Tour of the Block - Episode 15 and 16: Chinatown
Discover the heritage of Montreal's Chinatown! In this series of two capsules, our volunteer guide Laure invites you to explore this area and learn more...
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For an exemplary redevelopment of the former Royal Victoria Hospital
Inaugurated in 1893, the former Royal Victoria Hospital is still a major heritage site in the city. Located on the southern slope of the mountain, it is considered to be one of the...
Tour of the Block - Episode 14: Around Crescent and Bishop Streets
As our In the Heart of the City tours resume next week, our volunteer guide Kate invites you to walk the grounds of Concordia University, the largest university in the world...
Favourite of the guides: the Stelco's ball tower
Here's the last Coup de coeur of this 2020 season. Sophie, a volunteer guide for Héritage Montréal since 2017, presents one of her Montreal favorites: the Tour...
ArchitecTour virtuel - Faubourg Saint-Laurent's pioneer schools
A second bonus is offered to you to complete our 2020 season of ArchitecTours visits: a virtual tour of the pioneer schools of the Faubourg Saint-Laurent. Laure Barrachina, Heritage guide...
InspirAction #14: the former Riverside Pumping Station and the Forges de Montréal
Before the second half of the 19th century, Montreal had no sewage system. In response to the record floods of 1886, the Corporation of Montreal launched the construction of three structures ...
Protect your assets by supporting Héritage Montréal
Imagine a city without heritage, which means ultimately accepting to live in a city without a soul, without memory and without memories! In continuity with our public awareness campaign, we are launching a major fundraising campaign, supported by the support of the...
ArchitecTour virtuel: Montreal's first schools
Héritage Montréal offers you a little bonus to round off our 2020 ArchitecTours season: a virtual tour of Old Montreal's first schools. Laure Barrachina, guide for Héritage...
InspirAction #16: The Motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Anne's
The Sainte-Anne congregation has been established in Lachine since 1861. In 2017, the religious congregation entrusted its project for the requalification of the mother house to the organization Bâtir son quartier, which is currently undergoing a...
Around the Block - Episode 13: The Latin Quarter
Follow Nicolas F. Létourneau, guide for Héritage Montréal since 2005 and member of our Services and Activities Committee, on a tour of the Latin Quarter. Initially prepared for our...
Launch of Memento, a new platform for the protection of metropolitan heritage
Memento is your new platform to highlight and encourage the rehabilitation of heritage at risk in the Greater Montreal area. The original version of this platform has existed since 2015 under the name H-MTL. Today, Héritage Montréal presents this second version, where the experience...
Around the block - Episode 12: St. Helena Island
The history of Île Sainte-Hélène, home to one of Montreal's most emblematic monuments, the Biosphère, goes back more than 4,000 years! Kate Busch, a volunteer guide, will take you to meet the people of Parc Jean-Drapeau...
Around the Block - Episode 11: The Green Grid
For this summer episode, Dinu Bumbaru offers you a stroll (on foot or by bike) along the green network, between Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Christophe-Colomb Avenue. A stroll where you can...
Around the block - Episode 10: Old Longueuil
It's on the South Shore of Montreal that our tenth Tour du bloc is taking place! Joëlle Perron-Oddo, coordinator of activities currently on maternity leave, will take you on a tour of the boulder...
Tower of the Block - Episode 9: From Victoria Square to Place d'Armes
Kate Busch, volunteer guide, invites you to look up in Old Montreal. Although highly touristy, do you know the history of its buildings, from Victoria Square to Place d'Armes?
Le Tour du bloc - Episode 8: Sherbrooke Street
We celebrate the reopening of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with a block tour on Sherbrooke Street, between the Sulpician Fort and McGill University. Click here for more information...
Le Tour du bloc - Episode 7: Square Saint-Louis
Located north of Sherbrooke Street, between Saint-Denis Street and Laval Avenue, Saint-Louis Square is a place where public art and Second Empire-inspired architecture meet....
Le Tour du bloc - Episode 6: Saint-Urbain Street and Milton Parc
Saint-Urbain Street and the Milton Parc district are the focus of our new episode of the Tour du bloc! To complete the video, we invite you to browse through the website of the...
Le Tour du bloc - Episode 2: Jean-Talon Street
On the occasion of the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites on 18 April, we took advantage of the theme "Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility" to...
Tour du bloc - Episode 1: The old marshalling yard in Outremont
Héritage Montréalwhich focuses on heritage, urban planning and the development of cities on a human scale, brings you a little vignette to accompany the confinement. In this first video,...