January 25th, 2017
Launch of our 2017 program
Pointe-à-Callière, where Montréal began, offers itself up as the perfect birthday gift for its own 25th anniversary and Montréal’s 375th birthday!
In 2017, Pointe-à-Callière will be one of the key sites for Montréal’s 375th birthday celebrations, thanks to its rich and varied program of activities. The highlight will be the opening of a new historic site, the Fort Ville-Marie – Québecor Pavilion, and access to Montréal’s first collector sewer. The Museum will be marking a quarter century this year, along with presenting four temporary exhibitions, displaying archaeological remains and offering over one hundred activities revolving around Montréal history. And to top it all off, the Museum will be giving its visitors a real birthday present: free admission to Montréal’s birthplace and to all its exhibitions for one month, from May 20 to June 20.
In addition to this month of free admission for everyone, anyone who is celebrating his or her 25th birthday, like Pointe-à-Callière, will get in free all year long, with proof of age.
Another birthday present: every month, a lifetime membership to the Museum will be awarded to a visitor who has shared a photo taken at the Museum on Instagram, with the #pointeacalliere hashtag.
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Program
On May 17, 2017, 375 years after Montréal was founded and following 15 years of archaeological research, Pointe-à-Callière will open its seventh pavilion – and the city’s most important heritage legacy project for its 375th anniversary – at a solemn and highly symbolic ceremony unveiling the site where the city where the city was founded.
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On May 17, 2017, the Museum will unveil a tribute to North America’s first collector sewer, a majestic feat of civil engineering built between 1832 and 1838.
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2017 will also be the perfect time to discover (or rediscover) Montréal’s past, thanks to the exhibition focusing on the archaeological remains.
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In the 1701, The Great Peace of Montréal exhibition, visitors will relive the events that led to the signing of the Great Peace treaty of Montréal.
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Hello, Montréal! Bell's Historical Collections looks at the history of telephony, from its beginnings in 1874 to the present, and at its earliest days in Montréal.
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The exhibition, presented in Montréal in partnership with the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève, looks at the cultural diversity of nine countries in the Amazon basin.
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From Asian Lands. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, featuring some 400 items from one of the largest private collections of Asian objets d’art in the world, will be closing on May 19, 2017.
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This exhibition featuring all kinds of audiovisual and interactive displays, as well as 250 objects including equipment, trophies, photos and videos, will bring the exploits of our hockey heroes to life and salute the many facets of our national sport.
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A huge celebratory happening designed exclusively for Montréal's 375th anniversary, Encounters in New France takes participants back in time.
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In addition to the many free activities for families throughout the year, the Museum offers the exhibition Pirates or Privateers?, the Archéo-Adventure workshop, and video games.
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Pointe-à-Callière will be conducting one final extensive archaeological dig campaign on Place D’Youville Ouest, between McGill and Saint-Pierre streets, to continue excavating the remains of St. Ann's Market, which housed the first Parliament of the United Province of Canada from 1844 to 1849. This is where some crucial legislation for the creation of Canada was adopted, including the act establishing responsible government in 1848. In 1849, Tories furious at the Royal sanction of the act granting indemnification to victims of the 1837-1838 rebellions burned the Parliament down.
These archaeological digs are part of Phase 3 in the Museum’s expansion and will make it possible to document this major page in Montréal’s history. To explain the importance of the site, free guided tours on the history of the site and the archaeologists’ work will be given by interpreter-guides from Pointe-à-Callière and the Centre d'histoire de Montréal.
The Museum will also be producing plenty of other key events on a Montréal and Pointe-à-Callière theme in 2017: family Sundays, musical lunches and Les Quartiers improvisés are just some of the free activities to be offered over the summer.
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