Transmission, commemoration, experimentation: the making of a new permanent exhibition at the Montreal Holocaust Museum
WorkshopINTERACTIVITY / DIGITAL / VIRTUALInteractivity / Immersive deviceMUSEOGRAPHY / SCENOGRAPHYMuseographyCULTURAL MEDIATION - AUDIENCE MANAGEMENTCONSERVATION/COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
2026-03-25 | 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM | Soufflot pitch room
This workshop presents initial feedback on the design of the new permanent exhibition at the Montreal Holocaust Museum, scheduled to open in 2027. The project, a true testing ground for museological experimentation, is based on close collaboration between curatorship and design, as well as a renewed approach to content and mediation. It is taking shape in a context marked by the passing of the last survivors, evolving audiences, advances in research, and a tense international landscape.
The exhibition adopts a thematic structure, organized around the progressive atomization of culture, society, and the individual. This session analyzes the impact of these choices on narrative flow, spatial organization, immersive devices, and visiting patterns. It also examines the ethical, scenographic, and technical challenges, the handling of collections, visitor psychology, the balance between emotion and knowledge, digital sobriety, and contemporary forms of transmission and commemoration.
Speakers
Marie-Blanche Fourcade
Musée de l’Holocauste de Montréal
Cheffe - Conservation et expositions
Martin IMBEAULT
Consortium - La bande à Paul et Pelletier de Fontenay
Chargé de projet - Maîtrise d’oeuvre
