Thirty-five museums and organizations are taking part in Montreal, City of History, an exceptional event that brings them together for the first time to present a special program of activities highlighting Montreal history.
On this occasion, you are invited to take part in over 60 enriching and entertaining activities for one and all, taking place until December 31, 2012: exhibitions, tours, discussions with passionate historians, theatrical re-enactments, role playing, publications, and much more.
In presenting this event, its initiator, Pointe-à-Callière, the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History, and the association of Montreal History Museums are aiming to showcase the historical character of Montreal.
Welcome and thanks for visiting!
On this occasion, you are invited to take part in over 60 enriching and entertaining activities for one and all, taking place until December 31, 2012: exhibitions, tours, discussions with passionate historians, theatrical re-enactments, role playing, publications, and much more.
In presenting this event, its initiator, Pointe-à-Callière, the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History, and the association of Montreal History Museums are aiming to showcase the historical character of Montreal.
Welcome and thanks for visiting!
| May |
Programme
Events
Société historique de Montréal
May 20, 2012, from 11 am to 1 pm Commemorative mass Civic ceremony in honour of de Maisonneuve and the inauguration of the new Place d'Armes Amis de la montagne (les)
May 24, 2012, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Lecture: Peel Street: witness to the "Square Mile" Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
May 13, 2022 Mélusiane in the Monastery's garden of medicinal plants Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
May 27, 2022 from 10 am to 5 pm Meet artist François Desharnais Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montreal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage
Tinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor Écomusée du fier monde
Exposition : La parole est à nous ! Guidatour - Guided tours
The Grand Tour: Complete Walking tour – Downtown and Old Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Musée de Lachine
Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams Musée du Château Dufresne
Exposition : l'école d'antan Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| June |
Programme
Events
Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Goose Village June 2, 2022 from 1 pm to 4 pm Red Light June 9, 2022 from 1 pm to 4 pm Faubourg à m'lasse June 16, 2022 from 1 pm to 4 pm Discovering lost neighbourhoods Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montreal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage
The Foundations of Municipal Government Guidatour - Guided tours
The Grand Tour: Complete Walking tour – Downtown and Old Montreal Les Midis dans le Vieux - Walking Tours (Offered only in French) Maison Saint-Gabriel, museum and historic site
Sundays in the countryside... in the heart of Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Discovery tour: Reviving Bon-Secours Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Musée de Lachine
Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Notre-Dame Basilica
Light and Sound Show: And Then There Was Light The Grand Tour of Notre-Dame Basilica Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| july |
Programme
Events
Société de développement du Parc historique de la Pointe-du-Moulin
July 8, 2012, from 12 pm to 4 pm Fair: Transport Yourself to Another Time Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
July 8 and 22, 2012 Mélusiane in the Monastery's garden of medicinal plants Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montreal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage
The Foundations of Municipal Government Écomusée du fier monde
Exposition : Les murs murent! Guidatour - Guided tours
The Grand Tour: Complete Walking tour – Downtown and Old Montreal Les Midis dans le Vieux - Walking Tours (Offered only in French) Maison Saint-Gabriel, museum and historic site
Sundays in the countryside... in the heart of Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Discovery tour: Reviving Bon-Secours Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Notre-Dame Basilica
Light and Sound Show: And Then There Was Light The Grand Tour of Notre-Dame Basilica Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| August |
Programme
Events
Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
August 5 and 19, 2012 Mélusiane in the Monastery's garden of medicinal plants Montreal First Peoples' Festival
August 4 and 5, 2012, from 12 pm to 7 pm Boréades de la danse August 3, 4 and 5, 2012, from 12 pm to 6 pm Archaeological activities Atelier d'histoire de la Pointe-aux-Trembles
August 5, 2021 at 2 pm Unveiling of a commemorative plaque honouring Paul Chomedy de Maisonneuve Maison Saint-Gabriel, museum and historic site
August 18, 2021 at 7:30 pm Musical Evening with Sieur de Maisonneuve Société de développement du Parc historique de la Pointe-du-Moulin
August 25, 2012, from 7:30 pm to 12 am Benefit Event: Bet on the Pointe Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
August 25, 2021 from 10 am to 8 pm, and August 26, from 10 am to 6 pm The 18th Century Public Market Société généalogique canadienne-française
August 25, 2021 from 10 am to 8 pm, and August 26, from 10 am to 6 pm The 18th Century Public Market Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montréal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage
The Foundations of Municipal Government Écomusée du fier monde
Exposition : Les murs murent! Guidatour - Guided tours
The Grand Tour: Complete Walking tour – Downtown and Old Montréal Les Midis dans le Vieux - Walking Tours (Offered only in French) Héritage Montréal Foundation
Walking tours: ArchitecTours Maison Saint-Gabriel, museum and historic site
Sundays in the countryside... in the heart of Montreal Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Discovery tour: Reviving Bon-Secours Montréal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Notre-Dame Basilica
Light and Sound Show: And Then There Was Light The Grand Tour of Notre-Dame Basilica Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| September |
Programme
Events
Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal
September 9, 2021 Mélusiane in the Monastery's garden of medicinal plants Archives – Grey Nuns of Montréal
September 16, 2021 at 1:30 pm Lecture: The Accueil Bonneau, social heritage of Montréal Centre d'histoire de Montréal
September 29, 2012, from 1 pm to 4 pm Discovering lost neighbourhoods : Red Light Musée du Château Dufresne
September 30, 2021 Circuit touristique : visite commentée en autobus du qu. Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Archives - Grey Nuns of Montréal
Exhibition: Accueil Bonneau, 135 years of welcoming Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montréal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Maison Saint-Gabriel, museum and historic site
Sundays in the countryside... in the heart of Montreal Écomusée du fier monde
Exposition : Les murs murent! Héritage Montréal Foundation
Walking tours: ArchitecTours Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Discovery tour: Reviving Bon-Secours Montréal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Musée de Lachine
Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Notre-Dame Basilica
Light and Sound Show: And Then There Was Light The Grand Tour of Notre-Dame Basilica Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| October |
Programme
Events
Centre d'histoire de Montréal
October 6, 2012, from 1 pm to 4 pm Discovering lost neighbourhoods : Goose Village October 13, 2012, from 1 pm to 4 pm Discovering lost neighbourhoods : Faubourg à m'lasse Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Atelier d'histoire de la Pointe-aux-Trembles
Exposition des archives de la paroisse Saint-Enfant-Jésus de Pointe-aux-Trembles Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montréal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Montréal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Musée de Lachine
Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams Museum of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Exhibition: "L'Oratoire Magazine... One Hundred Years of History" Notre-Dame Basilica
Light and Sound Show: And Then There Was Light The Grand Tour of Notre-Dame Basilica Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal National Historic Site
Self-guided tour with interpretive panels and viewing of the lock operations Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| november |
Programme
Events
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
November 29 and 30, 2012 Lecture: Montreal on the move: A region, its history, its future Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Atelier d'histoire de la Pointe-aux-Trembles
Exposition des archives de la paroisse Saint-Enfant-Jésus de Pointe-aux-Trembles Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montréal
Interactive Games: In the Time of Smallpox - Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries in New France 150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Lachine Canal National Historic Site
Lachine Canal – Explora Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Montréal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Musée de Lachine
Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site
A Victorian Christmas Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |
| December |
Programme
Activities
Amis de la montagne (les)
Exhibition : "Mont Royal, A Territory to Discover" Centre d'exposition La-Prison-des-Patriotes
Temporary Exhibition: "175 years ago" Centre d'histoire de Montréal
Exhibition: Lost neighbourhoods Château Ramezay - Historic Site and Museum of Montréal
150 years... Sharing the Gift of History! Lachine Canal National Historic Site
Lachine Canal – Explora Marguerite-Bourgeoys Museum
Exhibition: Drawing French America. Historical Illustrations of Francis Back Montréal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Open house and guided tour Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
Where Montreal Was Born Quays of the Old Port of Montreal
Self-guided Tour: 5 Generations, one Port Action Stations! Life at the Port of Montreal, 1939-1945 Redpath Museum
Exhibition: The Redpath Museum: Montreal Science for 130 Years Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site
A Victorian Christmas Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre
Exhibition: Vocation: Teaching Guided Tour: Discovering the Convent Complex of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine |