Educational activities
Secondary School Students
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Following the announcement of the reopening to the public of the McCord Museum on June 23rd, please note that in accordance with public health directives, guided tours and activities remain suspended until further notice.
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Developed with a civic-minded approach, our tours and workshops for school groups promote learning and openness. Cultural objects and stories inspire exciting discussions and serve to share knowledge as well as experiences. Accompanied by our team of museum mediators, an exhibition tour or a complementary workshop will allow your school group to explore historical and current issues. To enrich your school group’s experience, you can combine your exhibition tour with one or more themed workshops.
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- Indigenous Cultures
- Fashion
Indigenous Cultures
Participatory Visit
60 minutes
Wearing Our Identity. The First Peoples Collection
What do your clothes say about you? For the First Peoples of Canada, clothing is not just a protective layer; it reflects the wearer’s age and social status, reveals the nation they belong to, pays tribute to remarkable exploits or highlights the intimate bond between humans and nature. At the intersection of tradition and innovation, the social, political, cultural and spiritual life of First Peoples reveals itself, one stitch at a time.
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Workshop
60 minutes
Call to Action: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
What is the effect of the Indian Act? What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? This discussion workshop engages participants in a conversation on sensitive contemporary issues and each person’s individual responsibility in the national call for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
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Workshop
60 minutes
Tell me a Legend: Learn, Create and Share a Living Story
Developed in collaboration with contemporary Innu storyteller and director Donovan Vollant and Wapikoni, this workshop introduces participants to the legends of the First Nations of Quebec while developing their sense of the living story.
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- Indigenous Cultures
- Fashion
Fashion
Participatory Visit
60 minutes
Jean-Claude Poitras: Fashion and Inspiration
Jean-Claude Poitras is one of the designers who left his mark on prêt-à-porter in Montreal and the rest of Canada over the course of three decades, from the 1970s to the 2000s. This tour showcases Poitras’s fashion designs and immerses the visitor in his world, exploring his sources of inspiration.
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Workshop
60 minutes
Creativity, Fashion and Inspiration
Do you have to be an artist to be creative? Inspired by Jean-Claude Poitras, the Montreal designer who left his mark on the world of ready-to-wear from the 1970s to the 2000s, this workshop shows participants how creativity can manifest in each of us.
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Workshop
60 minutes
Photo Rallye
This rallye is a scavenger hunt around the history of photography and the fundamentals of composition. Armed with tablets, participants wander the Museum’s galleries and rediscover the exhibitions through a new lens, developing their eye for photography.
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Participatory Visit
90 minutes
Golden Square Mile
This guided tour will introduce you to the typical architecture of the Golden Square Mile –that has been synonymous with luxury since the 19th century– and to the history of the people who have lived here. Equipped with a tablet and the MTL Urban Museum circuits on the Museum’s app, discover a neighbourhood that’s always transforming.
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Participatory Visit
90 minutes
Milton Park
Learn more about the charming Milton Park neighbourhood, commonly called the “McGill Ghetto” by Montrealers, its architectural heritage, the battles waged by citizens to preserve their unique neighbourhood and the different ways its buildings have been used over time.
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Educational Vision
Open-minded, open to others, to the city, and to the world. Discover our vision promoting social and civic values!
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