The Fernie Museum and
Visitor Information Centre
At the centre of Historic Downtown, the Fernie Museum and Visitor Information
Centre makes its home in the 1908 Home Bank building. Learn all about Fernie’s
rich and dramatic history and heritage, things to do, attractions, upcoming events,
festivals and more.
WINTER AT THE FERNIE MUSEUM
INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND
INNOVATIVE DISPLAYS
This Is Our Fernie explores the legend
of a curse, fires that razed the town to
the ground, and mining disasters that
cut like a knife through the community.
This main floor exhibit includes the
interactive Fernie Faces audio/visual
programs to explore history through
the eyes of early residents, a mine
tunnel and Discovery Drawers for the
little ones to peek into, and a timeline
that documents Fernie’s evolution
spanning an entire wall.
The Museum’s winter exhibit,
Hosmer: Boom, Bust and War, traces
the rise and demise of Hosmer as one
of the coal mining communities in the
valley, from its establishment in 1906
by the Canadian Pacific Railway to
the closing of its mining operations in
1913. The exhibit is open until February
13th.
I Am Fernie, the Museum’s spring
exhibit as part of CANADA 150, will
open March 2nd shows what makes
Fernie such a great place to live and
visit, as seen through the lens of 150
residents as captured by Kyle Hamilton,
a local photographer.
691 2nd Ave | 250-423-7016
ferniemuseum.com
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