Pointe-à-Callière Museum is a museum of archaeology and history in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday. The museum has collections of artifacts from the First Nations of the Montreal region that illustrate how various cultures coexisted and interacted, and how the French and British empires influenced the history of this territory over the years. The site of Pointe-à-Callière has been included in Montreal’s Birthplace National Historic Site since its designation in 1924.
View of the Pointe-à-Callière complex
The museum complex includes the Old Custom House, Montreal's first custom house. The building is used as the museum's gift shop.
The museum's archaeological crypt features the architectural remains of Fort Ville-Marie.
The William Collector Sewer exhibition within Pointe-à-Callière
Old Montreal is a historic neighbourhood within the municipality of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada. Home to the Old Port of Montreal, the neighbourhood is bordered on the west by McGill Street, on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by rue Saint-André, and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River. Following recent amendments, the neighbourhood has expanded to include the Rue des Soeurs Grises in the west, Saint Antoine Street in the north, and Saint Hubert Street in the east.
View of Old Montreal from the Old Port of Montreal
Depiction of the first church in Fort Ville-Marie. The settlement was established in 1642 under the authority of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal.
The capitulation of Montreal during the Seven Years' War. Montreal and the rest of New France became a British colony following the war.
Notre-Dame Basilica is a Catholic church completed in 1865.