Guess I should have said the U.S. Thanksgiving, I know Canada's is in
Oct., but didn't think of that when I posted. We'll be there from Nov.
26 to Dec. 3rd. My husband has a conference there and I'm going along
to play tourist.
I should be able to navigate the Metro there even though I don't know
much French. I managed the trains and subways in Japan a few years ago
- not all the stations use dual text (kanji (sp)& roman) on their signs.
I saw a reference to the McCord Museum costume collection. The link
will be helpful.
Thanks,
Jeanine
Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
Hi,
If you want costumes, the McCord Museum will probably be your best
bet. http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/. Check their online catalog as
well. A little hard to navigate, but they have many amazing items and
they're not all on display, at least not all at the same time.
The Pointe-à-Callière is interesting as well, but it's an archeology
museum, not a costume collection. No fabric there, but a visit of the
first settlements of the city. Lots of arrowheads, but also more
recent stuff, pottery, glass, other household items, all arranged by
date, and the fundations of the very old building underneath the
museum. http://www.pacmusee.qc.ca/indexan.html It's in the Old Port,
so you can visit the area too, although it's probably starting to be a
little empty at this time of year - and it will be windy too. There's
a great Science museum in the Port too.
You can also try the Stewart museum.
http://www.stewart-museum.org/map.htm. Few articles of clothing, but
very, very interesting items, most in the 17th to 19th century range,
IIRC. Not very big, but the exhibitions are usually very interesting.
If you want fabric, the usual location is on St-Hubert street, north
of Jean-Talon. It's the so-called fabric district. But there's a
couple of other places as well, out of the fabric district, for
example a shop called Rix Rax for buttons and notions.
http://www.rixrax.ca/ (another annoying QuickTime site - if you need
the address, let me know).
I don't know of a good independant library. Most of them have been
swallowed up by Renaud-Bray and Archambault. There's Olivieri but it's
out of the way of major attractions. For used books and CDs, there's a
few on Mont-Royal, east of St-Denis. Mont-Royal, both east and west of
St-Denis, is THE place to go for used clothing - and used things in
general. Some very fashionable stuff too.
If you're still there December 2nd, the Salon des Métiers d'Art opens
that day. You'll have the cheesy artsy stuff, but also the very
interesting modern art objects to buy, as well as a few local fine
food producers - some of what they sell is not available in stores.
Entrance is free.
Try www.montrealplus.ca for all (well... let's say a lot of) Montreal
activities.
If you're into food, take a trip to Jean-Talon market. Parking is not
easy so try to go during the week. The market itself and the streets
around are a real feast. Literally :-)
For general shopping, restaurants, those kinds of things... The French
side is St-Denis street, between Ste-Catherine and... oh... about
St-Joseph. The mixed, a little more chic street is St-Laurent, between
Sherbrooke and St-Joseph. (St-Laurent cuts Montreal in half - French
on the East, English on the West side, more or less). Where the
English (and most tourists) go for bars and restaurants is Crescent
street, mostly between de Maisonneuve and René-Lévesque. You can also
try Ste-Catherine street from Peel street down to about Berri street -
and even down to Papineau.
But if you're looking for anything in particular (antiques, crafts,
Japanese food, paper, tea, fancy men's hats - whatever) let me know. I
don't know a lot of places, but maybe I can help - yes, I know,
costumes and fabric and books :-) Unfortunately, I do most of my
shopping for those things online!
Other than that... frankly, we rarely know our own city very well :-)
Oh, and BTW, Canadian Thanksgiving is in October :-) It's long gone by
now...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanine E. Swick"
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To: "Historic Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: [h-cost] O.T. traveling to Montreal
I'll be in Montreal the week following Thanksgiving. What would be
some good sites/museums to visit? Costuming, unique fabric, books....
Jeanine
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