Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History

Exhibitions

Permanent

• Montréal Love Stories The Cultural Connection

  The new permanent exhibition Montréal Love Stories – The Cultural Connection, just in time for Valentine’s Day, looks at the stories of Montréal men and women who are passionate about Montréal and have chosen to live and love here.
  
  The exhibition, located in the Ancienne-Douane building, leads visitors to the very heart of the crossroads of peoples that is Montreal. Drawing on objects and first-hand stories from Montrealers representing different communities, photos depicting urban landscapes, video montages and works by local artists, it introduces visitors to Montrealers, through their many cultures and traditions.
  
  

• Where Montréal Was Born

  The new permanent exhibition, Where Montréal Was Born, is an emotion-packed rendezvous with the history of this city born over 360 years ago. Highlights: Montréal's first Catholic cemetery, with an audiovisual environment, along with an interactive model showing how the site has evolved from 1350 to the present and a virtual fresco taking visitors back to a market day in 1750, as passenger pigeons flutter in the marketplace.

• La Station de pompage Youville

  La Station de pompage Youville, située au 173 d’Youville, est un élément important du patrimoine industriel de Montréal. Cette première station de pompage des eaux usées alimentée à l’électricité donne la chance aux visiteurs de mieux comprendre le mode de fonctionnement et les étapes franchies par les eaux usées qui sont acheminées vers l’actuelle station d’épuration. Les visites sont disponibles pour les groupes (15 personnes minimum) seulement, sur réservation : (514) 872-9127

Temporary

• As part of Montréal, City of Glass 2010: A Tale of Innovation, Showcase displaying glass objects in the Place-d’Armes metro station

  2010-04-20-2010-09-26

  Commuters using the Montréal metro will see a very special showcase in the Place-d’Armes station. Various glass objects will be on display, promoting the activities taking place as part of Montréal, City of Glass 2010 at Pointe-à-Callière.

  Place d'Armes Metro

• As part of Montréal, City of Glass 2010: A Tale of Innovation - Glass in all its sparkle

  2010-04-20-2010-09-26

  Museum visitors will discover this fascinating showcase displaying various remarkable and unusual glass objects from the Museum’s collections. The showcase will be located on the mezzanine level.

• Easter Island, An Epic Voyage

  2010-06-08-2010-11-14

  Discover the history of the most isolated land on Earth: Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. Through various artifacts and the work of researchers, this exhibition offers us the opportunity to experience—for the first time in Canada—the beauty of this mysterious people.

Activities

• Opération patrimoine architectural de Montréal (OPAM)

  2010-09-25-2010-09-26

  Pointe-à-Callière is once again taking part in the Montréal Architectural Heritage Campaign this year. For the occasion, the Museum is offering an Architectural Tour of Pointe-à-Callière. A behind-the-scenes tour during which participants will learn about the challenges faced in constructing the Museum, which is built over archaeological remains.
  
  Reservations required: 514-872-9150 or info@pacmusee.qc.ca

  In English at 1:20 p.m. and in French at 3:20 p.m.

• As part of Montréal, City of Glass 2010: A Tale of Innovation, Lecture on glass, as part of History Saturdays

  2010-10-02-2010-10-02

  As part of the Société historique de Montréal’s History Saturdays programme, a specialist on the history of glass will give a lecture in the Museum’s multi-purpose room.

  2 p.m.

• Intergenerational Sundays

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  Pointe-à-Callière invites young people and their grandparents to pay a visit to the Museum... together! Grandparents (65 and over, on presentation of a piece of ID) and their grandchildren (under 18) both get in free. Family rate, and children under 6 are admitted free.

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