Exhibitions
RIFF. When Africa Got Us Groovin’
Add an Angolan djembe, a Cameroonian horn, and a Gabonese xylophone to Louis Armstrong’s trumpet, Gerry Boulet’s organ, and Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, and you get an idea of African musical culture’s broad impact on the popular music of our times, in North and South America alike. Take a captivating musical journey through excerpts from interviews and shows, sound tracks, and legendary objects that belonged to leading artists.
A Musée de la civilisation exhibition based on Music in Motion by the Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, the Netherlands. The exhibition is presented by Sun Life Financial, in conjunction with Tourisme Québec, Québec City Tourism, Hôtel Loews Le Concorde, as the official hotel of the exhibition Radio-Canada and Le Soleil. Alcoa is a partner for all Musée de la civilisation programming.
The Urban Oasis is no Mirage!
Free
The Laurentian forest revisited! The Urban Oasis is a symbolic walk on the roof of the Museum. The path through the plethora of plant species is an immersion in the four seasons that characterize daily life in Québec City.
Beyond the Trees
At once a working environment, a source of income and raw materials, a place for recreation, and a source of artistic and literary inspiration, the Canadian forest is of capital importance. Discover its influence on our daily lives in an inspiring, interactive experience designed to mirror a walk in the forest.
A production of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, in collaboration with Musée de la civilisation de Québec and the Montréal Science Centre.
Cameroon's forest Women
A photo report by Marie-Claude Simard showing the work and commitment of the women of Campo Ma’an, an equatorial forest in Cameroon belonging to the International Model Forest Network.
Presented as part of Vues d’Afrique Rallye-expos.
Human Copyright
Impenetrable, mysterious, and fascinating—thought inhabits us in the most private reaches of ourselves. How far can science go in explaining the meaning of thought?
7 Sins. 7 New Takes from the Museum
Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth—seven storytellers use objects from the Musée de la civilisation collection to illustrate a tale about each of the seven deadly sins, under the artistic direction of Martin Larocque.
Territories
A country isn’t just a piece of land—it’s much more! It’s a place men and women have traveled up and down, named, occupied, exploited, and developed. Traces remain of Quebecers’ relationship with their land and the future challenges that await them. Discover how they occupied their territory, used natural resources, grappled with nature, and coped with winter through a wealth of audiovisuals, photographs, objects, works of art, and song excerpts.
Permanent exhibition
People of Québec...then and Now
From New France to the present day, trace the history of Québec, both great and small. Come and immerse yourself in the ups and downs, the successes and setbacks, intense heat and extreme cold of a history that belongs to all those who have lived in and built Québec. This exhibition provides a fresh view of Québec’s history and a novel approach that offers a different perspective on events.
With the special collaboration of the National Film Board of Canada.
Permanent exhibition
Encounter with the First Nations
What do you know about the history and culture of the 87,000 Natives who live in Québec today? Discover their story, their way of life, and their perspective on the world.
Produced in collaboration with the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Heritage Canada, the Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones du Québec, the ministère des Ressources naturelles and the ministère des Régions du Québec.
