The Montreal Heritage Calendar

Day by day. Have fun discovering the many attractions in and around Montreal.
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September 30, 2007

40 years later: Rendez-vous at Man and His World

» Biosphère d'Environnement Canada

An exhibit of 30 large-scale photographs on the construction of Notre-Dame and St. Helen’s islands for the 1967 World's Fair in Montréal.

A Heritage in Health to Discover

» Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

600 objects from the collection of the Hospitallers of St.Joseph, of Hôtel-Dieu, relate a history forever entwined with that of Montreal.

Guided tours are available for groups, the general public and students from grade schools to universities.

The Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, inaugurated in 1992, commemorates the 350th anniversary of the foundation of Montreal.

Photo : Gilbert Langlois

Casting off... to discover the Lachine Canal (Heritage boat tour)

» Canal-de-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada

Join us aboard the Navark Dollier-de-Casson for a cruise along the Lachine Canal. Transit the locks, enjoy stunning views of the downtown area, and relive the history of the canal.

Schedule:  June 24 to September 3, 2007 - departures every day at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. September 8 to October 13, 2007 - Saturday, Sunday and holidays, departures at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Reservations accepted at 514-283-6054.

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m. , 3:30 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : $11 / $18
  • Leaving from : Atwater Market dock (kiosk south of Atwater Market, corner Atwater and Saint-Ambroise)
  • Metro : Lionel-Groulx
  • Type of visit : By boat 
  • Also on September 30, October 6, October 7, October 8 and October 13.

A cruise through time...to discover the Lachine Canal

Image Parks Canada (M. Mercier) 2007

Creative Workshops for Families

» Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec

Put your hands to the task! Every Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm, hour-long workshops allow children and their parents to experience for themselves the skill and creativity of the artisan.

A new workshop every 2 weeks; consult our website for details.

Discover Old Montreal on foot: The official walking tour

» Guidatour

A walking tour full of information on history and architecture, and many anecdotes revealing the secrets of Old Montreal from yesterday to today!

Itinerary: From Place d'Armes to Place Jacques-Cartier, including the Royal Bank, Notre-Dame Basilica, Cours Le Royer, Rue Saint-Jacques, Rue Notre-Dame, Rue Saint-Paul, City Hall, the Champ de Mars, and the old Bonsecours Market.

  • Length : 1 h 30
  • Schedule : 11 a.m. , 1:30 p.m.
  • Price : $7.50 / $16.50
  • Leaving from : Departures in front of the Boutique du Parvis of Notre-Dame Basilica (110 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest).
  • Metro : Place-d'Armes
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30, October 6, October 7, October 13 and October 14.

Discover Old Montreal on foot: The official walking tour

Photo: Mathieu Déziel

First Nations, French Royal Collections

» Pointe-à-Callière, musée d’archéologie et d’histoire de Montréal in collaboration with the Musée du quai Branly, Paris

The exhibition presents some of the North American ethnographic artifacts in the French Royal collections, brought back by explorers and others in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Guided tours on Sundays at 1:30 p.m. in French and at 2:30 p.m. in English.

  • Schedule : 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. , 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Price : $0 / $27
  • Metro : Place-d'Armes
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30, October 7 and October 14.

Following the beaver's trail

» Commerce-de-la-fourrure-à-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada

Guided tour of the historic fur-trade warehouse

Get digging! Archaeology for all

» Musée de Lachine

Archaeological excavation workshops. Under expert guidance, participants will use scientific archaeological methods to carefully uncover artifacts, make observations and confirm hypotheses.

  • Length : 3 h
  • Schedule : 9 a.m. , 1 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Angrignon
  • Bus : 110
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30, October 6, October 7 and October 12.

Greek Folk Dancing: Koryfei's Dance Season 2007-2008

» Institut culturel hellénique Koryfei

Greek folk dancing for all levels No experience necessary, but must keep up with fast-paced rehearsals Preparation for upcoming performances within Montreal & abroad

Repertoire to be taught in 2007-2008: Northern Thrace, Asia Minor, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Pontus, Crete, Cyprus. Come join us every Sunday from now until Summer 2008 for fun-filled days of greek folk dancing & traditions!

Green Light for Ecotechnologies

» Biosphère d'Environnement Canada

A guided tour of the Biosphère’s wind turbines, its artificial wastewater treatment wetlands and its geothermal heating and air-conditioning system.

Guided tour offered at various hours. For information: 514-283-5000

Guided tour of the fur warehouse

» Commerce-de-la-fourrure-à-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada in collaboration with "Les Deux Tisserandes" (The Two Weavers)

In the Journée de la Culture. Historical interpretations on the songs and legends of the fur trade and the lives of the voyageurs. Demonstrations of wool spinning on a drop-spindle.

  • Schedule : 10 a.m. , 11 a.m. , 1 p.m. , 2 p.m. , 3 p.m. , 4 p.m.
  • Target audience : All
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Angrignon
  • Bus : 195
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30.

Guided tour of the On our Shores exhibition at the Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage

» Musée d'histoire et du patrimoine de Dorval

This exhibition looks at the events that have taken place on the shores of Lake Saint-Louis, going back to the arrival of Dorval's first European settlers.

The On our Shores exhibition will be presented from June 21 to September 30, 2007. The museum (1850 Chemin Bord-du-Lac - Lakeshore, Dorval) is open Thursday to Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. For information, call 514-633-4314.

  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Bus : 202 W
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30.

Guided tours of exhibition Claude Millette. Material resistance. Selected Works from 1976 to 2006

» Musée de Lachine in collaboration with Exhibition designed by EXPRESSION, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, and presented in association with the Musée de Lachine.

Free guided tours on weekends from June till October. The exhibition presents about twenty of the artist's major works, including an outdoor sculpture on the museum's grounds.

  • Length : 1 h
  • Schedule : 3 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Angrignon
  • Bus : 110
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30, October 6 and October 7.

Guided tours of the exhibition Maison LeBer-LeMoyne: Scene of Dreams

» Musée de Lachine

Free guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays from June to October. Enter the heart of our history while visiting the Maison LeBer-LeMoyne, one of the oldest fur trading posts in the country.

  • Length : 1 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Angrignon
  • Bus : 110
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30, October 6 and October 7.

Guided walking tours of Pointe-Claire Village

» Société pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine de Pointe-Claire

The visit includes the windmill, built in 1709, and the Neo-Gothic Saint-Joachim Church. The history of the first settlers will be told and the heritage houses will be described.

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Price : Voluntary contribution
  • Leaving from : In front of Saint-Joachim Church.
  • Bus : 211
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30 and October 7.

Guided walking tours of the Bowling Green

» Société pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine de Pointe-Claire

Garden City project created in 1904 by Frederik G. Todd.

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Price : Voluntary contribution
  • Leaving from : At the corner of Rue Bowling Green and Chemin Bord-du-Lac--Lakeshore.
  • Bus : 211
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30 and October 7.

Journées de la culture

» Exporail, le Musée ferroviaire canadien

Discover Exporail's interactive exhibits in our morning open-house.

Free admission to Exporail, morning only, 10 AM to noon.

  • Schedule : 10 a.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30.

Overview of the Grand Gallery

Photo : Exporail

Open Organs at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

» Musée Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Visit Montreal's first stone chapel and meet the organist, Benoît Marineau, who will reveal the secrets of its 1910 Casavant and the 2002 Juget-Sinclair organs.

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is located at400 Saint Paul Street East, Old Montreal

  • Length :  45 min
  • Schedule : 2 p.m. , 4 p.m.
  • Target audience : Adults
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Champ-de-Mars
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on September 30.

1910 Casavant Organ of the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

Photo contest "Montréal à l'œil" Industrial Montréal

» Centre d’histoire de Montréal

Inaugurated by the Centre d’histoire de Montréal in 1993 and open to both amateurs and professionals, the contest aims to discover and uncover the heritage of daily life in Montreal.

Send your photos in our adress: Contest "Montréal à l'œil," 335 Place d'Youville, Montreal H2Y 3T1. The Industrial Montreal contest offers a fabulous landscape of possibilities for all who love to take photographs. In your sights: anything and everything related to industry on the island of Montreal. The east-end refineries and the Old Port’s grain silos are perfect examples of the enormous potential of this subject. It’s up to you to explore the vast industrial heritage that, since 1850, has made Montreal the economic capital of the province and indeed of all of Canada. Check our web site for all the details (www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/chm)

Photomania

» Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne

You will discover the inspiring stories of the people who form our social landscape. This visit will be followed by a workshop where you will create a postcard in the style of Notman.

All workshops and activities are bilingual and included with Museum admission, unless otherwise indicated. Opening hours Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open Mondays on holiday weekends and during the summer months, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission on the first Saturday of each month from 10 am to 12 pm.

  • Schedule : 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. , 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Price : $4 / $12
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on September 30.

Planet Bucky

» Biosphère d'Environnement Canada

A look at concrete sustainable development, showcasing contemporary innovations that follow in the footsteps of the Biosphere’s creator, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).

Tour of the Exhibit Damoiselle Mance

» Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in collaboration with The Univers culturel de St-Sulpice

The exhibition unveils the life and work of Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) co-founder of Montréal, founder of the Hôtel-Dieu and Canada's first secular nurse.

The exhibition can be visited individually during the museum's opening hours. A guided tour can also be reserved for groups.

Jeanne Mance. Charcoal, attributed to Sister Alexandrine Paré, r.h.s.j., end of XIX century.

Illustration : Collection of RHSJM

Visit the Architectural Treasures of Pointe-Claire

» Centre culturel de Pointe-Claire, Stewart Hall

Come and discover the many faces of the history of Pointe-Claire, from the bucolic parish and summer village of yesteryear to the modern urban centre of today.

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 11 a.m. , 2 p.m.
  • Target audience : adults
  • Price : Free
  • Leaving from : Pointe-Claire Cultural Centre, Stewart Hall (176 Chemin Bord-du-Lac - Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire)
  • Metro : Lionel-Groulx
  • Bus : 211
  • Type of visit : By bus 
  • Also on September 30.

Walking the Main: six kilometres of cultural diversity

» Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent in collaboration with L'Autre Montréal, ATSA

With the urban research and discovery group L’Autre Montréal,  explore the entire 6 km of the Boulevard Saint-Laurent Historic District, from the Old Port to Rue Jean-Talon!

This exclusive walking tour celebrates over a century of cultural diversity on the Main: its built heritage, the cultural communities who have lived here, and the events that have taken place there. Comfortable shoes are recommended. The tour will end around 4 p.m. at the corner of Rue Jean-Talon. Participants will pay for their own lunches and snacks. Reservations (required): Valérie Paquin, 514-286-0334, between September 17 and 28 only.

  • Length : 7 h
  • Schedule : 9 a.m.
  • Target audience : Boulevard Saint-Laurent heritage enthusiasts
  • Price : Free
  • Leaving from : Corner of Boulevard Saint-Laurent and Rue de la Commune
  • Metro : Place-d'Armes
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30.

Walking Tour: Riches of the Golden Square Mile

» Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne

While walking through the Golden Square Mile, discover the rich heritage left by the Scots during development of the city of Montreal in the 19th century.

Offered during the Journées de la culture. All workshops and activities are bilingual and included with Museum admission, unless otherwise indicated.

  • Schedule : 1:30 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Leaving from : McCord Museum. End of tour: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on September 30.

Legend

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