PRESS RELEASE - Digitizing Rossland’s Documentary Heritage
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PRESS RELEASE - Digitizing Rossland’s Documentary Heritage

With a major grant of $45,250 from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Digital Access to History grant program and a supporting grant of $2104.60 from the Columbia Basin Trust’s Resident Directed Grants, the RMDC will be able to digitize a large portion of its vast collection of film and audio materials, ensuring that future generations have access to these valuable cultural artifacts.


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Rossland Genealogy
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Rossland Genealogy

RMDC volunteer Linda Gomez is finishing up and extensive training course in the art and science of genealogy research, and she'd like to help those of you who are interested in studying your family history or genealogy by providing tips, answering questions, and offering consultations.

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August Night at the Museum
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August Night at the Museum

Join us for our final Night at the Museum of the summer! On the evening of August 19th, we'll be showcasing some of the fun projects our summer students have been working on! We'll also have property tours at 6 & 7 pm (please consider booking ahead) followed by gold panning demos as well as a bit of an open house to showcase our current designs for the Renewal Project Phase II: The Mine Experience.

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March 24th - Virtual Speaker Series
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March 24th - Virtual Speaker Series

On Wednesday, March 24th, join architect Harry Measure on a fascinating interpretive exploration of Rossland’s Miners’ Union Hall and Courthouse . Learn about the spread of organized labor from the United States to Rossland, BC during the final years of the 19th century, and gain a better understanding of Rossland’s international significance as a major venue in this heritage of conflict.

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BC Heritage Week Scavenger Hunt
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BC Heritage Week Scavenger Hunt

BC Heritage Week is coming up very soon, and the theme this year is “Where do you find heritage?” To celebrate, we’ve prepared a Heritage Week Scavenger Hunt and will share a new hint each day until BC Heritage Week begins - then #ExploreRossland between February 15th-20th to find all fifteen of the heritage sites.

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December Speaker Series - Spanish Flu
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December Speaker Series - Spanish Flu

Join the historians from the Rossland Museum to learn about the 1918 influenza pandemic. Once thought to have killed 100,000,000 people across the world, the 1918-19 flu pandemic is now thought to be responsible for over 200,000,000 deaths world wide. Let's talk about the times a bit.

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Community Stories - Virtual Museum of Canada
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Community Stories - Virtual Museum of Canada

We are pleased to announce an exciting new bilingual exhibit that will be developed with an investment by the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC). The topic we have selected is the story of the development of ski racing on Red Mountain from the 1890s to the 1980s! This exhibit will be part of the VMC’s ‘Community Stories’ collection and will be available online in 2021. We are excited to share this incredible history and showcase our community and achievements on a national platform.

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