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She We They: The Women’s Show
The making of a show about women has been on the radar for many years. This exhibit represents a slice of our small piece of the world, and what ‘we’ have done and are doing as part of a larger whole
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Gu Xiong: The Unknown Remains
Gu Xiong’s practice centers on the creation of a hybrid identity arising from the integration of different cultural origins and migrations. The Unknown Remains explores patterns of global human migration and capitalism through a local Kootenay lens.
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Kootenay Pride: We Love a Parade!
Queer Kootenays: We Love a Parade! explores the history of the LGBTQ2S+ movement in the Kootenays since the late 1960s. The exhibition is community curated, featuring stories, photographs, videos, costumes, and other information from the community, supported with archival photographs from the Shawn Lamb Archives. Together, the items tell a familiar tale; one where organizers and supporters have…
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The Grow Show
Shakespeare (may have) smoked it. Bill Clinton definitely smoked it, but didn’t inhale. The Kootenays grew it – a lot of it. Canada legalized it. And now, Nelson Museum is doing a show about it.
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Where We Stand
We are turning the lens inward and examining our role in truth and reconciliation – what we’ve accomplished, what we’re working on, and what we have left to do.
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Back on Track: Kootenay Railways
From the copper mines of the Boundary District through to the coalfields of the Crowsnest, railways impacted social, political, and economic life in the Kootenays. As the various and competing rail lines created a vast transportation network that connected east to west, it also brought calamity.