 2-storey retail space.

The Site as a Movie Location

In museums you expect to find artifacts and displays that bring to life the facets of pioneer life: the home, the workplace, recreation. Any attempt to represent or convey the pioneer, small town, & farm experience would be inadequate without the opportunity to see and perhaps touch, the tools, implements, and furnishings, that link us to those earlier days.

You might be surprised to find that the building was featured prominently in two well-known movies. That tells us that the producers of those movies saw in it the elements of both the representative and the unique.