Virtual visit
Pointe-à-Callière at home!
Since you currently can’t come to Pointe-à-Callière in person, Pointe-à-Callière is making its way to you! The Museum has a number of available resources, adapted to your particular interests or age group, to enlighten or simply to entertain!
Come visit us often, we will be adding new content every week!
Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for exclusive content… or to sign up for the Museum's newsletter to stay up to date on all the latest news! Don't forget to use the hashtag #PACathome to share your discoveries or your works.
Our new exhibition A Railroad to Dreams will be available to the public when the Museum reopens. While you are waiting, we have a few activities to suggest to discover trains in all their forms!
Saturday Morning Story Time
Introduction-to-history-activity for the 4 and 5-year-olds
As part of the À petits pas dans l’histoire project and in collaboration with the Petits bonheurs Festival, Pointe-à-Callière offered a series of free storytelling events for young children. An invitation for 4 and 5-year-olds where five storytellers will hold an introduction-to-history activity, each lasting about twenty minutes, raising children’s awareness and appreciation of Montréal, past and present.
Big quiz 28 days
Test your knowledge on history and archaeology
From October 1st to October 28, 2020, we’re challenging you to test your knowledge over 28 days by answering a daily question posted on Pointe-à-Callière’s Facebook page!
You could win a one-year subscription for two to the Museum!
Your Museum goes live!
During its temporary closure, Pointe-à-Callière has acquired a taste for "live sessions" and has been holding weekly event on its Facebook page offering guided virtual tours and discussions with different specialists.
If you've missed one of our sessions or would like to see them again, you can watch them all online.
For families
Colouring, educational activities, games and more!
The #IncaPeru exhibition differently
For a virtual glimpse of the exhibition
Once upon a time... in Montréal
Anecdotes, stories and images from the past
Virtual tour of exhibitions on the history of Montréal
Pointe-à-Callière invites you to take a virtual tour of some of its permanent exhibitions on the history of Montréal… Start your tour!
Archaeology in all its forms
Discover different artefacts
Archéolab.Québec Favourites
Several artefacts in the ARCHÉOLAB.QUÉBEC collection are so eloquent or enigmatic that they have captured the hearts of archaeologists. Find out what makes these artefacts so fascinating to researchers. (In French only)