Online Resources for Everyone
Our Cabinet of Curiosity is now online!
You can see the objects up close, check your answer right away, and see how many objects you recognize! Then share your memories with us, if you wish!
Explore our online photo collection!
Our photo collection is being digitized by the Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History!
Look for the Rossland Museum’s collection in the link below.
#MuseumAlphabet
In March 2020, we began a #MuseumAlphabet showcase of our collection!
Rossland Memories - Highlight Page
In 2014, the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre embarked on an ongoing oral history project - The Rossland Memories Project. The Rossland Memories Project helps us explore the memories of our longtime Rosslanders. Each interview is unique to the experiences of the individuals being interviewed.
Watch the interview highlights below or visit our YouTube channel to watch the full interviews.
Museum Tour Additional Content
We’ve been compiling additional content for our indoor, outdoor, and (in progress) downtown tours! You can learn about our exhibits/stops anytime here.
Science Up First
ScienceUpFirst is a national initiative that works with a collective of independent scientists, researchers, health care experts and science communicators. We share the best available science in creative ways to stop the spread of misinformation.
Right now, we’re focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. Check out their information and shareable content at the link below!
Photo: Lindsey Kirby-McGregor
Indigenous Star Knowledge Symposia
Organised by Ingenium in collaboration with the Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at the University of Ottawa, and hosted on traditional Algonquin Anishnaabeg territory, this series of symposia combines spiritual ceremony, presentations, activities, and dialogue, both online and on the land. The symposia features gatherings of Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, Elders, educators, and scholars to share and exchange towards reclaiming, preserving, and revitalizing Star Knowledge with Indigenous communities worldwide.
April is Citizen Science Month, but you can take part in many Citizen Science Projects all year long!
Check out some of the cool Citizen Science projects we’ve come across lately.
Indigenous Cinema - National Film Board
Discover the National Film Board’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.
Revelstoke Museum & Archives - Sinixt Exhibition: The People of the Place of the Bull Trout
RMA Curator Cathy English presents the elements of the exhibit Sinixt - The People of the place of the bull trout in a playlist of YouTube clips.
See here for more information on the extensive traditional territory of the Sinixt, which includes the Rossland area.
Heritage BC - Chinese Canadian Historic Places
Heritage BC's Chinese Canadian Historic Places map reveals the rich, extensive history of the Chinese in British Columbia.
The Chinese Gardens and Chinese Masonic Hall site are considered to have heritage value for their connection to the history of Chinese Canadians in Rossland, who arrived as the bulk of the labour force on the Dewdney Trail, and for their mining camp at China Creek.
Fernie Museum - Cabinet of Curiosities
The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities, a video series investigating the stories behind objects from their artifact collection.
A new object/story to explore regularly.
Digital Museums Canada: Community Stories | BC's Black Pioneers: Their Industry and Character Influenced the Vision of Canada
by the BC Black History Awareness Society
A new Community Stories digital exhibit by the BC Black History Awareness Society revealing how a group of about 800 Black immigrants, invited to settle here by Governor James Douglas, helped to stabilize British colonial communities and keep this area of Western Canada from American hands.
Digital Museum of Canada - Community Stories
Explore the stories and treasures, past and present, of hundreds of communities across Canada. A collection of more than 500 Canadian online projects funded by Digital Museums Canada.
The Rossland Museum is currently creating a Digital Museum Community Story on Racing on Red Mountain - to be completed in early 2022!
Challenging Racist “British Columbia”: 150 Years and Counting
150 Years and Counting (150YC) is a new open-access, multi-media resource that documents how this recent cycle of anti-racist activism is part of a broader history of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities challenging white supremacy for over 150 years – particularly since 1871 when BC joined Canada. Co-authored by activists & scholars from diverse communities, this resource will assist anti-racist educators, teachers, scholars, and policymakers in piercing the silences that too often have let racism fester in communities, corporations, and governments. 150YC is co-produced by the UVIC History project Asian Canadians on Vancouver Island: Race, Indigeneity and the Transpacific and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office.
Royal BC Museum - 100 Objects Exploration
About the Collection
RBCM’s mission is to promote an understanding of the living landscapes and cultures of British Columbia. RBCM is proud to present 100 highlights from the museum and archives – chosen by curators, archivists, and staff – from among the more than 7,000,000 objects in the collection. You are invited to browse through them, sort them through various filters, and click on them to learn more.
Royal BC Museum - BC Archives Genealogy Search
Search the BC Archives’ indexes to births (1854-1903), marriages (1872-1943), deaths (1872-1998), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888).