Community Collections - New Exhibit at the Rossland Public Library
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Community Collections - New Exhibit at the Rossland Public Library

For years, we have shown you pieces from our collection, but now it's your time to shine! From brooches to bottles, we're highlighting what you love to collect. Community Collections explores not only what our amazing community members collect, but the stories behind those collections. Join us as we get to know each other through a different lens as a community of collectors.

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Night at the Museum - Student Showcase
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Night at the Museum - Student Showcase

Join us on Thursday, August 17th from 6 to 8 pm for our annual summer staff showcase in our August Night at the Museum! Come learn what our students have been working on this summer and get a behind-the-scenes look into our collections storage with our collections staff. Students will be highlighting their work with the Rossland Miner, digitization project, and the RMDC's various collections.

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BC Day at the Museum
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BC Day at the Museum

Monday, August 7th - 10 am to 6 pm. Stop into the Museum on BC Day to cool down inside or explore our outdoor displays with a scavenger hunt! We're open by donation all day, with a variety of crafts, guided outdoor tours of the Upper Level at 11 am and 3 pm, and special displays - including our "ArtiFACT or ArtiFACTION" guessing game - to learn more about Rossland's history.

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CB Culture Tour & Cedar-Weaving Workshop
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CB Culture Tour & Cedar-Weaving Workshop

Columbia Basin Culture Tour weekend is back again this summer - on July 29th & 30th! The Museum will be open by donation both days, and join us on Saturday for a Youth Cedar-Weaving Workshop with Sinixt Matriarch Taress Alexis, thanks in part to support from BC Arts Council.

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Film Screening: Unarchived
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Film Screening: Unarchived

Join us at 3 pm on Tuesday, June 27th for a free community screening of the National Film Board’s new film Unarchived, a feature-length documentary about the people and places often left out of traditional archives and museums, and the communities who are challenging this erasure.

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May 19th Pro D Day Camp!
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May 19th Pro D Day Camp!

Inspiration can be found in abundance in Rossland's wild environment! This Pro-D Day's theme is about bringing our art to nature for inspiration and collecting nature to create and inspire our art. Come spend the day on Friday, May 19th with fellow outdoors kids and artists alike as we find the nature of inspiration at the Rossland Museum.

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CBT Community Engagement
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CBT Community Engagement

Please consider letting Columbia Basin Trust know what you’d like them to support with your CBT funds in the coming years, including expressing your support of Basin museums, heritage sites, and archives.

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PRESS RELEASE - BC Destination Development Fund
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PRESS RELEASE - BC Destination Development Fund

The Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million Destination Development Grant from the BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. This grant is aimed at supporting tourism development in the province and will allow the museum to enhance its facilities and programming, attract more visitors, and further contribute to the local economy.

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PRESS RELEASE - Digitizing Rossland’s Documentary Heritage

PRESS RELEASE - Digitizing Rossland’s Documentary Heritage

With a major grant of $45,250 from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Digital Access to History grant program and a supporting grant of $2104.60 from the Columbia Basin Trust’s Resident Directed Grants, the RMDC will be able to digitize a large portion of its vast collection of film and audio materials, ensuring that future generations have access to these valuable cultural artifacts.


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Seniors’ Workshop Series
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Seniors’ Workshop Series

Our Seniors' Workshop Series is back! This year, we will be exploring some of the topics that you have asked for! Our first session of three workshops includes care of heirloom textiles, care of photographs and digitization techniques, and book repair basics,

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