Stewart Museum

Since Wednesday, June 29, 2011, the Montreal public and visitors are able to tour the " new " Stewart Museum and its new exhibition, History and Memory. It's an opportunity to discover history in a museum surrounded by stunning nature, unique in an urban setting. The Museum is on the verge of completing major renovation work, a modernizing of the building that was elegantly done in collaboration with Parc Jean-Drapeau.

A precious jewel, the Stewart Museum is a history museum whose mission is to showcase its inestimable collection recalling the presence and influence of European civilizations in New France and North America. The museum is housed in the 19th Century British fort that is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau and is listed in the City of Montréal's cultural heritage register.

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History and Memory

Our collective past is a mosaic of the history of Aboriginal peoples, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and society's major discoveries, among others. All have fed our imaginations and will forever be part of our individual and shared memory.

History and Memory offers an historical journey that will take visitors from the Aboriginal era to the present day. For the first time since its founding, the Stewart Museum is now able to showcase almost 500 artefacts, images, archival documents, and early maps.

Visitors will delight in seeing our history unfold in all of its facets. Key moments such as the reform period and religious wars, the adventure of living in New France, the Enlightenment, navigation, maritime trade, industrial revolution, and the Patriots rebellion will all be explained. The focus will also be on the history and heritage of Île Sainte-Hélène, an apt reflection of our desire to bring together local, national and world history.

The celebrated model displaying the fortifications of Montréal has also been fully restored and now features interactive technology that combines historical analysis with illustrations from the Stewart Museum collection.