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The new Musée régionale de l’Outaouais will be defined by the rich history, heritage and cultural vitality of the region’s broad territory. Creating a new regional museum is a rare opportunity, made even more exciting by housing that museum in a rehabilitated industrial heritage building on the former E.B. Eddy site, in the heart of Gatineau’s core.

This bilingual presentation will provide an overview of the overall project to create a regional museum, and the conservation challenges the project team is facing in adapting the existing building to its proposed new functions.

Speakers:

Jean-Marc Blais is the President of the Musée régionale de l’Outaouais. As a museologist, Jean-Marc has led projects within national museums and for several federal departments that have contributed to the advancement of contemporary museological and conservation practice. He currently leads the Museum in its institutional network mission to promote the study, conservation and sharing of the Outaouais region’s rich and diverse social and cultural history.

Stephen Quick is the Director General of the Musée régionale de l’Outaouais.  His vast experience in the Canadian cultural sector includes having been the Director General of the Canadian War Museum, and of the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, and Vice-President Conservation and Collections for the Ingenium : Canada’s Museums of science and innovation.  During his career he also worked at the National Gallery of Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the publishing industry.

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