Local
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2026 Members Show & Sale
Be part of our biggest Members Show EVER! Nelson Museum, Archives, & Gallery is excited to invite all NMAG Members to participate in our 2026 Members Show & Sale.
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Boat Without a Boat
‘Boat Without a Boat’ unveils new work by Nelson-based artist Deborah Thompson, charting two evolving pathways in her practice: expansive cut-paper assemblages and evocative stop-motion animations.
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Móðurmál/Mother Tongue
Hildur Jónasson is a multi-disciplinary artist with a printmaker’s eye, using this body of work to explore the Icelandic language, her mother tongue, as both heritage and identity.
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Deep Roots
Featuring themes of resource extraction, land use, environmentalism and climate change, homebuilding, energy use, wildfire mitigation, and more.
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Vessels
Amelia Ford February 15 to May 24, 2025 Objects such as glasses, fruit, flowers, and tchotchkes take on figurative roles to represent their latent symbology and challenge the male gaze.
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Within This Earthen Vessel: Stories of India & Community
Celebrating the Indian diasporic community to the local region, weaving together stories of past and present, through historical photos from regional archives and beyond, personal stories, and work from local artists.
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Utopia Unveiled: Intentional Communities in the Kootenays
The counterculture movement brought a wave of creativity to the Kootenays in areas such as theatre, ceramics, filmmaking, weaving, poetry, fine art, and music. Utopia Unveiled explores how this community helped shaped Nelson.
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PULP
Throughout the last 2,000 years, paper has played a crucial role in collecting and sharing information and ideas and has allowed us a window into the past.
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Judy Wapp: VisuAlchemy
As an activist, visual artist, and radio personality for nearly 75 years, Judy Wapp has lived an incredible life.
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Elevation
This four-seasons backyard playground produced world-class athletes, built a tourism economy, and hosts adventurers from around the world. This winter, the Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery presents Elevation – an ambitious exhibition exploring the vast expanse of the mountains in the Kootenays.