Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Municipal Museum (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

This museum is situated at Whitemouth in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. The Beeskau-Alpers house was originally built by the Brissom family in 1880 and situated on Hospital Street in Whitemouth. Two additions were added to the original structure before 1910. When the Alpers family decided to build a new house, they offered this old one to the museum, and it was moved on to the grounds in 1976. Also on the museum grounds is a commemorative monument for physician Charlotte Ross and the millstone from a flour mill built and operated by Fred Zinke. His mill burned in the 1930s and was not rebuilt.

Log Artifacts Building at the Whitemouth Municipal Museum

Log Artifacts Building at the Whitemouth Municipal Museum (October 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Whitemouth Municipal Museum

Whitemouth Municipal Museum (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Whitemouth Municipal Museum

Whitemouth Municipal Museum (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

The former Whitemouth Christ Church Anglican at the museum

The former Whitemouth Christ Church Anglican at the museum (June 2012)
Source: George Penner

The former Beeskau-Alpers House at the museum

The former Beeskau-Alpers House at the museum (May 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

A former railway caboose at the museum

A former railway caboose at the museum (May 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Ross commemorative monument at the museum

Ross commemorative monument at the museum (May 2020)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Zinke millstone at the museum

Zinke millstone at the museum (July 2018)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.95683, W95.97971
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Christ Church Anglican (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ross Flour Mill (RM of Whitemouth)

Sources:

Whitemouth Municipal Museum.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, George Penner, and Rose Kuzina.

Page revised: 5 December 2022

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