Battleford's Fred Light Museum

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Battleford's Fred Light Museum Explore and dive into history through our many themed rooms. Open from May-September, the museum is open 9am-8pm 7 days a week, including holidays!

Featuring several themed rooms (such as the Battleford Room, Firearms Room and Veterans' Room) and buildings (the Fire Hall, for example), the Fred Light Museum captures the history within the Battlefords area. Our newest addition, the Gazebo, is available for photos for any occasion! Entry is by donation - every penny goes towards maintaining and improving the building! Be sure to drop by today!

10/08/2026

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Honouring Our Veterans: Joint Banner Ceremony Update ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
The Fred Light Museum will be joining the Battlefords Legion #9 on November 11th for our formal Veterans Banner Ceremony. We are incredibly proud to partner with the Legion to bring our community together for this special tribute on Remembrance Day.
โš ๏ธ Please Note: Due to this combined event for 2026, we will not be hosting a banner unveiling at the Alex Dillabough Centre on November 6th as done in previous years.
Join us on November 11th to honour the legacy of our local veterans. Stay tuned for specific timing details for the ceremony, or contact the Battlefords Legion #9 directly for more information on the banquet.

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We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
09/18/2026

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Family Fun Day is on. Come down for great food, games, entertainment and the dunk tank!
08/07/2026

Family Fun Day is on. Come down for great food, games, entertainment and the dunk tank!

Elinor Florence, Fred Light's great-niece, grew up on a farm outside North Battleford and attended Battleford Collegiate...
08/03/2026

Elinor Florence, Fred Light's great-niece, grew up on a farm outside North Battleford and attended Battleford Collegiate Institute. Her grandfather Charles was the Battleford postmaster, as was his father before him, Frederick Light senior.

Elinor is an author of historical fiction. Her novel Finding Flora about women homesteaders was released in 2025 and remained on the national bestseller list for 37 weeks. Her novel Wildwood, originally published in 2018, was reissued in April 2026 with a new cover and has been on the national bestseller list for eleven weeks.

Her first novel Bird's Eye View (loosely set in the Battlefords) about a Saskatchewan farm girl who joins the air force in the Second World War, will be reissued with a new cover in November 2026, just in time for Remembrance Day.

Signed copies of Elinor's novels are available for purchase at the Fred Light Museum, along with a non-fiction collection of veteran interviews titled My Favourite Veterans.

Elinor is a career journalist who got her start as a newspaper reporter at the Battlefords Advertiser-Post. After working as a journalist in all four Western provinces, she settled in Invermere, B.C. but returns every summer to visit her family farm, now owned by her brother Rob and his wife Wendy Florence.

You may follow Elinor's writing journey by signing up for her free monthly newsletter, Letters From Windermere:
https://www.elinorflorence.com/email-subscription/

๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ Please join us for the unveiling of the Frederick G. Light mural, the Museum's new stairlift and the new ...
07/02/2026

๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ 
Please join us for the unveiling of the Frederick G. Light mural, the Museum's new stairlift and the new entry deck and accessibility ramp Friday, July 17 at 1 p.m. The unveiling ceremony will be followed by coffee and treats.

Battleford's Fred Light Museum paid tribute to its founder today as a large mural of Fred Light was installed on the fac...
06/11/2026

Battleford's Fred Light Museum paid tribute to its founder today as a large mural of Fred Light was installed on the facility's north wall. Light was a long-time Battleford businessman and an avid collector of historic artifacts and fi****ms. He renovated the former St. Vital School and the resulting museum has been showcasing his collection since 1980.

Hurry down to the Fred Light Museum to see the tow truck unveiling at 11:30 and see all the other beautiful cars!
06/06/2026

Hurry down to the Fred Light Museum to see the tow truck unveiling at 11:30 and see all the other beautiful cars!

06/04/2026

May calendar winners areโ€ฆ

Honour a Veteran applications are now available through the Fred Light Museum. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆThis meaningful program recognizes and ...
05/07/2026

Honour a Veteran applications are now available through the Fred Light Museum. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

This meaningful program recognizes and remembers local veterans with banners displayed throughout the community.

We are also reminding families that banners originally purchased in 2021 are now due for renewal for the upcoming season.

To request a new banner application or renewal form, please email us at [email protected]

Thank you for helping us continue to honour the service and sacrifice of our veterans.

05/07/2026

Congratulations to our calendar winners for April 2026
Calendars are still available at Town Hall.

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11-20th Street East
Battleford, SK
S0M0E0

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(1)-306-937-7111

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