Description of the attraction
The Pointe-à-Callier Museum is a museum of archeology and history in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The opening of the museum took place in May 1992, and was timed to coincide with the 350th anniversary of Montreal.
The Pointe-à-Calier Museum is located in the heart of old Montreal and is a complex of various structures. The main entrance to the museum is in the building known as the Éperon. Here you will find a reception, a multimedia cinema, a temporary exhibition hall, a restaurant and part of the permanent exhibition “Where Montreal was born”. Leaving the building, you will find yourself on the Place Royale, immediately behind which you will see the restored "Ancienne-Douane" ("Custom House"), built in 1836-1837, where the first customs office of Montreal was once located. There is an archaeological crypt directly under the square, the entrance to which is accessible from both the Éperon and Ancienne-Douane. The museum complex also includes the so-called "House of Sailors", the building of the first urban pumping power station Yuville and the Pointe-a-Calier Archaeological Field School, on the site of which the fort was once located, the historic center of modern Montreal, and then the house of the third governor of Montreal Chevalier Louis Hector de Callera, after whom, in fact, the museum got its name.
The exposition of the Pointe-à-Callier Museum is vast and varied, and perfectly illustrates the history of Montreal and its environs from time immemorial in all its aspects. You will be able to familiarize yourself in detail with the cultural, social, economic and political development of the region, starting with the life and life of the indigenous peoples who lived on these lands several thousand years ago, the influence of the French and British regimes, as well as the history of Canadian Montreal. In addition to the permanent collections, the museum regularly holds various temporary exhibitions, thematic lectures, seminars and conferences (including for the younger generation), and is also engaged in research activities.
The Pointe-à-Calier Museum is considered one of the best archaeological museums in Canada and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.
