Attendance and tourism requests were on the rise during the winter months at the Soo Line Historical Museum.

In November, there were 92 visitors to the museum and 92 visitors took in the museum in December. January took a bit of a drop, as 70 people visited the museum, but approximately 88 visitors attended the museum as of Feb. 25.

Curator Jacquie Mallory believes the numbers are slightly up from last year because the museum is now opened on Sundays.

"Even if we don't go back to full days, I would like to see us stay opened on Sundays. We have had a few people come in on Sundays," Mallory said.

Tourism numbers have been up significantly during the winter months as 21 requests were made in November, 20 requests were made in December, 16 tourism requests were made in January and, as of Feb. 26, 20 tourism requests were made.

Mallory said that normally their would be 16 to 20 requests in total during those three months. She noted that North Portal and Estevan's tourism centres are closed from September to May, so Weyburn is the first point of entry from the U.S. border.

The museum has also been busy with a number of projects. The largest is a nine-month project about the Weyburn Mental Hospital for "Creative Memories," an online history of various attractions around Saskatchewan.

The Soo Line Historical Museum is open to the public from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.