Musée québécois de culture populaire

Tourism Region: Mauricie

The Musée québécois de culture populaire: A daring, accessible and definitely different Museum! Explore our exhibitions and discover the many traits that define Québec’s folk culture.

Visit the Museum and be ready to fill up on some fun and long-lasting memories!

Next to the Museum, the Old Prison of Trois-Rivières - built in1822 and classified historic monument - allows you to visit the prison with guides. Through their rich testimony, you’ll get a get a sense of what life behind bars was really like at the time. The cells and isolation cells will surely make you feel happy to be free.

Events

Québec, Criminally Speaking:  June 24, 2009 to January 12, 2014

The Maeva Odyssey:  October 9, 2009 to May 31, 2015

Now that's Sports!:  May 16, 2012 to September 15, 2013

Cirque Champagne from A to Z:  July 13, 2012 to June 22, 2013

Open Artefact Storage Area:  April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2015

Go to Jail:  January 3, 2012 to December 30, 2015

About the Collections

The Musée québécois de culture populaire is a lively storehouse of close to 80,000 items that bear eloquent witness to the wealth of Quebec culture. The Museum has the curatorship of the Robert-Lionel-Séguin collection, considered to be one of the major Canadian collections dealing with traditional Quebec civilization. The ethnological collection at the Museum includes toys, textiles, furniture, and tools illustrating traditional trades, domestic life, farming, and folk art.

Approximate number of objects in the collections: 80 000

Archives

The historical archives brings together close to thirty archive groups, including those of the Robert-Lionel-Séguin collection. This mass of documents takes up over 40 metres of shelf space and consists of manuscripts, maps, iconography and photographs.

Prints and Drawings • Films and Videos • Textual Records

Human History

The ethnological collection.

The ethnological collection is devoted to Quebec civilization and includes over 80,000 items representing several aspects of daily life. Toys, textiles, tools, furniture, articles of domestic life, farm equipement and folk art bear witness to the richness and diversity of this collection. We are not including in this the 10,000 volumes, manuscripts, photographs, maps, or the 200,000 identification sheets on the costumes, life-style and socio-economic conditions of Quebecers.

Agriculture • Archaeological Objects • Ceremonial Objects • Communications Devices • Costumes and Accessories • Furniture or Furnishings • Household Objects or Domestic Technology • Imaging : Film • Musical Instruments • Oral History • Religious or Liturgical Objects • Sports Equipment • Toys and Games • Transportation : Non-motorized ground

Services & Activities

Giftshop

Research Services

Information Centre

Educational Programs

Learning activities adapted to different school grades and according to the programs of the ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport.

Classes or Workshops • Demonstrations • Discovery Room or Centre • Family Programs • School Programs : Age 0-4 (Pre-School) : Age 5-11 (k-6) : Age 12-17 (7-13)(Quebec: Secondary 1-CEGEP) : Age 18 and up (Post-Secondary) • Seniors Programs

Visitor Services

Giftshop

Bilingual Services • Films and Videos • Guided Tours : English : French • Accessible by Public Transportation • Children's Activities or Services : Nursing area or Change Table : Overnight stays • Information Centre or Desk • Meeting Room Rental • Parking Facilities : Free : Bus • Gift shop • Special Needs Facilities : Washrooms : Wheelchairs available : Wheelchair access • Cloakroom • Washrooms
Other Guided Tours: Other languages available on request.

Volunteer Services

Volunteer Services Available • Volunteer Training Offered

Number of Volunteers: 100

Activities: visitor services
event hosting

Member Privileges

Become a member of the Québec Museum of Folk Culture and enjoy a wide range of benefits!

- Free admission to the Museum;
- Invitations to exhibit openings;
- 10% discount on all purchases of $10 and more in the gift shop;
- Free subscription to the Museum's special newsletter;
- Right to take part in the annual general assembly with possibility of being elected to the board of directors.

Regular member (annual membership)

Individual member $35
Student $23
Senior $23
Corporate member $58
Family (2 adults and their children up to 18 years*) $80

Food Services

Caterer

Snack Bar or Vending Machines • Picnic Area • Catering Services • Reception Facilities

Internet Services

General Information • Collections • Events • Education • School Visits or Programs • Directions or Map • Other Internet Services

Local Tourism Links

Local Attractions • Other Services

Publications and Products

Visit the different regions of Quebec by walking round our boutique. Original gift suggestions, local handmade products, reproductions of artefacts, souvenirs.

Postcards • Posters • Tour Packages • T-Shirts or Sweatshirts or Caps

Featured Images

Map

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Location

Address:	200, Laviolette Street Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 6L5 See Map
Telephone:	(819) 372-0406
Fax:	(819) 372-9907
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