page_title: Musée Maritime du Québec
section_title: Continued expansion and new exhibits, 2009–2013
hierarchical_section_title: Musée Maritime du Québec / History / Continued expansion and new exhibits, 2009–2013
caption_attribution_description: English: Musée maritime du Québec (back facade), l'Islet, Province of Quebec, Canada Français&#160;: Musée maritime du Québec (arrière), l'Islet, province de Québec, Canada. À gauche on peut voir l'ancien couvent des Soeurs du Bon-Pasteur (1877).
context_page_description: The Musée Maritime du Québec is a maritime museum located in the centre of the municipality of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
  The museum consists of an outdoor park that includes three separate museum ships, a historic building with exhibitions on the theme of the sea and a hanger-workshop with exhibits on the building of small wooden ships and vessels.
context_section_description: In January 2007, the museum received a grant CA$1.35 million from the Quebec Department of Culture and Communications to help its expansion plans and the preservation of its collections. Financial assistance also allowed the museum to improve its reception area, and its maintenance and repair of the main building. The total cost of the work is estimated at $2.25 million. At the end of 2007, the Canadian government announced its participation with a grant of $950,000.
  The expansion work and restoration of the museum began in September 2009. Renovations were carried out on the former convent building of the Surs du Bon-Pasteur such as restoring its windows, masonry and roofing. The museum was expanded by adding a section between the convent and its chapel.
  The museum also took possession of a former National Bank branch building located next to the convent, which was converted into a conservatory storage facility. The space recovered in the convent building increased the exhibition space, especially for the collection of 200 boat models, and added a theatre that will be used mainly for maritime heritage films. Work was completed in July 2010.
  The total project cost was CA$4.4 million, with the Quebec government contribution increased to $3.05 million to allow completion of the work. The J.E. Bernier Foundation also contributed $250,000 in order to restore museum vessels. Other local agencies completed the financing of the project.
  On 15 September 2010, the museum received an additional $500,000 for the construction of a new permanent exhibit. The permanent exhibits are to be fully restored and the grant will aid the interpretation of shipbuilding. The public should have access to the new exhibit in June 2013. From the summer of 2012, the museum will be open to visitors through guided tours.
caption: Rear of the former convent museum building, at left, as well as the museum's small vessel workshop at right
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