Rockin' Around the Rossland Museum: Holiday Plans & Santa's Workshop
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Rockin' Around the Rossland Museum: Holiday Plans & Santa's Workshop

Drop by the Museum between 12 and 4 pm on Saturday, December 23rd to help out Santa's elves for the day! We'll be making toys, crafting Christmas decorations, and enjoying some festive games, yummy treats, and holiday films.
We are open through the holidays! Regular hours: Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 am to 6 pm. We will be closed December 24-26 and December 31-January 1st.

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Rekindle Rossland
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Rekindle Rossland

Drop by the Museum between 12 and 4 pm on Saturday, December 2nd to immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with hot chocolate, delightful snacks, and a heartwarming atmosphere. Engage in a holiday-themed STEAM activity suitable for all ages. Admission is by donation all day.

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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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November Speaker Series with Gord Lepage: Red Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol
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November Speaker Series with Gord Lepage: Red Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol

Look uphill! Join us at 6 pm on Thursday, November 30th for our first Speaker Series event of the season - Red Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol: Safety on the Face of Red, with local legend Gord Lepage. Drawing from his deep knowledge of ski patrol operations and twenty-six years of experience as the Volunteer Ski Patrol Director at Red, Gord will regale us with thrilling tales and a thoughtful history of ski patrol operations here on Red Mountain.

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Halloween at the Museum 2023
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Halloween at the Museum 2023

Come celebrate Halloween with us! From 1 pm - 4 pm Sunday, September 29th, check out our spooky scavenger hunt, enter our costume contest, and try some Halloween crafts! This is an all-ages event and we've stocked up on treats, so come out and join the fun!

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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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Film Screening: Unarchived
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Film Screening: Unarchived

Join us at 3 pm on Tuesday, June 27th for a free community screening of the National Film Board’s new film Unarchived, a feature-length documentary about the people and places often left out of traditional archives and museums, and the communities who are challenging this erasure.

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Seniors’ Workshop Series
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Seniors’ Workshop Series

Our Seniors' Workshop Series is back! This year, we will be exploring some of the topics that you have asked for! Our first session of three workshops includes care of heirloom textiles, care of photographs and digitization techniques, and book repair basics,

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April Speaker Series with Libby Martin & Sarah Taekema-Slot
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April Speaker Series with Libby Martin & Sarah Taekema-Slot

Join us for our April 27th Speaker Series event at the Museum with Libby Martin and Sarah Taekema-Slot! They’ll take us on a meander through history - from Trail to Rossland - on the Columbia & Western railgrade! Using recently digitized photos and slides from Jack McDonald and George Coop in the RMDC collection, Libby and Sarah will share the history of the C&W in our area and what it meant to the community in the 1900s through to today.

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