Secondary

An inspiring cultural experience for your students! We offer tours designed specifically to spark teenagers’ curiosity and encourage them to dive deeper. Through lively, open conversations, students are given space to share their feelings about the works, think about their worldviews, and explore new creative avenues. How do works of art resonate with us? What dialogues do they inspire with our times? As students share ideas, we help them hone their critical thinking skills and shape their imaginations.

January 6 to June 20, 2025  
Secondary 1 to 5 – Duration: 1:15  
Maximum of 2 classes at a time

This is a chance for young people to connect authentically with art. Each visit is a new opportunity for discussion, discovery, and emotion. In addition to discovering the unique architecture of the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion, they’ll get to develop their critical thinking skills by sharing their thoughts on topics related to the key works in our collection. Students will learn about paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts and design objects in this tour, which is available in French or English.

  • CEGEP students on a school trip to the Early Days exhibition, winter 2025 // Photo: MNBAQ, David Cannon

January 6 to June 20, 2025  
Secondary 1 to 5 – Duration: 1:30  
One class at a time  

The tour is followed by a craft workshop.  

Who am I? What defines me? What makes me unique? A tour through the Us exhibition will give your students the chance to consider these questions and reflect on representations of the self and others as they admire works from different periods in Québec art history. Many artists explore themes linked to identity, and their interpretations will inspire students to create an artistic exploration of their own.

  • John Heward, Sans titre nº 141 (autoportrait), 1990 (2008.117) © Succession John Heward // Photo : MNBAQ, Emmanuelle Letendre-Lévesque

January 6 to June 20, 2025  
Secondary 1 to 5 – Duration: 50 to 60 min  
One class at a time  

Get to know the art of Annie Baillargeon, Dan Brault, and Jean-Robert Drouillard and discover how creation can be translated into everyday life. Our guides will introduce your students to these three Québec artists and a selection of their most inspiring works. Through exclusive videos shot in their studios and in the Musée’s storerooms, the artists share concrete insight into their lives, their sources of inspiration, and their artistic approach. This unconventional approach allows students to interact with works from our collections and form opinions on very relevant subjects!

  • High school students visiting the exhibition Voir la Nuit at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

Reservations can only be made over the phone at 418-644-6460, ext. 5541. Reservations will be confirmed in writing approximately one month before the tour.  

Monday to Friday  
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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