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Welcome to the Museum!

You can look forward to a warm welcome at Pointe-à-Callière when you invite your guests to our unique and enchanting historic site right next to the Old Port of Montréal. Treat your employees, partners, clients or members of your professional corporation to a reception at the very birthplace of Montréal.

Press conferences, launches, reunions, cocktail parties, convention opening ceremonies, award ceremonies, annual meetings, gourmet meals and business breakfasts... there's no end to all the events you can organize at Pointe-à-Callière. It's sure to go down in the history of your organization!

VIP Tour of the Richard Béliveau Collection
From May 17, 2012 to March 31, 2013, Pointe-à-Callière will be offering VIP tours of Samurai - The Prestigious Collection of Richard Béliveau, for an additional fee. Richard Béliveau is well known in Quebec for his cancer prevention and treatment work, and is also a devotee of Japanese culture and a great collector of Japanese objects and artwork. His collection is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

2012
Due to work being carried out in the Mariner's House as part of Pointe-à-Callière's expansion project, please take note that access to the Youville Pumping Station will be limited until April 2012. Thank you for your understanding.

New in 2012: The Mariners House

In the summer of 2012, we will have new spaces available for rent to our various clienteles. The Mariners House—the emblematic building that served merchant mariners in Montréal at the end of the 19th century—is currently being renovated. It will be inaugurated in September 2012 as part of the festivities surrounding Pointe-à-Callière’s 20th anniversary. With the opening of this new pavilion, located on Place D’Youville at the corner of Place Royale, Pointe-à-Callière will have an even wider choice of rooms available for corporate events. An underground passageway will link the Mariners House to the Eperon, Pointe-à-Callière’s main building, thereby making it quite easy to combine special events with tours of the Museum.

Possible activities

From cocktail parties and lectures to meetings and launches, or any other type of event, the new spaces will meet any need. Wireless Internet access will be available in all rooms, and sound equipment and projectors can be provided according to client requests. Located at an exceptional site—at the very birthplace of Montréal—, these rooms will be a strategic choice for any organization seeking a new, modern, and welcoming space in the heart of Old Montréal.

Fact sheets and room plans

Capacity

Up to 185 people

Fact sheet and room plan
Hydro-Québec Multimedia Theater

This newly updated room, outfitted with cutting edge audio and video equipment, is available for lectures and presentations. The retractable stage appears to float above the archaeological remains, surrounded by an immersive 270-degree screen that offers a multitude of possibilities for presentations or to create specific moods. A unique environment for an unforgettable event.

Possible activities

Corporate presentations, projections (Betacam, VHS, SVHS, DVD, HDTV), lectures or other special events.

Capacity

191, in two balconies. Seating for 90 in the first balcony and 48 in the second.

Fact sheet and room plan
Ancienne-Douane Building

This neo-classical building (1836-1838) offers some of the earliest architectural evidence of the British presence in Montréal. The old Custom House is now an integral part of the Museum, accessible via Saint-Paul Street and from the Éperon building through the crypt beneath Place Royale. The magnificently renovated building has retained its stone walls and a warm, welcoming feeling.

Possible activities

Cocktail receptions

Capacity

110 people standing up

Fact sheet and room plan
Café-Restaurant

Bathed in light, the room offers an exceptional view over the Old Port, the St. Lawrence, its islands and Montréal's most impressive bridges. Sliding glass doors open onto an inviting terrace in the summer, for a special view of the fireworks at La Ronde in June, July and August.

Possible activities

Theme or gourmet meals, business breakfasts, cocktail parties, buffets, launches, Fireworks Evenings, etc.

Capacity

125 people standing, for cocktails
110 people seated, for meals

Fact sheet and room plan
Lobby

The main room of the Museum, the most spacious and certainly the most impressive. The lobby of the Éperon building is the perfect setting for prestigious events, offering visitors intriguing views of the architectural remains of the Royal Insurance Company Building below them.

The room is triangular, with two levels. There is a podium for special guests or speakers. In the background, a spectacular work of art by Peter Krausz adorns the huge doors to the theatre where the multimedia show is presented.

Possible activities

Launchings, corporate events, award ceremonies, conference opening ceremonies, cocktail parties, buffets, suppers and so on.

Capacity

250 people standing, for cocktail parties
110 people sitting, for meals

Fact sheet and room plan
Multipurpose Room

This rectangular room, looking out on the Old Port promenade, is suited to all kinds of activities. One side is entirely glassed in, so that it overlooks the lobby.

Possible activities

Meetings, workshops, seminars, annual meetings, lectures, symposia, etc.

Capacity

30 people, with tables in rows or a U shape
60 people, theatre style

Fact sheet and room plan
Youville Pumping Station

Located just across from the Museum, at 173 Place d'Youville. As Montréal's first fully electrified wastewater pumping station, the Scottish brick building, dating back to 1915, is a key part of the city's industrial heritage. The pumping and water-level control equipment can still be clearly seen in the underground portion of the building, extending two storeys below ground level. Guided tours of this part of the building are available at an additional charge.

The warm colours, the sunlight flooding through the superb arched windows and the monumental pumps are sure to captivate your guests – especially anyone who enjoys the humming of powerful motors and the “industrial” look.

Possible activities

Cocktail parties, launches, press conferences or any other corporate event can draw on the electrifying atmosphere of this facility, with its unusual charms testifying to 20th-century technological progress.

Capacity

Motor room, includes the Howard Room for private meetings (seats 8)
25 people, seated in a U shape
40 people, seated theatre style
100 people standing