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We’re renovating the ground floor to enhance your visit and improve the accessibility and comfort of our spaces. The Museum remains open, and all exhibitions are available to visitors. Learn more

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Discover our exhibitions with family
Whether you are looking for an outing where you can explore history, interactive activities to do with your child, or seeking a fun weekend event, we have designed the activities just for you!

Free admission for children and teens aged 17 and under.
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Until October 18

A scrumptious family tour

Explore the exhibition On the Menu while having a blast as a family: this tour includes fun facts about Montreal restaurants, eye-spy games in the galleries, and creative activities. Look for the pig Tire-Bouchon, who’s hiding in the four corners of the exhibition!

Recommended for children aged 5 to 10. Available at the Admissions Desk, while quantities last.
Saturdays, until March 28 | Ongoing from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Workshop: Looking after our stories in Tiohtiá:ke

Come reflect on stories from Chinese, Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities that are too often left untold in this workshop developed in collaboration with Je suis Montréal.

Recommended for children 8 and up.
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A family-friendly Museum

The Museum provides a welcoming environment, and a variety of services designed to enhance the experience for families. Amenities include a nursing room, self-service lockers, and changing tables, all readily accessible.
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Dress, Fashion and Textiles

Both outfits, Bluebell and Violets, came from the same little girl, Winifred Birkett of Montreal, who probably wore them around the ages of 8 and 12. These costumes were on display as part of exhibition Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927, between November 14, 2024 and August 17, 2025.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, extravagant costume balls and fancy dress skating carnivals were the pinnacle of society entertainments. Conceptual costumes embodied a concept, object, natural phenomenon, or even games. Flower impersonations were very popular for women and girls.

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“Bluebell” costume (dress, hat) and “Violets” dress, 1908 and 1912. Gifts of Gift of the Estate of Winifred Leighton Birkett, MMQ1993.18.06AB and MMQ1993.18.05, McCord Stewart Museum

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