Our exhibition galleries, bookstore, and Study room are open
We look forward to welcoming you. Please note that we are taking extra care to ensure your safety and that of our staff.
Our current exhibition is A Section of Now: Social Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention in the Main Galleries. Exhibitions in the Octagonal gallery and in the Hall Case display are being prepared.
Appointments to view archival materials are now fully booked through October. Requests to view library materials may be approved on a case by case basis. Please contact ref@cca.qc.ca to make an appointment for November.
For more information on how to contact us, click here.
Regular gallery and bookstore hours
Admission
$10 for adults
$7 for seniors (ages 65+)
Free entry for students, children, Friends of the CCA, and frontline workers
Free admission for all on Thursdays after 5pm and on the first Sunday of every month
Free Wi-Fi
Audioguides available
Accessibility
Wheelchairs are available on request from the reception desk. The upper level can be reached by wheelchair using the elevator behind the reception desk. Guide dogs are permitted in the museum’s public spaces.
Collection access
Collection access is available by appointment Monday through Friday from 10am to 4:30pm. Our next available appointments to view archival material are in November. Requests to view library materials may be approved on a case by case basis. Please note that we require two weeks’ notice in order to be able to retrieve Collection materials. Walk-in visitors will not be accepted. We ask researchers to wear masks at all times. To make an appointment, please contact ref@cca.qc.ca.
The Study room is occasionally closed for special events and statutory holidays. Please wait until we have confirmed your appointment to make special travel arrangements.
Bookstore
The CCA Bookstore is open during regular museum hours and permanently accessible online. Here you will find CCA publications alongside other titles on contemporary architectural practice, architectural history and theory, city planning, landscape and garden history, photography, historical preservation, museum studies, and design from around the world.
For specific inquiries and orders please email books@cca.qc.ca or call +1 514 939 7028.
If you are looking for a specific book, you may also want to use the search tool. For an overview of new arrivals, please click here. Please note that prices cited are in Canadian dollars and are subject to change in line with foreign exchange rates.
Tours and conversations
We welcome all kinds of groups for guided tours. These visits include an introduction to the CCA’s ideas and approaches, as well as walks through the exhibitions on view.
For groups of less than thirty people, tours should be reserved three weeks in advance, but larger groups please contact us even sooner. The fee is $5 per person and includes admission. If you prefer to visit by yourselves, audio introductions to exhibitions can be accessed online with personal devices or on iPods, available for free at the front desk.
We also offer recurring public programs.
We develop visits between your interests and our current obsessions, so please contact us to begin a conversation: public@cca.qc.ca or call +1 514 939 7002.
For more on our upcoming exhibitions and events, please visit our calendar.
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