Family Break

During School Break, parents and children visiting the Museum are invited to take part in several specially designed activities:

New!

Discover
Families can learn about the ways of life of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians and the inhabitants of New France, and can compare the Montréal of yesteryear to the present day. At two specific locations in the archaeological remains, there are spaces reserved especially for families. In one space, they can learn about the ways of life of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians through workshops on the various roles of women, men, and children, as well as on tool-making, games, and the recipe for sagamite. In the second space, children and adult clothing from the New France era will be available for families to try on, imagining what things were like in the earliest days of Montréal.

Explore
Romeo, the plush rat who is the mascot of the ExploRATion Tour, invites families to take a fun tour through the Museum’s archaeological remains. On this tour, families will visit the permanent exhibition, Where Montréal Was Born, with the help of a tour booklet. The goal is to help Romeo—a nosy, storytelling rat by trade—find selected objects in the Museum’s remains. The tour presents the history of Montréal by taking visitors through authentic archaeological remains interspersed with virtual experiences, touch screens, and 3D images. Ask for your ExploRATion tour booklet at the Museum’s admission desk.

Bring Romeo back home
All children of ages 12 and under accompanied by an adult visiting the Museum during school break will receive a plush Romeo toy as a gift (a $7.95 value – while quantities last).

New!

From the top of Pointe-à-Callière’s belvedere, a new exhibition highlights the majestic views that can be seen from the highest spot in the Museum. Children can compare Montréal’s 19th century architecture in photos to the more contemporary architecture visible with the naked eye.

More to sea and hear…
During their Museum visit, families can take the opportunity to view the Yours Truly, Montréal multimedia show, presented every half-hour. Yours Truly, Montréal presents the history of Montréal in 18 spellbinding minutes and is an excellent introduction to your tour of the Museum!

The temporary exhibition, Colours of India, is also included as part of the Museum visit, and interpreter-guides are on hand to present briefs on the exhibition, in French at noon and 3 pm, and in English at 1:30 pm. Families can also view another permanent exhibition, Montréal Love Stories – The Cultural Connection.

All of these activities are included in the price of admission to the Museum.