In 2023, the Museum opened its exhibition on gender diversity, “Unique en son genre”, designed to open up to the world with kindness.
Our goal was to work with the museum team to design educational, interactive pieces (digital kiosks) that opened the dialogue on the social changes and issues related to gender diversity.
Crédits: Musée de la civilisation, Marie-Josée Marcotte - icône
The project’s initial mission was to help visitors learn new concepts through simple methods such as matching games, quizzes and maps.
The gender nebula was the first kiosk visitors saw when entering the exhibition. Its goal was to have visitors fill out a short questionnaire to help them explore their own gender identity. It also aimed to raise awareness of gender fluidity and how it interacts with other types of identity.
To establish a colour palette that respects the different genders, a system was designed to build this logic. This concept was used across all the kiosks.
Credits: Radio-Canada, Musée de la civilisation
The team attended this colourful evening dedicated to unveiling the exhibition (and above all to take photos with the flamboyant Québec drag queen Barbada). We had the chance to preview the complete exhibition alongside the museum team and the LGBTQ+ community.
Julie and Barbada / Louis-Mathieu, Marie-Pierre, Jen and Jean-Bernard
Prix Excellence – Société des musées du Québec (SMQ)
The Prix Excellence aim to recognize, stimulate and reward excellence in museum practice in Québec by honouring the achievements of SMQ members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of Québec museology.
Prix Janette-Bertrand – Fondation Émergence
The Foundation thereby recognized the Museum’s ability to bring together many community and scientific partners in this project, as well as the exhibition’s great artistic quality and boldness.
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