Past Exhibitions
2010
Ian Johnston - Refuse Culture: Archaeology of Consumption
KSA at Selkirk College Year End Grad Show
Selkirk College Digital Arts and New Media Graduation Show
Arthur Lakes: Geologist, Artist, Minister and Teacher
Snow and Ice: A History of Winter Sports in Nelson
Becoming Canadian: A Flag Story
2009
Carol Reynolds : Painting the Town
I Was Here: Architecture and Personal History in Nelson
Brent Bukowski : Flow
Yes! - KSA at Selkirk College Year End Grad Show
SALT: the Distillation of Matter
An exploration into the nature of impermanence
Stanely G. Triggs : Changes Upstream
Kokanee Essential – Kootenay High: A photo-based history of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
The Art of Doukhobor Textiles
Lou Lynn: Retro-active
2008
Peter Velisek: Malé události : Small events
Tanya Pixie Johnson
John Cooper Retrospective: golden years
Nelson’s Mid-Summer Bonspiel
David Eustace: Project for Calendar Studies: Days, Months, Years Artists in the Collection
Leigh Mayoh: The Grid
Alec Garner: Echoes of the Paddlewheel
Seeds in Disguise: The biology and lore of ornamental seeds
Drawing on Identity: Inkameep Day School Art Collection
Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College
Graduating Class Exhibition: READY
2007
Metamorphosis: Karen Redfern
Freshly Squeezed - Design is Everywhere
Kootenay School of the Arts Exhibition Series
KSA Faculty Exhibition
KSA Grad Exhibition
Seeds in Disguise (A ROM travelling exhibition)
Ursula Heller: Powerhouse
River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia
Haruko Okano - Arboretum Arborescence
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: 2 Chairs
Florence Debeugny: PRECAUTION
Selected Works from the Irene & Andre Orbeliani Collection
2003
August 17, 2003 museum reopened after 2003 fire with Forward to the Past curated by Byron Johnstad, Nicole Tremblay, Peter Bartl and Jane Merks.
2002
Painting our Past: Two Centuries of Art in Nelson, curated by Shelly Anderson with Debra Bakowsky, Byron Johnstad and many volunteers.
Discovered photography curated by Debra Bakowsky held at Procter’s Storytelling Festival, and at downtown location including new Bert Learmonth model of Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray V.C.’s ship.
1998
Nelson component for Canadian Museum of Rail Travel’s Crowsnest Rail Line Centennial, Katie Livingston, curator, model of C.P.R. Transfer Wharf by Bert Learmonth.
1997
Celebrating the Century, a Nelson Centennial, curated by Shawn Lamb.
Centennial Sample: Nelson Photographers: 1890-1950, curated by Fred Rosenberg at the Nelson Centennial Gallery on Baker street. Deanne Monroe, Director.
100 Artists for 100 Years, a celebration of local and regional artists at Nelson Centennial Gallery, sponsored by the Nelson and District Arts Council and the Nelson Museum.
1995
Loggers, Mill owners and Communities: Forest History (travelling exhibition) curated by Charles Jeanes.
1994
Winging It: History of Aviation in and Around Nelson B.C. curated by Henry Stevenson with Judy Mulloy.
1992
Moccasins to Michelins: History of Roads and Road Transportation curated by Ron Butler and L.X. Forde. Models by Bert Learmonth.
1991
Following the Muse: History of the Arts in Nelson curated by Nicola Harwood and Sandra Hartline.
1990
Women of Nelson: 1880-1950 curated by Brenda Hornby and Yvonne Munro.
1988
Sports history of Nelson curated by Fran Wallis and Barbara Brown held in conjunction with Nelson hosting the British Columbia Winter Games.
Nelson: The Beginnings curated by Shawn Lamb and Karen Rymal in preparation for John Norris’ research on Nelson’s history.
1986
100th Anniversary of the Silver King Mine, curated by Helen Lee.