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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Looking Back: Before Renewal Phase One
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Looking Back: Before Renewal Phase One

Work continues on our Renewal Project as we head for completion of Phase Two: The Mine Experience. Today, we want to recognize that July 4th, 2024 marked the seventh anniversary of the completion of Phase One: the entrance gallery and administrative space!

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National Historic Places Day 2024
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National Historic Places Day 2024

The Museum will be open by donation all week, 10 am to 6 pm July 10-17. Haven't gone on one of our guided tours yet? Now's your chance! We offer guided historical tours of the outdoor exhibits at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm daily through the summer - and on Fridays and Saturdays, the Gold Fever Follies will be on site to add some pizzaz to the 11 am tour. We're also having a photo contest to celebrate!

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Worlds Apart: Rossland’s Unlikely Partnership with Nyanga, Zimbabwe: New Outreach Exhibit at the Prestige!
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Worlds Apart: Rossland’s Unlikely Partnership with Nyanga, Zimbabwe: New Outreach Exhibit at the Prestige!

Our outreach program is back with a new exciting exhibit at the Prestige Mountain Resort! Focusing on one of the most unique partnerships in Rossland’s history, Worlds Apart: Rossland’s Unlikely Partnership with Nyanga, Zimbabwe explores how two rural municipalities on opposite sides of the world worked together to help improve the Nyanga District.

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Recognizing k̓maʔrqn̓: Territory Sign Unveiling
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Recognizing k̓maʔrqn̓: Territory Sign Unveiling

Join us at the Rossland Museum from 4-6 pm on Friday, June 14th as we unveil a territory acknowledgement sign to recognize k̓maʔrqn̓ and the Sinixt people on whose unceded tmxʷúlaʔxʷ we live and work. We'll also be showing a new short film, Learning mxiɬp, in our theatre, and provide plenty of time for everyone to admire the sign and mix and mingle over snacks.

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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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PRESS RELEASE: Sliding Rossland's History into the Digital Age
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PRESS RELEASE: Sliding Rossland's History into the Digital Age

The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre has been awarded a digitization grant from Library & Archives Canada to preserve and make accessible its multimedia collection! A major grant of $21,417 from Library & Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program will help the RMDC upgrade its scanning technology and digitize and rehouse approximately 1,500 of the photographic slides in its collection.

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June Speaker Event: BATS! with Elodie Kuhnert
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June Speaker Event: BATS! with Elodie Kuhnert

Join us at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre at 5:30 pm on Thursday, June 6th for an exciting Speaker Series with Elodie Kuhnert. Elodie, the Kootenay Coordinator with the "Got Bats?" BC Community Bat Program, will help us discover the fascinating world of bats in an engaging presentation that explores their importance in our ecosystem. Learn all about bat biology, behaviour, and reproduction, and understand the critical role that bats play in our environment. We'll discuss why bats are facing threats and how we can help protect them during a fascinating evening in the mysterious world of bats!

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Rossland Recollections with Richie Mann
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Rossland Recollections with Richie Mann

Rossland Recollections is back - and so is Rossland legend Richie Mann, ready to regale us with tales of Rossland's first farms and founding ski hills. Join us here at the Museum at 6 pm on Wednesday, May 22nd for an evening of stories, photographs, and magnificent memories, courtesy of Richie Mann!

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Earth Day 2024
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Earth Day 2024

We're celebrating Earth Day 2024 at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre on Saturday, April 20th!

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Spring 2024 Youth Programs at the Museum
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Spring 2024 Youth Programs at the Museum

Winter is finally in the rear view mirror, and we are ready to SPRING into the next round of our exciting weekly programs! Whether you’re looking for Cub Club, Young Naturalists, Homeschoolers Explore, Rockhounds, or STEAM Saturdays, we’ve got you covered!

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Camp Black Bear - Summer 2024
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Camp Black Bear - Summer 2024

2024 Summer Day Camp registration is OPEN! We've got five exciting themes for NINE jam-packed weeks of fun this summer: Camp Create, Drama-Rama, Super Sleuths, Eco Adventurers, and Junior Shredders & Engineers. Each week will include plenty of outdoor adventure, STEAM learning, and community organization & local artist/expert support!

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RMDC Gallery Series
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RMDC Gallery Series

Introducing the RMDC Gallery Series! Art is fundamental to how our community interacts with the world, and we are excited to highlight local talent in a brand-new RMDC Gallery Series. Join us as we showcase local artists through four, two-week gallery showings in the Rossland Museum Entrance Gallery.

There is still room in the series: to submit your portfolio or for more information, contact Skylar at community@rosslandmuseum.ca

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