Collections and Visitor Services Winter Intern
The Fernie & District Historical Society is welcoming an exceptional individual to join our team as a Collections and Visitor Services Intern on a fixed-term contract. Term: December 9, 2022 to March 31, 2023 Rate: $18/Hour Terms: 35 hours per week, 7 hours per...
Michael Hepher – In This Together
MICHAEL HEPHER | IN THIS TOGETHER Friday, June 1st - September 4th, 2022 FERNIE MUSEUM GALLERY | 591 2ND AVENUE INTRODUCTION: Using the catalyst of the Fernie based mural “All Kinds of Beauty”, Michael Hepher was honoured to receive a 2020 grant from the Columbia...
Cabinet of Curiosities | Skincare and Beauty from 1895
The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities, a video series investigating our artifact collections. Every week, a new object is examined by our trusty Collectionsperson, Lindsay Vallance. The Victorian era was hard on your skin. Soot, sun damage,...
Indian Clubs: Let’s Get Physical
Home fitness is all the rage! And that means the Fernie Museum Historical Spa and Fitness Centre is bringing back the original functional exercise doohickey: the Indian Club! Yes, this oddly-shaped piece of wood has been keeping fitness buffs like Persian...
Fernie ‘Canada Day from Home’ 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Solve the Fernie Scavenger hunt and enter to win prizes from the Fernie Chamber of Commerce and Fernie Museum! Send your answers to the Scavenger Hunt to info@ferniemuseum.com by July 2nd. Winners will be notified no later than July 4th. Have fun discovering...
Cabinet of Curiosities | In Search of Loo-topia
The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities, a video series investigating the stories behind our artifact collection. Each week, a new object is thoroughly examined by our trusty Collectionsperson, Lindsay Vallance. The star of this week’s show is not...
Journaling During A Pandemic
The Fernie Museum encourages you to journal your experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic. All of us are making history every day as we experience these current events, and it is important that we value those experiences enough to document them. Journaling is a great way...
Cabinet of Curiosities | Flat Out
The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities, a video series investigating our artifact collections. Every week, a new object is examined by our trusty Collectionsperson, Lindsay Vallance. This week we look at laundry, with the help of three very heavy...
Documenting Fernie’s Response to COVID-19
Looking for a fun activity for the whole family? Help document the COVID-19 pandemic locally in real-time by creating your very own Family Time Capsule (COVID-19 edition!). This record will join our permanent collection in the archives as a way for the community to...
Cabinet of Curiosities | Mind Your Head!
The Fernie Museum is proud to present Cabinet of Curiosities a video series investigating the stories behind our artifact collection from the safety of the home of Lindsay Vallance, the Fernie Museum's Collections Manager. This week's object is a bowl-shaped metal...