Don’t miss this concert dedicated to Sébastien de Brossard, a French Baroque musician, music theorist, and avid collector of sheet music. The Versailles Baroque Music Center has even named its reading room after him in honor of the man considered a forerunner of all future music librarians in France.

Under the direction of Luc Beauséjour, the instrumental ensemble Clavecin en concert and baritone Olivier Bergeron present a program featuring works by Brossard, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Giacomo Carissimi.

This lecture will explore the mosaic of landscapes in Mount Royal Park, from their origins to their future, and will highlight the importance of Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision and the exceptional legacy it has left behind. Institutional landscapes will be briefly presented, with a focus on their relationship to the topography of Mount Royal, as well as the work carried out over decades to preserve and enhance the Mountain, an icon of Montreal. In collaboration with the Friends of the Mountain. As part of Mount Royal Park’s 150th anniversary celebrations, come hear landscape architect Daniel Chartier speak. 

Enter for the first time in the Hospitallers’s old monastery, a private dwelling place for the Montreal congregation from 1861 to 2019. Located next to the Hôtel-Dieu, the monastery is part of the convent complex, which was constructed from 1859 to 1861 by architect Victor Bourgeau. 

Like many prominent figures in 19th-century Montreal, William Hales Hingston (1829–1907)—a surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu and mayor of Montreal—left little mark on people’s memories. As an advocate for public health policies, he nevertheless played a key role in reorganizing the Municipal Health Bureau at a time when laissez-faire attitudes, rapid population growth, and social inequalities were turning Montreal into a deadly city. This lecture will shed light on the life of a figure at the heart of 19th-century public health reform who remains largely unknown today. As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Mount Royal Park, come hear historian and museologist Jean-François Leclerc.

To mark the anniversary of Jeanne Mance’s birthday (May 12)—patroness of the Hospitalières de Saint-Joseph de Montréal—we invite you to explore the crypt, where Jeanne Mance is buried, surrounded by 600 other Hospitalières.

Accompanied by a museum guide, step into the Hospitalières Crypt, where nearly 600 Hospitalières and Jeanne Mance are buried. Explore this unique historic site located in the heart of the Cité des Hospitalières complex and the Hôtel-Dieu Chapel, built in 1861 by architect Victor Bourgeau..