The Archives de Montréal will return this summer to city hall, and on-site research visits will return soon after.
In 2018, Montreal’s archives had to be moved to a temporary location on rue Saint-Denis because city hall and the archives’ vaults were being renovated.
Due to the move, the consultation room on Saint-Denis will close May 16. The virtual consultation room (catalogue), however, will remain available to researchers.
There are more than 5.6 km of archives and about two million photographs that must be integrated into the new space. Among the approximately 30,000 items to be moved are 18,000 boxes, 11,000 registers, thousands of glass plate negatives, 17th-century manuscripts, and large old maps.
Users will be able to send research requests by email until June 2.
During the move, from June 3 to 30, service to users will be interrupted.
Email requests for research will be resume in July.
Starting August 6, the new consultation room at 275 rue Notre-Dame East (ground floor) will be accessible to users by appointment.
Les Archives de Montréal can be reached by email at consultation_archives@montreal.ca or by telephone at 514-872-1173 or 514-872-2615,
