About

“Montréal Capitale: An Interactive Experience” is a virtual tour of the Old Montréal neighborhood, produced by Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex. This project is the result of a collaboration between researchers and 3D reconstruction specialists.

It offers an immersive experience that allows history enthusiasts, high school students, and post-secondary students to discover Montréal between 1844 and 1849—a forgotten capital of the Province of Canada.

In the city’s streets, you’ll meet fascinating figures and discover authentic objects, along with landmark events from Montréal’s political and cultural scene.

Made possible through Digital Museums Canada, an investment program administered by the Canadian Museum of History.

Project team

Project Management 
Louise Pothier

Project Managers 
Léa Duflos 
François Gignac 
Hendrik Van Gijseghem

Historical Research and Special Advisor
Alan Stewart

3D reconstruction 
Guy Lessard/Architruc

Design, integration, programming 
Simbioz

Writing and content 
Léonore Colpron-Bergsma 
Léa Duflos 
Louise Pothier

Acknowledgements

Alamy – World History Archives

Archives of the Grey Nuns of Montréal

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Canadian Museum of History

Canadiana

Château Ramezay Museum

City of Montréal –Division des archives historiques

City of Montréal – Division du patrimoine

City of Montréal – Service de la culture

City of Québec

Detroit Institute of Arts

House of Commons of Canada

Internet Archive

Kingston General Hospital Archives

Library and Archives Canada

McCord Stewart Museum

Ministry of Culture and Communications / Laboratoire et réserve archéologique du Québec

Musée de la civilisation

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

National Gallery of Canada

Parliamentary Library

Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Media Centre

Portrait Gallery of Canada

Royal Collection Trust

Royal Ontario Museum

Senate of Canada

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Toronto Public Library

Univers Culturel de Saint-Sulpice 

Validation of the educational content and the user experience

Véronique Charlebois – Société des professeurs d’histoire du Québec (SPGQ)

Reference book

Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex (Ed.), Montréal, Capital City. The Remarkable History of St Anne’s Market and the Parliament of the Province of Canada, Montréal, Les Éditions de l’Homme, 2022, 240 p.

Copyright

The rights to the texts, images, and multimedia documents created for the “Montréal Capitale: An Interactive Experience” web application belong to Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex.

Users are authorized to use this content for educational purposes, private study or research, or for personal or public, non-commercial purposes, subject to the following conditions:

• Respect for the accuracy of the reproduced content;
• Mention of the copyright holder and citation of Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex.

This authorization is non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable, and without territorial or time limits.

Any multiple reproduction of these documents, in whole or in part, for commercial purposes is prohibited, except with the written permission of Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal archaeology and history museum.