A Historic Rossland Look Book!
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A Historic Rossland Look Book!

When we heard that Golden City Days was happening this year, we couldn’t wait to put together our annual Golden City Days exhibit at Curiosity Clothing & Gifts! While summer is quickly coming to an end, the summer fashions featured in this year’s exhibit are a must-see! From the high collars and long skirts of the early 1900s to the bell-bottom silhouettes of the 1960s and 1970s, fashion has continued to change since Rossland was founded in 1897. Take a stylish look through Rossland’s history with us!

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Autonomous Sinixt MOU
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Autonomous Sinixt MOU

On Friday, February 4th, representatives of Autonomous Sinixt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre. The Museum commits to protect and preserve cultural assets and share traditions from the Autonomous Sinixt perspective. The partnership includes the Museum becoming a "Designated Repository" for the care, storage, and possible display of Sinixt artefacts, contemporary objects such as works of art, and other materials.

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Veterans Week 2021 at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre
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Veterans Week 2021 at the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre

This year marks the 102nd observance of a day of remembrance. The first occurred in 1919, one year after the hostilities of the First World War ended. A mere 21 years later, the world would be thrown into chaos once again as World War II was declared on 1 September 1939. Rosslanders made up over 600 of the 1.6 million Canadians that served in these two global conflicts. Countless more would volunteer at home, contributing however they could. This ranged from rationing, to salvage committees, to helping with the local A.R.P. (air raid precautions) chapter.

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August 2021: Night at the Museum
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August 2021: Night at the Museum

Join us for our final Night at the Museum of the summer! On the evening of August 19th, we'll be showcasing some of the fun projects our summer students have been working on! We'll also have property tours at 6 & 7 pm (please consider booking ahead) followed by gold panning demos as well as a bit of an open house to showcase our current designs for the Renewal Project Phase II: The Mine Experience.

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July 2021: Ask a Geologist
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July 2021: Ask a Geologist

Have you got mysterious rocks in your basement? Think you may have some of Rossland's famous gold-copper ore in your backyard? Bring all your mystery rocks to the Rossland Museum on July 24th for local mineral engineer Christopher Hatch to identify! Chris will also have his cool fluorescent mineral collection on display so don't miss the chance to check this out!

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Community Stories - Virtual Museum of Canada
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Community Stories - Virtual Museum of Canada

We are pleased to announce an exciting new bilingual exhibit that will be developed with an investment by the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC). The topic we have selected is the story of the development of ski racing on Red Mountain from the 1890s to the 1980s! This exhibit will be part of the VMC’s ‘Community Stories’ collection and will be available online in 2021. We are excited to share this incredible history and showcase our community and achievements on a national platform.

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