BC Day 2024
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BC Day 2024

Spend BC Day at the Rossland Museum, with lots of fun for the whole family! Take advantage of our assortment of lawn games, try your hand at gold panning or enjoy our spectacular bubble wands. Explore our outdoor exhibits - climb up a caboose or into a fire truck! Cool down inside with crafts, activities, a scavenger hunt, and family-friendly short films in our theatre.

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Arts & Culture Festival 2024
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Arts & Culture Festival 2024

Join us on the Museum lawn for live music and lots of fun for the whole family at our annual Arts & Culture Festival, September 14th and 15th 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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Celebrate Canada at the Rossland Museum
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Celebrate Canada at the Rossland Museum

The last half of June 2024 is jam-packed with events, activities, and ideas to celebrate in the lead-up to Canada Day! The Rossland Museum is open with free entry on each of the Celebrate Canada Days: National Indigenous People’s Day, St Jean Baptiste Day, National Multiculturalism Day, and Canada Day!

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Easter Egg Hunt at the Museum
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Easter Egg Hunt at the Museum

Snow is on the ground but spring is in the air, and that means it’s almost time for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! Come up to the Museum on Saturday, March 30th to join in the hunt, try your hand at a classic egg-and-spoon race, bunny-hop your way through a sack race, and more!

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Royal BC Museum Community Conversation
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Royal BC Museum Community Conversation

The Royal BC Museum and the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre officially invite the community to join us for a Community Conversation on Wednesday, March 6th at 5:30 pm up at the Museum. Community conversations are an opportunity to gather with your community for a focused conversation on how a reimagined Royal BC Museum could better serve and represent people living throughout BC. This is also an opportunity for a sneak peek at Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre's own Renewal plans.

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March Speaker Series with Kim Deane and Lou Corrado
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March Speaker Series with Kim Deane and Lou Corrado

Kim Deane and Lou Corrado were born and raised in Rossland, and since the 1940s, they've seen the city change and evolve to an extraordinary degree. These two long-time Rosslanders will take us on a fascinating and nostalgic journey through Rossland’s history, touching on the post-war period, the evolution of Cominco, the expansion of the skiing industry, evolving subcultures, and more! If you’re interested in Rossland’s history or you’re a long-time local looking to indulge in a little nostalgia (and maybe learn something new about your backyard!) then this is the event for you. Our March Speaker Series event is Thursday, March 28th at 6 pm - Entry is by donation and treats/refreshments will be provided.

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Genealogy Club
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Genealogy Club

There’s a new club in town! The Genealogy Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month from 1-3 pm. Please bring your genealogical challenges, your smiles, and your documents, and we will help each other to solve problems and create family trees.

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2024 Family Day
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2024 Family Day

Celebrate BC Family Day with us on Sunday, Feb 18! We’ll have our snow maze, sledding, snow painting, hot chocolate, maple taffy, and more!

Plus join Cath Ruthven for a snowboard-painting youth workshop!

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2023 Annual General Meeting
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2023 Annual General Meeting

Dive into our community's vibrant past at the Annual General Meeting of the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre at 5 pm on Tuesday, November 28th. Join us for an exclusive sneak peek of our soon-to-be-launched Digital Museums Canada exhibit - Gold Mining to Gold Medals: A Century of Ski Racing in Rossland, showcasing the adrenaline-fueled adventures and enduring community spirit of our local skiers. Engage with passionate volunteers, explore our preservation efforts, and get inspired by our plans for the future! Mark your calendar for an evening of history, camaraderie, and excitement at the Museum.

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Exhibit Launch: Gifts of the Ancestors
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Exhibit Launch: Gifts of the Ancestors

A brand new exhibit is coming together at the Rossland Museum! Our new permanent exhibit "Gifts of the Ancestors: Crafts & Knowledge of the Sinixt Way" will formally open Thursday, November 16th as part of the expansion and redevelopment of Sinixt content at the Museum. Incorporating stories, crafts, and ancestral baskets entrusted to our care by Sinixt Elders, Matriarchs, and knowledge-keepers, this new exhibit represents another step towards our goal of decolonizing the Museum and supporting Sinixt cultural resurgence. Join us for a Tobacco Offering Ceremony, a Blessing of the new exhibit, a showing of the short film Learning mxiɬp, and time to mix and mingle while taking in the new display.

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Golden City Days at the Museum
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Golden City Days at the Museum

Rossland's #GoldenCityDays is quickly approaching, and we are so excited to be taking part in another weekend of festivities! Here at the museum, we'll join the celebrations with special open-by-donation days from 10 am - 6 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, with crafts, activities, gold panning, and outdoor tours at 11 am and 3 pm! Learn more about the special events lined up for Golden City Days special events, including the town's Fall Fair and classic Parade, at the Golden City Days or Fall Fair Facebook pages!

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Arts & Culture Festival - Sept 23-24 2023
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Arts & Culture Festival - Sept 23-24 2023

Join us on the Museum lawn as we kick off Culture Days with our Arts & Culture Festival, September 23 and 24 from 12 to 4 pm all weekend. The Festival is an opportunity for our region’s local visual and performing artists to showcase their talents to the public as we celebrate the spectacular culture in our area with musical performances, artist demos, cultural presentations, and more. Wander about the museum property to check out Kootenay artisans and vendors and celebrate the beauty and creativity fostered in this region. Entry is free, but donations are always appreciated!

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Night at the Museum - Student Showcase
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Night at the Museum - Student Showcase

Join us on Thursday, August 17th from 6 to 8 pm for our annual summer staff showcase in our August Night at the Museum! Come learn what our students have been working on this summer and get a behind-the-scenes look into our collections storage with our collections staff. Students will be highlighting their work with the Rossland Miner, digitization project, and the RMDC's various collections.

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BC Day at the Museum
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BC Day at the Museum

Monday, August 7th - 10 am to 6 pm. Stop into the Museum on BC Day to cool down inside or explore our outdoor displays with a scavenger hunt! We're open by donation all day, with a variety of crafts, guided outdoor tours of the Upper Level at 11 am and 3 pm, and special displays - including our "ArtiFACT or ArtiFACTION" guessing game - to learn more about Rossland's history.

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