Temporary exhibitions
Through the CHM's temporary exhibitions initiated by our team or our partners, Montreal is revealed a little, a lot, with passion. Our role is to bring you to discover and understand historical moments as they were lived by Montrealers. We like to surprise you, incite you to ask questions and see the city with new eyes by exploring various aspects of it on your own. With us, revisiting Montreal's past is an ongoing adventure.
Lost Neighbourhoods
June 15, 2011 to March 25, 2012
Between 1950 and 1970, Montreal’s urban fabric was subjected to a colossal restructuring. Here as elsewhere, the idea of a clean, modern city led to the destruction of old neighbourhoods. Among others, the Red Light, Faubourg à m'lasse, and Goose Village districts were bulldozed, displacing more than 10,000 Montrealers.
In this immersive exhibition, a lost Montreal is recreated through residents’ memories and scenes of daily life never before presented to the public.
In collaboration with the Archives of Montreal.
Modern Montreal
September 22, 2010 to August 28, 2011
Since the beginning of the 20th century, Montreal has been the cradle of modern architecture of an astonishing quality, a futuristic architecture that occasionally jars in the urban eclecticism of the city. Place Ville-Marie, Wesmount Square, the buildings of Expo 67 recent or less recent, major or minor, modern architecture remains an important cultural heritage element at the heart of our daily activities. It is one of the most eloquent manifestations of the dreams, transformations, and innovations that left their imprint upon Quebec society from the 1930s to the 1970s.
This is why the Centre d'histoire de Montréal invited Montrealers to take a fresh look at the modern heritage of their city in the framework of the 31st edition of the Montréal à l'oeil photography competition, held in collaboration with Docomomo Québec (Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement).
Through some fifty photographs selected from the competition entries, you'll see famous buildings and others that are less know but are still striking and significant. In addition, a number of remarkable buildings that were forgotten by the competition's participants have a place in the exhibit. Texts, narration, and complementary illustrations will provide keys to a better understanding of Montreal's precious modernity legacy.
Made in Montreal?
The collection of the Centre d'histoire de Montréal
June 20, 2009 to March 13, 2011
Our inquiring researcher, Mademoiselle B., takes you along as she investigates some of the 4500 objects in the Centre d'histoire's collection. Made in Montreal? It's your turn to guess!
