Battle of the Châteauguay
National Historic Site

Beauharnois Generating Station

Biophare

Blockhaus de la rivière-Lacolle

Chambly Canal
National Historic Site

Coteau-du-Lac
National Historic Site

Électrium, the Hydro-Québec Electricity Interpretation Centre

Exporail, The Canadian Railway Museum

Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe

Fort Chambly
National Historic Site

Fort Lennox
National Historic Site

La Maison amérindienne

Maison Lenoblet-du-Plessis

Maison LePailleur

Maison nationale des Patriotes

Missisquoi Museum

Musée des beaux-arts
de Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Musée du costume
et du textile du Québec

Musée du Haut-Richelieu

Musée régional
de Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Muséobus,
the Children’s Museum

MUSO – Musée de société
des Deux-Rives

Plein sud, Centre d’exposition en art actuel

Quebec Museum of Archaeology

Saint-Ours Canal
National Historic Site

“… A magnificent duty falls on us: history elects us to preserve the precious treasure it bequeaths. …
Our treasure is poetic resource: the emotional wealth on which the centuries to come will draw. …
Let those who are inspired by this endeavour to join us.…”
[Translation]

The Refus global manifesto, Borduas

Did you know that Borduas was born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire and that he studied under Ozias Leduc, renowned for his church paintings and decoration?

Paul-Émile Borduas was born in Mont-Saint-Hilaire; it was also in this town that he studied under Ozias Leduc, an artist who did paintings for numerous Québec churches, including the Mont-Saint-Hilaire church. The internationally recognized artist Jordi Bonet once resided in the Manoir Rouville-Campbell, also located in this town, whose beauty attracts many in the art world. The Musée des beaux-art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire fine arts museum) has made it a mission to bring the work of these artists and their contemporaries to the public and to give artists from the region and elsewhere an opportunity to exhibit.

In the 1940s, Borduas wrote a manifesto entitled the Refus global (Global refusal), which was signed by a group of artists known at the time as the Automatistes. Together, they were to revolutionize art in Québec.

Many artists producing current art continue in this vein, expressing themselves freely in diverse forms, ranging from photography and printmaking to sculpture and installations. Discover their vision by visiting exhibitions at Plein sud, Centre d’exposition en art actuel, located in Longueuil, or at Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, housed in the second floor of a historic market building.

There are numerous indications that the Abenaki came to Mount Saint-Hilaire to make sacrifices to their divinities. This Amerindian group is believed to have called the mountain “Wigwomadensis,’” meaning “hill in the shape of a wigwam.” Today you can learn more about Amerindian art and culture by visiting La Maison amérindienne in Mont-Saint-Hilaire.

If you love fashion, you won’t want to miss the exhibitions at the Musée du costume et du textile du Québec, where you can discover historical and contemporary clothing styles, traditional textiles, costumes worn in various cultures and current fibre art creations.

Click on the name of a museum that interests you – find something just right for you, right near you!

Expression, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Hyacinthe
Wide-ranging approaches and mediums in visual arts

La Maison amérindienne, Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Amerindian culture and art, maple sugaring traditions

Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Exhibitions by artists from the Montérégie, Québec and further afield, with special attention to the work of Ozias Leduc, Paul-Émile Borduas and Jordi Bonet

Musée du costume et du textile du Québec, Saint-Lambert
Historical and contemporary fashion, textiles, ethnic clothing, current fibre art

Plein sud, Centre d’exposition en art actuel, Longueuil
Temporary exhibitions and introduction to current art for all ages