Montréal Museums Day

The 24th  Montreal Museums’ Day

The 24Th Montreal Museums Day will take place on Sunday, May 30Th 2010.

Preparations are already underway, Keep tuned for exciting new programming!

The 23rd Montreal Museums’ Day

 

Without a passport, nor a visa, and without spending a dime, some 130,000 visitors enthusiastically accepted the invitation to visit some of the 30 participating museums on Sunday, May 31st. 2009.

 

Unique to Montreal, this open-house, “Museums without Boundaries” event, with free shuttle bus service, was adopted by participants thrilled by the formula. They flocked to the smaller museums and to the museums on the outskirts of the city who had a considerable increase in the number of visitors. Open to new experiences, visitors participated in special activities and spent more time in the museums. They were initiated to contemporary art and to the science universe, attended presentations and demonstrations, participated in outdoor games and tastings of all sorts. It was a day for extending our horizons and for making acquaintance, certainly a day to be repeated in the future. Since museums offer year-round programming and activities, the possibility is there.

 

An eclectic program

The museums offer free access to their permanent and temporary exhibits and run special activities for the whole family, outdoor activities, family fun, arts and crafts workshops, concerts, tastings, demonstrations, science experiments, films, games, rallies, historical re-enactments, presentations, shows and guided tours … they all make the day an event like no other.

Montréal Museums Day was created by the Montréal’s museums to help citizens get to know these wonderful institutions. Free admission and free public transit, expanded opening hours, a special activities program and a major media campaign provided by presenting sponsor Quebecor contribute to the day’s success, all in the aim of making culture more accessible.

An international event

Unique in Canada, Montréal Museums Day is an event in the spirit of International Museum Day, marked all over the world around May 18. The day was created in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), an organization that is associated with UNESCO.
Learn more about ICOM

Many loyal partners

Montréal Museums Day is presented by Quebecor in collaboration with numerous partners, including the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), the day’s official public transit partner since 1987. The event benefits from the support of various government agencies, particularly the financial support of The Conseil des arts de Montréal and the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal, an agreement between the Ville de Montréal and the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec.