Group Activities at the Musée de Lachine
Want to see the Musée de Lachine in a different light? We have all kinds of free activities for every age group. Have fun learning more about our local history and heritage.
The Musée de Lachine offers its visitors a wide range of educational and cultural experiences that encourage discovery, discussion and learning.
Reservations
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Group visits
All groups are welcome! With 10 people or more, you can book a free personalized tour of the museum.
The Musée de Lachine also offers specially designed programs for school groups and seniors, as well as day camps.
Activities for school groups
A visit to the museum brings history to life for your students, right in the heart of the oldest building on the island of Montréal! Whether you want to explore New France, discover the charms of Lachine or introduce your students to history, heritage and archaeology, a visit to the museum is just what you need!
Details
Group capacity: 50 students
Duration of visits: Two hours
Fees: free of charge
In order to accommodate 50 students, school visits should include two activity blocks of one hour each. The duration of activities may be adjusted to suit your needs.
Playing With History
Cycle 1
Duration: 45 min - 1h
By observing illustrations of the Maison Le Ber-Le Moyne at different moments in time, students are given the opportunity to observe how people played, dressed and lived their daily lives. Throughout their visit, students experiment with toys in a historical setting: cup and ball games, dolls, jacks, spinning-tops, and many more!
Digging Up Stories
Cycle 2 and 3
Duration: 45 min - 1h
Accompanied by an educator, students visit the exhibition in the Maison Le Ber-Le Moyne. Together, they observe the archaeological objects uncovered on the site. Students learn about the daily lives of the site’s numerous occupants: First Nations people, fur traders, French families and British bourgeois. The activity concludes with a game, during which students interpret the evolution of material culture over the centuries.
The Fur Trade Adventure in New-France
Cycle 2 and 3
Duration: 45 min - 1h
Audacity and adventure were the hallmarks of the fur trade era in New France. This role-playing game allows students to relive the days of the coureurs des bois in a historical building from that period. An engaging way to learn how First Nations peoples and Europeans conducted trade at Lachine.
Activities for seniors
The museum offers a selection of activities specially designed for seniors’ groups. With guided tours, mobile presentations and afternoon teas, you will certainly find an activity that interests you !
Guided tours
Le Ber-Le Moyne house
A heritage jewel, the Le Ber-Le Moyne house is the oldest completely intact building in metropolitan Montréal. A guided tour will teach you about its architecture as well as how its inhabitants’ lifestyles evolved over the centuries.
Details
- Capacity: 20 adults
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Universal accessibility: partial
To get a drink, you have to sell
Located in the vaults of the old Dawes warehouse, this exhibition presents the unique advertising strategies used in the early 20th century to boost sales of Black Horse Ale.
Details
- Capacity: 20 adults
- Duration: One hour
- Universal accessibility: yes
Mobile Conferences
We can do it two ways: at our place or yours! Sit back and enjoy as one of our facilitators brings you the museum’s history in words and pictures, or tells the story of Thomas Dawes and his famous Black Horse Ale (duration: 45 minutes).
Enhance your visit to the Le Ber-Le Moyne house with a presentation in the Annex. As in the days of the Lachine Manor, we’ll offer you tea!
The museum can also provide a free presentation at your location. The room must allow for projecting a presentation on a screen. The seating capacity depends on the space available.
Day camps
Two free activities are offered for day campers.
Archeo-rally
Children are invited to come discover the secrets of archaeology on the site of the Le Ber-Le Moyne house and its Annex, the oldest intact buildings on the island of Montréal. In this activity, they will participate in a rally, handle fragments of ancient objects, put them back together, draw them and much more!
A toy story
Games and toys have been a part of life since time immemorial. Children are invited to learn how they evolved in the historic Le Ber-Le Moyne house. Visitors can experience games played by various occupants of the site of this tercentennial house.
Details
- Age group: Ages 7 - 12
- Duration: One hour
- Capacity: 30 children
- Schedule: July and August, Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon
- Fees: free of charge