After years of meticulous excavations, the exhibition 'Where Montreal Began' is set directly on the fragments of the city’s foundations, where the very first settlers built a fort in 1642. 

On top of a glass floor looking over the actual dig site, a narrative path takes us into the engaging storyline of the birth of a city, through artefacts, film projections and interactive installations.

How do you tell an incomplete story, one made of stones, objects and bones? As one of the few archeological sites in North America open to the public, Fort Ville-Marie’s discovery was key to understanding Montreal’s history. In order to translate its historic value to the public, the exhibition was built around a narrative path highlighting shared senses and emotions.