Arts & Culture Festival 2025
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Arts & Culture Festival 2025

Join us on the Museum lawn for live music and lots of fun for the whole family at our annual Arts & Culture Festival, September 13th and 14th from 12 to 4 pm all weekend. In partnership with the Rossland Incredible Market, we'll be featuring Kootenay artisans, vendors, and food trucks! Plus, a bouncy castle, lawn games, scavenger hunt, and crafts make this the perfect event to enjoy on a September afternoon.

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March Speaker Series and Gallery Showing with Melanie Mercier: “Rooting for Nature, Rooting for Ourselves”
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March Speaker Series and Gallery Showing with Melanie Mercier: “Rooting for Nature, Rooting for Ourselves”

Melanie Mercier is returning with a double-header event! "Rooting for Nature, Rooting for Ourselves" is a celebration of the intrinsic connection between nature and humanity, highlighting the symbiosis that exists between all living beings and the health of our environment, and a visual exploration that inspires environmental stewardship. Join us at the Museum at 6:30 pm on Thursday, March 13th, for a Speaker Series talk and Gallery Show that aims to not only spark conversations but also inspire tangible actions that contribute to a more sustainable and harmonious world.

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Youth Snowboard-Painting Workshop
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Youth Snowboard-Painting Workshop

Join talented artist Cath Ruthven at the Rossland Museum from 1:30-4:30 pm on Saturday, March 8th for a Youth Snowboard Painting Workshop!

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Exciting Digitization Project Updates!
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Exciting Digitization Project Updates!

Over the past two years, we have been working on three huge digitization projects that saw a large chunk of our multi-media collection digitized and we’ve been working behind-the-scenes to get that content available to you as soon as possible. A side effect of these projects is that we have also finished one of our Strategic Plan goals!

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2025 Family Day
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2025 Family Day

Celebrate BC Family Day with us on Sunday, Feb 16th! We’ll have our snow maze, sledding, snow painting, hot chocolate, maple taffy, and more!

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New Year, New Outreach Exhibits!
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New Year, New Outreach Exhibits!

We have three outreach exhibits this January - plus one of last year’s outreach exhibits making a reappearance in the museum gallery. Learn about Thrills and Spills; Small Items, Big Stories; Frozen Frontiers/Frontière Glacée; and Worlds Apart: Rossland’s Unlikely Partnership with Nyanga, Zimbabwe - all out for a limited run in Rossland this January!

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Holiday Workshop
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Holiday Workshop

We're hosting a one-stop shop for kids to make all of their holiday gifts this year! Drop by the Museum between 10 am and 3 pm on Saturday, December 7th, to take advantage of the craft stations and gift-wrap solutions! With options geared for ages 5-12 (and maybe even some wiggle room for slightly older or younger kids!), there's something for everyone on the list.

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Congrats, Joelle!
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Congrats, Joelle!

November 3rd was a special day at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre: it marked ten years since Joelle Hodgins began as Museum Director! Joelle keeps a pretty low profile around town and in the Museum: she generally prefers the behind-the-scenes stuff. But many pretty incredible goals have been achieved since Joelle moved down here from the Yukon. Today, we wanted to bring a few of these to the forefront!

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