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Aerin Bowers Speaker Series, Red Chair History, Butch Boutry Interview, and more! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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More than 60% of spots in Camp Black Bear have now been booked! If the week you’re interested in is full, please get in touch with Skylar at community@rosslandmuseum.ca to be added to the waitlist.
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Genealogy ClubThe Genealogy Club meets on the last Tuesday of the month and is open to everyone! The next meeting is 1-3 pm on Tuesday, March 31. Bring your materials and join in for advice, support, and camaraderie in your genealogical quests. For more information about the working group, get in touch with Fiona at admin@rosslandmuseum.ca.
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Come out to the Museum at 6 pm on Thursday, March 26th, to hear long-time Klister Klub member Terry Lepage share some of the lore of this long-standing Rossland institution and the members who contributed so much to the Red Mountain ski area.
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Join us on Saturday, April 4th for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt — a day filled with egg hunts, spring-themed crafts and races, face painting, activities, and more! We’re looking for volunteers! If you’re interested in hiding eggs, painting faces, or helping out with crafts, please let us know! Get in touch with Fiona at admin@rosslandmuseum.ca.
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Join us on Thursday, April 9th at 6 pm for a spore-tactular opening of BC's Marvellous Mushrooms! We're opening the exhibit up to the public and hosting a special screening of Fantastic Fungi, a visually stunning documentary film by Louie Schwartzberg. Explore the exhibit: 6 pm. Film screening: 6:30 pm Come to explore the exhibit, stay for the film, and get inspired by the natural world around us. Fantastic Fungi is a descriptive time-lapse journey about the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain, and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth that began 3.5 billion years ago.
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On Wednesday, April 22nd, stop by the Museum for some excellent Earth Day ecological explorations! We'll be open by donation, 10 am to 5 pm, so you can visit our travelling exhibit from the Royal BC Museum — BC’s Marvellous Mushrooms — then choose your fungi-fueled adventure.
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At 2:30 am on June 29th, 2025, Rosslander Aerin Bowers set out to swim the English Channel. Sixteen hours and 33 minutes later, she walked onto a beach in France. The marathon feat was a culmination of a dream — and years of training. Come out to the Museum at 6 pm on Thursday, April 30th, to hear the whole story, from training and logistical challenges to battling tides and encounters with jellyfish!
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Red Chair: The First Chair Lift in Western CanadaThe Red Chair opened to the public on December 26, 1947. Spanning 1,158 metres (3,800 feet) in length and 427 metres (1,400 feet) in elevation, the chair was a remarkable feat of engineering by a crew of workers – many of them volunteers – who had never seen or ridden a chair lift. The iconic chair opened up terrain to make skiing accessible to a whole generation of Rosslanders — and launched the club that would expand and develop the Red Mountain ski area we know today. We’ve recently delved into this history to update our Red Chair webpage — and to highlight some of our incredible photos of this legendary chair lift!
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We’ve added another Rossland Memories interview to the website! In this conversation from March 2014, Butch Boutry talks with Roly Worsfold about his life in Rossland. Topics include growing up skiing on Red Mountain, ski racing, Butch's coaching career, the Butch Boutry Ski Shop, and how ski racing has changed over the years. If you have a story to share with the Museum, please get in touch. Learn more about our Rossland Memories project – including ways you can help! – on our website.
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2022.6.1 - Gate-Keeper’s Bib Bib from the 1968 du Maurier International that was held on Red Mountain on March 28-31, 1968 The du Maurier was the first alpine skiing World Cup race to take place in Canada There were 130 competitors and 7000 spectators at the event. It couldn't have run without the huge outpouring of community support and hundreds of volunteers Gate-keepers were responsible for monitoring a set section of gates and making notes on whether racers completed the necessary skills/tasks
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Rossland Ski Club Pins Membership pins for the 1944-45, 1945-46, and 1946-1947 seasons Rossland Ski Club was formed in 1933 by Harold Fox, Trygve Nora, Ivor Moen, Fred Hackney, and Harry O'Reiley Trygve Nora served as the first president The Rossland and Trail ski clubs amalgamated to form the Red Mountain Ski Club in 1947
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We’ve been adding a range of mushroom-themed items to our Museum Shop!
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New Digitization Station!Do you have photographs or documents to digitize? You can now book an appointment with us to use our digitization equipment! Contact our Collections Manager at artifacts@rosslandmuseum.ca to book an appointment! Additional info: Our scanners can handle photographs, slides, negatives, and documents Bring your own USB drive or hard drive We'll introduce you to our equipment If you have extra-large photographs/negatives, get in touch to see if our scanners can accommodate them
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We're in the Final Stretch! The Rossland Museum Renewal Project is almost ready to break ground on Phase Two – The Mine Experience. We are submitting our building permit in the coming weeks, hiring our Construction Manager, and preparing to mobilize for construction in early spring. With designs complete and exhibition design in its final stages, this once‑in‑a‑generation project is moving from planning to reality. We have secured $5.2M toward this transformational phase. With additional planning costs, rising construction prices, and updated code and infrastructure requirements, we are seeking additional support from our community, businesses, and partners to fully fund construction and keep the project on schedule. You can support the Renewal Project by: This is Rossland’s story. This is Rossland’s museum. Your support today will help bring the Mine Experience to life for future generations.
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