Peurs bleues / Here Be Monsters

Peurs bleues

Quand la mer cr��e les l��gendes�Ķ

MONTR��AL, le 14 mai 2008 ��� Dans le cadre des festivit��s de 2008 entourant l'��tablissement de la colonie fran��aise en Am��rique, le Mus��e du Ch��teau RamezayPeurs Bleues, une exposition qui aborde la relation de l'homme �� la mer, depuis le 15^e si��cle jusqu'�� nos jours. pr��sente, du 21 mai au 19 octobre,

Peurs bleues, une adaptation de l'exposition con��ue par La Corderie Royale ��� Centre International de la Mer �� Rochefort, en

Collection Nelson Cazeils

France, propose un voyage au c��ur de l'univers marin. Que pouvait repr��senter la mer pour ceux qui s'y aventuraient? Un monde sans rep��re, peupl�� de monstres, frapp�� par les temp��tes, la maladie et la piraterie.

Premi��re ��preuve �� surmonter pour s'��tablir en Am��rique, la mer a fa��onn�� l'identit�� qu��b��coise. De l'Europe aux rives du Saint-Laurent, sabre d'abordage, figure de proue, cartes anciennes et autres objets inusit��s r��v��lent les secrets de cet univers hostile.

Embarquez-vous�Ķ la mer vous attend!

Le Mus��e du Ch��teau Ramezay est situ�� en plein c��ur du Vieux-Montr��al, �� deux pas de la Place Jacques-Cartier et du m��tro Champ-de-Mars, face �� l'H��tel de Ville de Montr��al.

Here be Monsters

When the Sea spawns Legends�Ķ

MONTR��AL, May 14, 2008. The love-hate relationship between people and the sea, from the 15th century to today, is the fascinating subject of the exhibition "Here be Monsters" presented by the Ch��teau Ramezay Museum, from May 21 to October 19, 2008, as a contribution to the celebration of the 400^th anniversary of the founding of the first French colony in the New World.

Adapted from an exhibition created by La Corderie Royale- Centre international de la Mer in Rochefort, France, "Here be Monsters" takes you on a voyage that plumbs the depths of human imagination and the deep blue sea. To early explorers, the sea was a world without landmarks, inhabited by monsters, threatening tempest, sickness and piracy.

As the first obstacle to be overcome when venturing to settle in the Americas, the sea put its stamp on the cultural identity of Quebec. From the shores of Europe to the barks of the St. Lawrence, maps, charts, travel accounts, cutlass, figurehead and much else reveal the secrets of this hostile universe.

Set your sail�Ķ. the sea is calling you!

The Ch��teau Ramezay Museum is located in the heart of historical Old Montreal, just east of Place Jacques-Cartier and across from the Montreal City Hall.