Photographing Large Artifacts
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Photographing Large Artifacts 

Have you ever wondered how we photograph our large artifacts?

This summer, our Collections Manager, Sara, has been slowly working her way through our flag collection and preparing them for rolled storage. This process involves cataloguing, condition reporting, and photographing each of the flags before they get rolled around mylar covered tubes.

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Culture Days Artisan Market
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Culture Days Artisan Market

Rossland Museum Artisan Market

September 26th & 27th from 12pm to 5pm at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre - 1100 HWY 3B.

We hope to have some special activities, music, and food trucks - capacity will be limited and strictly controlled in order to ensure physical distancing measures can be managed. Market is outdoors, but masks are encouraged (and required inside the Museum).

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Ask a Geologist at the Museum
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Ask a Geologist at the Museum

We've invited our local geology experts to hang out with us outside of the Roger Terhune Geology Building, do some show and tell, help us understand our local landscape and its impact on local flora and fauna, and answer all of your questions!

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Architectural Consulting Services Request for Proposal
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Architectural Consulting Services Request for Proposal

The Rossland Historical Museum & Archives Association, located in Rossland, BC, Canada, is requesting Proposals from arts, culture, and recreation focused architectural design companies for consulting services associated with Phase II: The Mine Experience of the Rossland Museum Renewal Project.

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Ask a Geologist!
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Ask a Geologist!

Join us for an afternoon of geological exploration!
We've invited our local geology experts to hang out with us outside of the Roger Terhune Geology Building, do some show and tell, help us understand our local landscape and its impact on local flora and fauna, and answer all of your questions!

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Columbia Basin Culture Tour @ the Museum
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Columbia Basin Culture Tour @ the Museum

The Columbia Basin Culture Tour is quickly approaching! Celebrate arts and culture at the Museum with special activities, daily outdoor tours, and special guests as well as a community mural! Open 10am to 6pm by donation both days with outdoor tours at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.

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Easter Egg Hunt in August?!
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Easter Egg Hunt in August?!

We've just got word that the Easter Bunny is making a very special trip to Rossland to make up for having to miss our egg hunt this past April! So we're celebrating on BC Day - Monday, August 3rd - with a Summertime Easter Egg Hunt and fun crafts throughout the day!

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New Display Downtown! Hops & History
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New Display Downtown! Hops & History

Hops & History: The Rossland's Breweries explores both Rossland's historical and contemporary brewing history. Hops & History is an expansion of the Museum's permanent Rossland Vices display and allows visitors to learn about the breweries themselves, not just the history of alcohol in Rossland.

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National Historic Places Day
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National Historic Places Day

Imagine you could travel in time, who would you meet? What would life be like? Discover for yourself! Experience Canada’s history through an historic place.

The Rossland Museum is located on the designated spot for the Kootenay Mining Region National Historic Event.

Open 10am to 6pm; Entry by donation.
Join us for fun kids activities throughout the day, including a mining scavenger hunt around the property.

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Recording a Pandemic
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Recording a Pandemic

How will future Rosslanders encounter or explore our experiences from today? How can we help record this experience for the future?

Consider organizing your own thoughts, experiences, and material for your current experience with staying at home and navigating the world during this unprecedented time.

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Geotechnical Drilling at the Rossland Museum
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Geotechnical Drilling at the Rossland Museum

About Teck Trail Operations

Teck Metals Ltd. Trail Operations represents one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes. Trail’s metallurgical operations also produce a variety of precious and specialty metals, chemicals and fertilizer products.

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Summer Camps are ON!
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Summer Camps are ON!

The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre has organized 10 jam-packed weeks of Camp Black Bear! These camps provide access to the best of local recreation and culture in addition to fun and educational activities on the Museum grounds and experienced programmers and coordinators are on hand to make sure the kids have an unforgettable summer!

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Record Your Family Histories!
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Record Your Family Histories!

This a great time to get in touch with family and friends across the world and try to fill in the gaps in your own knowledge about family experience from childhood through to other big events throughout their lives.

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Rossland Map Preservation & Digitization
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Rossland Map Preservation & Digitization

Over the last year, we have been working on re-housing, flattening/encapsulating, and digitizing our map collection!

Our map and drawing collection consists of railway maps, property maps, mine claims and workings, skiing/hiking trails, architectural drawings, and more.

As we progress in the digitization, we have been including the newly catalogued collection in our new collection database, which will be accessible online within the next year.

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Temporary CLOSURE
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Temporary CLOSURE

The Museum, Visitor Centre, and Research Room will be closed to the general public for at least the rest of this week. We’ll update this post when we have a more definite time frame.

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