On November 17th Daly House Museum hosted our special opening for our exciting new exhibit in our Community Gallery. Visitors explore the a 100-year fashion timeline reminiscing about clothing styles from their past. Visitors stated that the exhibit was "Beautiful" and "Spectacular" .
“The New Woman’s Fashion Revolution: 1880-1980” is a stunning visual experience bound to appeal to costume lovers and historians alike. By tracing the evolution of fashion that took place in reaction to the numerous changes in women’s roles, visitors are reminded of how intertwined decorative arts are with the culture of the times.
This exhibit was made possible through the support of Manitoba Heritage Grants. Daly House Museum is grateful for this support.
Exhibit will run until February 28, 2019.
Our Heritage Trust Fund has Raised $3960.00 !
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Daly House Museum is excited to announce our participation in the Manitoba Heritage Trust Program. We have partnered with Brandon Area Community Foundation to established this permanently endowed Manitoba Heritage Trust Fund to support our work in preserving the Brandon’s heritage.
Until March 31, 2021, the Province of Manitoba will stretch gifts to this fund. Every $2 given during this period has the potential to be stretched by an additional $1, to a maximum of $170,000, this means a gift of $2 becomes $3.
The program, initiated by The Province of Manitoba, is administered by The Winnipeg Foundation with support from the Association of Manitoba Museums and the Association for Manitoba Archives.
Please help us to continue to preserve and show case Brandon’s heritage for future generations by contributing to our Heritage Trust Fund you can contribute at www.endowmanitoba.ca/heritage-funds/ Look for the Brandon (Daly) Museum Fund. You can also call the Winnipeg Foundation at 1-877-974-3631 or send a cheque made out to the Brandon Museum Fund and send it to
The Winnipeg Foundation 1350 One Lombard Place Winnipeg, MB CANADA R3B 0X3
Upcoming Events & Exhibits
December 21, 2018-January 5, 2019 - Museum Closed for Holidays
January 13, 2019 - Westman Wedding Expo, Daly House's Victorian Garden Booth Keystone Center
January 15, 2019 - A-Team Annual General Meeting and Christmas Decoration Take Down
February 14, 2019—Romantic Dinner for Two (Winners will be notified)
March-April - Brandon's 1919 Sympathy Strike Pop-Up Exhibit
March 9, 2019 - Daly House Museum's Annual Fundraising Dinner
May 13, 2019—June 22, 2019 Pictures of Nursing Exhibit
November 2019 - Remembering the Great War Exhibit
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Christmas Stocking Stuffers
Looking for a great stocking stuffer this Christmas?
Daly House is once again holding a raffle for a romantic dinner for two in the historic setting of Daly House’s dining room on Valentine’s Day.
Enjoy a five-course Prime Rib Dinner from Albert's Bistro with choice of red or white wine. Prize valued at $140.00.
Tickets are $10.00 each and will be available in time for Christmas at Daly House Museum.
There are only 200 tickets available until February 7th at 4:00 pm so get your tickets before they’re gone!
Call 204-727-1722 to purchase your ticket.
LGCA #4562-RF-30367
The Bicycle’s Influence on Fashion
Pictured left: The Murray Children Ready For Sunday School, Lyleton, MB, Anne Murray Collection, ©Daly House Museum
The term ‘bicycle’ was first introduced to the public in the 1860s. Later on in the century, it became extremely popular and many variations were created. In North America, female cyclists challenged gender roles and sparked controversies.
During this time period, women were expected to stay inside and hide their bodies beneath heavy skirts and tight corsets. Women were long accustomed to being in domestic roles, and the bicycle took her away from this prescribed habitat. This was a vehicle to emancipation; a liberation apparatus. The bicycle was the antithesis to conventional femininity.
Nonetheless, women were beginning to deviate from conformity and leave the house, sit astride an object, show their legs, and exert themselves. Women were unable to cycle in their long heavy skirts and tight corsets, so therefore the dress styles began to change. Women adopted relatively functional clothing such as shortened skirts, loosened corsets, and bloomer costumes. This was a step towards women’s equality in society. Bicycles began to open doors to all types of athletics for women, such as tennis. The bicycle affirmed nothing less than the dignity and equality of women. It was a social liberator and it altered women’s fashion and role in society in a way that had never been done before.
Membership Categories
Friend Level
Individual $20.00, Student/Senior $15.00 or Family $35.00.
Membership includes: Free admission to Daly House Museum, four issues of our quarterly newsletter, 10% off in the Museum's gift shop, advance notification of new exhibits and events, eligibility for service on the Board of Directors and voting privileges at the Annual General Meeting and a tax receipt for the full cost of your membership fee.
Sponsor Level
$60.00 Family Membership (Annual)
Memberships Includes all the benefits listed above plus two additional free admission tickets for friends/family.
Patron Level
$120.00 Family Membership (Annual)
Membership includes all the benefits above plus four additional free admission tickets for friends/family and recognition on the membership plaque at the Museum's entrance
Builder Level
$300.00 Family Membership (Annual)
Membership includes all the benefits above plus six additional free admission tickets for friends/family and recognition on the membership plaque at the Museum's entrance.
Benefactor Level
$500.00 Family Membership (Annual)
Membership includes all the benefits above plus six additional free admission tickets for friends/family, one free membership for the individual of your choice (can be upgraded to family for $15.00) and recognition on the membership plaque the Museum's entrance
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A-Team Decorates House For the Holidays
On Tuesday November 27th, the Daly House A-Team members -Jeanne Mustard, Mavis Johnston, Kathy Thornborough, Linda Evans and Shirley Bleackley - and supporting volunteers, Bev Bailey, Cherly Shumay and Faron Douglas decorated the house for the holiday season! Thank you volunteers! We couldn’t have made the house shine for the season with out you!
The A-Team will be meeting on January 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm to take down the decorations. Please feel free to drop in and give us a hand.
2018 Christmas decorating A-team members and supporting volunteers (back row l to r): Shirley Bleackley, Mavis Johnston, Linda Evans, Bev Bailey and Faron Douglas (front row l to r): Jeanne Mustard, Kathy Thornborough and Cheryl Shumay
Brandon University International Students Visit Museum
On November 28th, International students from Brandon University braved the snowy conditions to visit Daly House. The highlights of the tour for the students were the gramophone playing in the parlor, mechanical equipment in the basement and the dollhouse.
Volunteers Decorate Garden for the Christmas Season
On Saturday December 1st, volunteers Phil Weiss, Tim Wiebe, Jane Neil, Marcia Wiebe, Lynda Lowes, Myrna Lane, Judy Olmstead and Sylvia Barr installed Christmas trees and lights in the Museum’s Victorian Garden. ACC’s Interactive Media Arts Program students Brian Denton, Alexa Anderson and Scott Berton filmed the volunteers at work for their class project. After decorating the volunteers enjoyed hot apple cider and cookies to warm up from the cold.
Thank you volunteers! We couldn’t have set-up the trees without you!
New to the Collection
1955 Brandon Cloverleaf Baseball Uniform & Jacket
Daly House Museum is proud to add to our collection a complete Cloverleaf Baseball Team uniform and jacket. The uniform, which consists of the jersey, pants and socks, and jacket were originally owned by Cloverleafs team member Irv Powers.
The Brandon Cloverleafs between 1954-1960 was one of the greatest amateur baseball teams ever assembled in Manitoba. The team started back in 1948 before Brandon had any organized minor league baseball teams. A group of young kids, energized from listening to the World Series on the radio, got together at a south end softball diamond. The rag-tag bunch of kids threw in two dollars each for equipment and drew the name Brandon Cloverleafs from a hat.
In 1951, the club joined the Central Manitoba Baseball Association (C.M.B.A.). The Association at that time consisted of eight leagues and forty teams. By 1954, the Cloverleafs were one of the most feared and exciting baseball teams in Western Manitoba.
The club dominated the baseball tournament circuit and won seven C.M.B.A. championships. They also won various exhibition games with American teams, including one against the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Negro League. The team defeated the Monarchs by a score of 15 to 7. The team was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Thank you Irv Powers for donating this fascinating piece of Brandon’s heritage to Daly House Museum.