OUR TOURS
Explore the diverse culture, food, and stories of Montreal’s Jewish community on our acclaimed tours of our city’s historic Jewish neighbourhoods led by our friendly museum researchers.
**Please note that tour tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
Explore the diverse culture, food, and stories of Montreal’s Jewish community on our acclaimed tours of our city’s historic Jewish neighbourhoods led by our friendly museum researchers.
*During the fall and winter tour season, tickets must be purchased at least 12 hours before the tour start time.
**For the Beyond the Bagel food tour, tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
BEYOND THE BAGEL
Eat your way through the Mile End and Plateau neighbourhoods and uncover Montreal’s Jewish culinary history, both past and present.
3.5HR MILE END/PLATEAU
INSIDE THE GARMENT FACTORY
Discover the dramatic history of the Main, a National Historic Site of Canada, and explore the factory where the 1912 Garment Worker’s Strike shaped the course of Montreal’s social history!
1.5–2HR PLATEAU
MAKING THEIR MARK
Discover the schools, synagogues, hospitals, and cultural organizations built by Montreal’s Jewish immigrants around St-Laurent Boulevard that continue to leave their mark on Montreal society today.
1.5–2HR PLATEAU
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN
Meet the famous poets, utopians, outcasts, and exiles who created an internationally-renowned centre of Jewish cultural life in the parks, streets, and buildings below Mount Royal.
1.5–2HR PLATEAU
RABBIS, WRITERS AND RADICALS
Delve into the diverse stories of notable characters of the Mile End, including iconic authors, radical political leaders, and colourful religious figures who were often connected in unexpected ways.
1.5–2HR MILE END
SEPHARDIC SPACES
Visit Montreal’s vibrant and multicultural Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood to uncover stories of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s.
*returning in 2020
1.5–2HR CÔTE-DES-NEIGES
Our outdoor tours run from mid-March to mid-November (weather permitting). Our Exhibition Tour, Inside the Garment Factory, runs year-round. Special requests for outdoor walking tours or food tours can be arranged during the off-season (weather permitting) by contacting tours@imjm.ca.
TOUR PRICES
EXHIBITION / WALKING TOURS
$21 ADULT
$10 STUDENTS
$10 AGES 13–17
$6 AGES 8–12
AGES 0–7 ARE FREE
Exhibition/walking tours are 1.5–2 hours
Prices do not incl. tax & are subject to EZ Tix fees
FOOD TOURS
$77 ADULT
$55 STUDENTS
$55 AGES 14–17
$35 AGES 6–13
AGES 0–5 ARE FREE
Food tours are 3.5–4 hours
Prices do not incl. tax & are subject to EZ Tix fees
Review of: Rabbis, Writers and Radicals
Review of: In the Shadow of the Mountain
Review of: Making Their Mark
PRIVATE TOURS
You can pick from any of our acclaimed tours to book as a private experience!
Private tours are all led by a museum researcher who is there to answer all your questions, lead discussions, and bring Montreal’s Jewish history to life.
Private tour prices vary according to group size. Bagels can be requested as an add-on to Plateau and Mile-End tours. All group sizes can be accommodated; 25 participants per guide maximum.
For rates and availabilities contact us.
