MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises

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Accessibility features

Establishment category:

Sub-categories:
Museum / Historic Site

Region:
Accessibility:
Full access
Visual impairments
Hearing impairments





Evaluation year by Kéroul: 2024

MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises
1210, boul. Saint-Laurent
Montréal, (Québec)
H2X 2S5

Phone 1: 514 872 3207
Website : https://memmtl.ca/
Email: mem@montreal.ca

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Description

The MEM tells stories of Montreal, in collaboration with citizens. A number of accessible features have been installed, such as building plans in Braille, audio videos with subtitles in FR/EN and translations in LSQ and ASL. Most descriptive signs are less than 1.2 m high and easy to read. Staff are available to help anyone who needs it.

Accessibility

Parking | (situé : Au sous-sol)

Number of reserved places
 Reserved seat(s) for people with disabilities: : 2

Additional information

There is an access ramp to get to the building. It is approximately 1m large. 

Exterior Entrance | (Main entrance)

Front door
 Free width of at least 80 cm
 Door equipped with an electric opening mechanism
 Pressure plate/electric opening control button is too far from the door : 2 m from the door

Interior of the building

Course without obstacles
 Clear width of the circulation corridor of more than 92 cm

Movement between floors
 Elevator

Universal washroom | (located : dans la Ruelle)

Door
 Free width of at least 80 cm

Toilet bowl
 Transfer zone on the side of the bowl of at least 90 cm

Grab bar(s)
 Horizontal to the left of the bowl
 Horizontal behind the bowl

Universal washroom | (located : Exposition Montréal)

Door
 Maneuvering space of at least 1.5 m wide x 1.5 m deep on each side of the door
 Restricted clear width : 79 cm
 Opening requiring significant physical effort

Toilet bowl
 Transfer zone on the side of the bowl of at least 90 cm

Grab bar(s)
 Horizontal to the left of the bowl
 Horizontal behind the bowl

Shop : La Paryse

Displays
 Majority of items at hand

Indoor circulation
 

Showroom | Espaces publics gratuits (Located : 1er étage)

Indoor circulation
 Maneuvering area of at least 1.5 m in diameter available

Exposure
 Maneuvering space of at least 1.5 m wide x 1.5 m in front of the descriptive panels
 Descriptive panels at 1.2m height

Indoor circulation
 

Additional information

A Braille map is available at the entrance to the museum.

Videos are subtitled in FR/EN. 

Showroom | Tourner 7 fois sa langue (temporaire) (Located : 1er étage)

Exposure
 Virtual reality

Indoor circulation
 

Showroom | Un mile dans mes souliers (Located : 1er étage)

Indoor circulation
 Maneuvering area of at least 1.5 m in diameter available

Exposure
 Other sensory experiences : Mettre les chaussures des personnes que l’on écoute

Indoor circulation
 

Exposure
 Objects displayed at a height of less than 1.2 m

Additional information

For those unable to listen, a video translated in LSQ and ASL is available, as well as being subtitled in FR/EN.

For the full exhibition experience, individuals can put on shoes and stroll around the museum while listening to the exhibition.

Showroom : Détours: rencontres urbaines

Indoor circulation
 Maneuvering area of at least 1.5 m in diameter available

Exposure
 Descriptive panels at 1.2m height

Additional information

A video from the exhibition is located at the top of stairs. It is possible to have an iPad and to listen to the video without climbing up those stairs. 

Videos are subtitled in FR/EN. 

Showroom : Montréal

Exposure
 Descriptive panels at 1.2m height

Indoor circulation
 

Additional information

A Braille floor plan is available at the exhibition entrance.

Some videos are subtitled in FR/EN and translated into LSQ and ASL.

Changing room and lockers

Entrance door to the locker room
 Free width of at least 80 cm

Lockers
 Locker handle height : 105 cm above the ground
 Lock system : 119 cm above the ground

Room* | ( Other/ Atelier 1)


 


 


 

Additional information

There is a kitchen in Workshop 1. The countertops are 92 cm high with no clearance.

Room* | ( Other/ Cabaret)