The General Store was opened in 1913 at Michichi, roughly 30 miles west of Hanna, by a C.N.R surveyor named G.W.M Boycott. This store served the town and surrounding area for 52 consecutive years. In 1915, it was sold to Dr. Johnson and his wife Pauline. When Dr. Johnson died in 1918, his wife and her brother Walter Murdock took over the store under Johnston & Co. General Merchants. It remained in the same hands until 1965, when it was shut down. In 1973, the building was moved to the Museum grounds. The store has been fashioned to resemble its glory days, with every shelf filled with items that would have been common back then.