{"id":9911,"date":"2021-02-23T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/?page_id=9911"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:58:59","slug":"collections-pole-culturel-du-monastere-des-ursulines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/en\/collections-pole-culturel-du-monastere-des-ursulines\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum | Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1616080801366{padding-bottom: 30vh !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/instruments-musique-banner.jpg?id=10306) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613660353669{padding-top: 2px !important;padding-bottom: 2px !important;background-color: #167272 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]<style>.ra_button_69ee48e5d863b i{color:#ffffff;}.ra_button_69ee48e5d863b{border-color: !important;color:#ffffff !important;}.ra_button_69ee48e5d863b:focus,.ra_button_69ee48e5d863b:hover{color:#ffffff !important;}<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polecultureldesursulines.ca\/en\/museum-pole-culturel\/\" title=\"Museum | P\u00f4le culturel du Monast\u00e8re des Ursulines\" class=\"btn btn-naked border-thin fix-v-align text-uppercase ra_button_69ee48e5d863b icon-left\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t<i class=\"typcn typcn-arrow-left\"><\/i>Back to the Museum\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579545656906{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 10vh !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Ursulines\u2019 Collection&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:48|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1613581506451{padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><b>Over 375 years of collecting <\/b>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ursulines\u2019 collections consist of approximately <\/span><b>30,000 pieces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> produced or acquired by the nuns in the course of their duties since 1639, the year they arrived in New France. They reflect all aspects of the Ursuline identity, namely the characteristics of a women\u2019s religious community focused on teaching.<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><b>Exceptional institutional collections <\/b>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ursulines\u2019 rich collections contain objects that evoke the community\u2019s daily life and work in education, as well as a remarkable collection of sacred and profane art\u2014embroidery, sculptures, paintings, silverwork, works on paper and so forth. The age and rarity of the pieces in these collections make for an inexhaustible source of knowledge on the community\u2019s history.<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><b>In situ collections <\/b>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ursulines\u2019 collections also boast the particularity of being conserved in situ, that is in the places where they were produced or used as well as where they served to beautify the monastery in Quebec City\u2014in the chapel, sacristy, refectory, museum, archives, community rooms, corridors, attics and so forth.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is noteworthy that, despite fires and wars, the collections have never sustained significant damage or loss. 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font-size: 18px;\">the life of Marie of the Incarnation, designated a historical figure by virtue of Quebec\u2019s Cultural Heritage Act.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; font-size: 18px;\">the evolution of the bonds between the Ursulines and First Nations members since the nuns\u2019 arrival in New France.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; font-size: 18px;\">the lifestyle of the Quebecois Ursulines from 1639 to the present.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; font-size: 18px;\">the spiritual heritage and religious practices of the Ursulines of Quebec.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; font-size: 18px;\">the relationships maintained by the Ursulines with political and military authorities, civic and religious organizations, and merchants, as well as artists and artisans from here and afar.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; font-size: 18px;\">the Ursulines\u2019 perpetuation of the European tradition of monastic workshops (gilding, embroidery, painting, flower making and so forth).<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"padding-bottom: 1em; 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