| Name |
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History |
| Visual image |
References are geographic (point, uneven shoreline), architectural (triangular footprint of the Éperon building, tower and elevator) and museological (stratigraphy, vertical dimension). |
| Official opening |
May 17, 1992 (to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of Montréal) |
| Average annual number of visitors |
More than 300,000, of all ages, from all over |
| Total area |
10,690 m2 (exhibition space: 5,970 m2) |
| Theme |
Montréal, a crossroads of cultures and trade |
| Exhibitions |
4 permanent and 2 temporary each year |
| Project owner |
Ville de Montréal |
| Master contractor |
Société immobilière du patrimoine architectural de Montréal (SIMPA) |
| Partners |
Communications Canada
Federal Office of Regional Development - Québec
Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec
City of Montréal |
| Project management |
Director: Francine Lelièvre, Processus inc.
Project Manager, architecture: Yves Roy
Project Manager, research/museology: Sylvie Dufresne |
| Senior architect |
Dan S. Hanganu/Provencher Roy |
| Consulting architect |
Lemoyne Lapointe Magne Architectes et Urbanistes (Ancienne-Douane) |
| Structural and civil engineers |
Nicolet Chartrand Knoll ltée |
| Mechanical and electrical engineers |
Liboiron Roy Caron & Associés inc. |
| Contractors |
Construction Fitzpatrick Canada ltée
Construction Canvar
Les entreprises Véral inc.
Les fondations Géodex inc. |
| Historical research |
Raymond Montpetit, co-ordinator
Paul-André Linteau, historian
Jean-Claude Marsan, architect and urban planner
Jacques Mathieu, historian
and their teams |
| Archaeological research and dig sites |
Ville de Montréal
Old Port of Montréal Corporation
Arkéos
Arkhis
Ethnoscop
Groupe de recherche en histoire du Québec
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montréal |
| Funding |
Project cost: $27,500,000
Government of Canada (Communications Canada and Federal Office of Regional Development – Quebec): $12,000,000
Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec: $9,000,000
City of Montréal: $6,500,000 |
