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Schedule

From June 24th, the Museum and the Old Prison are open every day, from 10am to 5pm. The tour of the Old Prison in English takes place daily at 12:15 PM. It is important to make a reservation, as space is limited.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Archives – Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

2026

  • De la Bolduc aux Cowboys Fringants – L’accordéon dans la chanson québécoise (travelling exhibition from Musée de l’accordéon) (June 5, 2025 to January 11, 2026)
  • Let’s collect the Toys (December 13, 2024 to March 8, 2026)
  • Gosse-moé une légende (June 20, 2025 to March 22, 2026)

2025

  • Marcel Dargis, painter – Insights on Quebec society (October 18, 2024 to March 23, 2025)
  • 14e édition – Change le monde, une œuvre à la fois (April 16, to May 18, 2025)

2024

  • 13e édition – Change le monde, une œuvre à la fois (April 17 to May 19, 2024)
  • Créer le pouvoir populaire par les arts (April 17 to May 19, 2024)
  • A Railroad to Dreams (October 25, 2023 to March 6, 2024)
  • Haut et fort (October 19, 2023 to January 14, 2024)
  • 50 ans d’engagement pour l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (January 25, to March 31, 2024)
  • De nature inclusive (February 14, to March 17, 2024)
  • Kids Celebrate! (May 23, to September 8, 2024)
  • Peaux d’âmes (April 28, 2023 to March 31, 2024)

2023

  • Changer de décor (November 10, 2022 to September 10, 2023)
  • Résonance VI (June 17 to September 10, 2023)
  • Le Bestiaire d’Allegro (June 8 to September 17, 2023)
  • C’est la faute à Babine (June 15  to October 1st , 2023)

2022

  • Sculptural Fauna – Wildlife Art in Québec (June 4, 2021 to May 1st, 2022)
  • Sport vs Science: the perfect match (April 24, 2021 to March 27, 2022) – a travelling exhibition from the Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke
  • L’art d’avancer (October 8, 2021 to March 27, 2022)
  • Vulnérabilités: l’importance du filet social (Novembre 19, 2021 to January 30, 2022)
  • Un environnement poétique (October 16, 2021 to January 9, 2022)
  • It’s Circus Time! (May 27 to September 5, 2022)
  • The Art of Crime – Dramas and Wrondoings in Mauricie from 1822 to 1986 (June 23 to September 5, 2022)
  • Des camaïeux en cavale (June 2 to October 2, 2022)

2021

  • Change le monde, une oeuvre à la fois – 10e édition (April 13 to May 16, 2021)
  • Déjouer la fatalité : pauvreté, familles, institutions (October 29, 2020 to March 8, 2021)
  • Fragments of humanity – Archaeology in Québec (September 26, 2020 to March 14, 2021) an exhibition from Pointe-à-Callière, cité d’histoire et d’archéologie de Montréal

2020

  • Our House Is Your House! Fifty Years of Community Service (June 13, 2019 to February 16, 2020)
  • La Mauricie s’agrandit (January 18 to March 22, 2020)
  • La virée du poulailler imaginaire (October 10, 2019 to March 8, 2020)
  • Together over a Brew: The Journey of beer in Québec (June 22, 2018 to September 12, 2020)

2019

  • Our Wild West (June 22, 2017 to November 3, 2019)
  • Le porc s’expose: 400 ans d’histoire au Québec (December 13, 2018 to March 17, 2019)
  • Vague démographique: mouvance des cultures (January 25 to March 24, 2019)
  • Inspirations western (November 26, 2018 to March 31, 2019)
  • Dénombrement: Regard sur l’incarcération au féminin (January 10 to March 24, 2019)
  • Le printemps éclate (June 4 to November 24, 2019)
  • Spirale de mots (October 25 to December 8, 2019)
  • InterReconnaissance (April 11 to September 2, 2019)
  • Resonance IV (Juin 9 to September 9, 2019)

2018

  • When Boucar Diouf Inspires Wood Sculptin ( May 10 to November 11, 2018)
  • BDQ: the Art of Québec Cartoonists (June 17, 2016 to December 3, 2018)
  • Challenger (June 22 to September 9, 2018)
  • Les cordes à linge, des Monténégrins aux voisins (May 31to October 21, 2018)
  • Détour des mondes (June 11 to November 1st, 2018)
  • Une ondée de mots (October 21 to December 9, 2018)

2017

  • Bone and Word Games (June 2017 to September 2017)
  • Resonance III (June 2017 to September 2017)
  • My Tiny House on Ice (November 2016 to March 2017)
  • Pignons sur glace (Novembre 2016 à mars 2017)
  • Rodolphe Duguay: Contemporary Looks (April 2016 to January 2017)
  • De Gaulle au Québec : les 50 ans d’une visite historique (July  to September 2017)

2016

  • Toys throughout History (December 2014 to November 2016)
  • Flesh and Muscles (June 2015 to September 2016)
  • Caboose Mountains (June 2016 to September 2016)
  • Master Ceramists and Earth (May 2015 to March 2016)
  • Fishing Stories (October 2014 to March 2016)
  • Voices from the Engraver (November 2015 to February 2016)

2015

  • Hush! and take another look (April 2015 to November 2015)
  • Time Flies, Hats are Transformed (October 2014 to October 2015)
  • Resonance II (June 2015 to September 2015)
  • On Jutras Street (December 2014 to September 2015)
  • Gérald Godin: “Être ou ne poète” (September 2014 to April 2015)
  • Poutine Stop (October 2014 to March 2015)
  • Québec Seen through its Ads (May 2014 to January 2015)

2014

  • La Petite Vie Exhibition (June 2013 to September 2014)
  • Québec, Criminally Speaking (June 2009 to September 2014)
  • Fred Toy’s Box (November 2013 to September 2014)
  • Flowers and Rocks (October 2013 to April 2014)

2013

  • Resonance (June 2013 to September 2013)
  • Now that’s Sports! (May 2012 to September 2013)
  • Cirque Champagne from A to Z (July 2012 to September 2013)
  • The Maeva Odyssey (October 2009 to June 2013)
  • The Nutcracker’s Winter (November 2012 to February 2013)
  • Duplessis donne à sa province (November 2011 to January 2013)

2012

  • Riding with Meteorites (June 2012 to September 2012)
  • Coqs au vent (April 2011 to June 2012)
  • Le temps d’une paix (June 2011 to March 2012)
  • Journey to the Great Beyond (March 2010 to February 2012)

2011

  • Roman des Bois (March 2011 to September 2011)
  • Discovering legends (June 2010 to April 2011)
  • The Dark Side of Quinze (April 2010 to March 2011)

2010

  • Neurons in action (February 2010 to November 2010)
  • Et l’homme reste de glace (August 2009 to March 2010)
  • The Birdwalker and Co. (April 2009 to March 2010)
  • Trois-Rivières’s Popular Heritage (May 2009 à March 2010)
  • Pedal to the Metal (March 2009 to January 2010)
  • Quite a character (October 2008 to January 2010)

2009

  • Rousseau s’expose (October 2008 to October 2009)
  • Hooked on bikes! (February 2006 to March 2009)
  • The Ogre of Gaultier’s Forest (June 2003 to June 2009)
  • Caught Up in the Game (December 2007 to February 2009)
  • Vox Populi (February 2008 to January 2009)

2008

  • Bearers of traditions (April 2008 to October 2008)
  • The Passe-Partout Phenomenon (May 2007 to September 2008)

2007

  • The Art Escape (November 2006 to October 2007)
  • A Collector’s Passion (June 2006 to October 2007)
  • Les petits vélos de Bouvry (February 2007 to September 2007)
  • Garage Sale (May 2006 to March 2007)
  • Or was it a Sunday? (June 2006 to January 2007)
  • Take to the Woods in Mauricie (March 2005 to January 2007)

2006

  • A Story of Solidarity (May 2006 to September 2006)
  • Au Feu! profession: Firefighter (May 2005 to May 2006)
  • Hooked on Clémence (August 2005 to March 2006)
  • RNS, Story Sculptor (May 2005 to March 2006)
  • “Rocket” Richard, the Legend – the Legacy (September 2005 to February 2006)

2005

  • Quebec All Dressed (June 2003 to October 2005)
  • Sweet talk (November 2004 to April 2005)
  • Art Pop/Pop Art (June 2004 to March 2005)
  • Leaving Here (June 2003 to January 2005)
  • What are we eating? (May 2004 to January 2005)
  • Suuupper! (May 2004 to January 2005)

2004

  • Double life (June 2003 to October 2004)
  • Make Art (June 2003 to May 2004)
  • Turning the Tables (June 2003 to April 2004)