The Transcona Historical Museum is home to an extensive collection of roughly 4,000 community based artifacts, many of which were used by people in Transcona. The diverse nature of the holdings are composed of material culture artifacts which depict the human history of the area. The collection holdings include household artifacts and domestic tools for making clothes, laundering, preparing food, and furnishing the home; decorative art objects; personal care artifacts; mechanical tools and equipment for use in carpentry, repair, and maintenance; communication objects related to telephone, telegraph, and radio transmissions; technological office equipment such as typewriters and calculators; farming implements and equipment; transportation artifacts ranging from horse power to bicycle to automotive and public transportation; leisure artifacts including music instruments, games, and toys; sports memorabilia for hockey, curling, skating, baseball, football, rugby, and soccer; and a wide range of military objects related to the Boer War, Great War (First World War), and Second World War.
