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Make the Most of Winter!
Thinking of visiting the MEM? Why not make the most of your downtown visit by including a skating session at the Esplanade Tranquille?
Cultural activities
The MEM invites you to take part in a host of activities and discover its original and diverse programming.
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Discovering Les Constellations de l’hippocampe
Join us in the Cabaret for special days of activities around the MEM’s public art project Les constellations de l’hippocampe.
- Special activityFree
Nuit Blanche – A night to remember at the MEM!
Celebrate Montréal’s legendary nightlife during this special evening at the MEM!
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Guided tour of the museum
Visit the MEM’s permanent exhibition with one of our museum guides.
- FamiliesFree
Lantern workshop
In collaboration with LUMINOLight up your spring break at the MEM! Create lanterns and contribute to a collective installation.
- Special activityFree
Community Archiving: Preserving our Collective Histories
With Stella, l’amie de MaimieAn evening to explore thirty years of community archives and imagine new ways to preserve our stories together.
- Round table discussionFree
Kaleidoscope
Heritage in Limbo: Preserve, Transform or Forget?Attend our Kaleidoscope discussions where we delve into current issues with community representatives in partnership with UQAM.
- Special activityFree
History and Heritage: A Civic Matter!
With the Quebec Anglophone Heritage NetworkThe MEM will be holding monthly gatherings with citizens who are involved in promoting and preserving their neighbourhood’s history and heritage.
- Special activityFree
Beneath the Sea? Montréal’s Fossil Treasures
Explore the secrets buried beneath Montréal: rare fossils, ancient histories and our geological heritage, as revealed by Mario Cournoyer.
- WorkshopFree
Object Seeking Memory
Theme – Montréal: Sports CityThe MEM is seeking memories around a key moment in the city’s history to document objects from Montréal. We’d love to hear your memories!
- TalksFree
Parle-moi de ta collection
With Danielle Bergevin, Montrealer and Museum DonorExplore Montréal’s history and discover how everyday objects become treasures at the MEM thanks to the stories that accompany them.
- Special activityFree
A joyful weekend with the Festival du bonheur de Montréal
Two fun-filled days not to be missed!
- Teenage audienceFree
TEENS – Improv!
With Rencontre Théâtre AdosTry your hand at improv! Create stories on the fly and see where you end up!
- Special activityFree
Opening
A Ray of Hope?
The Institut du Radium de Montréal Against CancerCelebrate with us the opening of a new exhibition in the Kiosque developed by the Atelier d’histoire Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, with the support of the MEM.
- Special activityFree
History and Heritage: A Civic Matter!
With the Société d’histoire d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Société patrimoine et histoire de l’île Bizard et Sainte-GenevièveThe MEM will be holding monthly gatherings with citizens who are involved in promoting and preserving their neighbourhood’s history and heritage.
- Special activityFree
Montréal, in Short
In collaboration with the Courts d’un soir FestivalTwo evenings of 100% Montréal short films
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JOURNÉE RIRE QUAND MEM with the Montreal Clown Festival
A day of clowning around and fun for the young and young at heart. Join us for the last day of the festival!
- Teenage audienceFree
TEENS – Bring the walls to life! Digital creation workshop.
With artychotTransform archival material into live art: draw, animate and project your ideas on the wall!
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Off-the-Wall Evening – Radium Revealed
Allow yourself to be captivated by the mysterious glow of radium in an evening filled with mystery, history and fun!