August Night at the Museum
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August 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 Ask a Geologist
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July 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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New Travelling Exhibition!
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New Travelling Exhibition!

Through interactive stations, video, and audio, Our Living Languages provides visitors with the opportunity to learn more about the history of disrupted languages in BC, the complexity of these languages, and the people – and entire communities – that are working tirelessly to document and revitalize them.

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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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A very unique collection!
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A very unique collection!

Elmes raised and showed his canaries all over western Canada during the 1950s and 60s. His collection of canary competition trophies and prize ribbons are some of the more unique awards we have in our collection.

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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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