Immersive exhibitions in Montréal in autumn 2026

Digital arts in Montréal

In a city known for its creativity, digital art experiences abound throughout the year, illuminating Montréal galleries and museums, festivals and pop-up events. Click here to find out where to immerse yourself in the high-tech creativity of Montréal’s digital arts scene.

What immersive exhibitions and experiences are currently in Montréal?

For locals and tourists looking for the top things to do in Montréal, here is your Montréal guide to the city’s must‑see immersive events this autumn 2026.

Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal

Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal is a cutting-edge art centre located in the hip, urban Griffintown neighbourhood, and promotes contemporary art by exhibiting Canadian artists alongside international artists.

The 8th edition of the ELEKTRA Biennial presents the exhibition F(R)ICTION: Arts and Games which bring together works by artists trained in art schools as well as experimental works created by artists trained in the fields of game studies and game design. The exhibition highlights the differences between these two communities, their areas of overlap, and the more recent emergence of creators trained in both fields. Runs October 15 to November 15.

Musée Imaginarium 

The Musée Imaginarium in Griffintown transforms the selfie studio experience. Visitors explore some 16 creative universes imagined for photo and video sessions, from a tropical forest to a diva’s dressing room.

The MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises  – widely known as The MEM (or “Le MEM” in French) – is located in the heart of the former historic Red Light District of Montréal in the Quartier des Spectacles. Their immersive exhibition Detours – Urban Experiences takes visitors into the world of Montréalers with singular backgrounds. Runs to January 2027.

The Society for Arts and Technology– widely known as The SAT (or “Le SAT” in French) – is dedicated to the development of digital culture. Located in in the Quartier des Spectacles, the SAT is home to a research laboratory, training centre, venue, café and restaurant, as well as an immersive theatre called the Satosphere, a dome 18 metres in diameter and 11.5 metres high, with eight video projectors and 93.5 loudspeakers. Click here for all SAT events which include the following:

• As We Polish This Rock, It Loses Its Memory by Axel Helios is a real-time interactive work situated between installation and immersive cinema. The piece examines the entanglement of technology, collective memory and the perpetual reconfiguration of narratives in the contemporary era. Runs to October 10.
• Reveries of the Solitary Trucker (Rêveries d’un Routier Solitaire) is a 43-minute immersive film with legendary anthropologist, writer, radio host and storyteller Serge Bouchard. Projected in the Satosphere, the film features sound recordings from Radio-Canada’s archives juxtaposed with spectacular visuals, specially created for immersive dome projection. Boreal forests, breathtaking skies and endless stretches of road envelop audiences, bringing them along the 2-million-kilometre journey Serge travelled. Runs to October 29.
• Ten bold projects that explore the theme of memory in motion through immersive art, created by nine local and 12 international artists. Starting this summer, the resident artists are being welcomed into the Satosphere to develop their works. The residencies culminate in public presentations. Runs to December 20.

Montréal Science Centre

The permanent immersive exhibition Nanualuk – Northern Expedition at the Montréal Science Centre in the Old Port of Montréal offers more than 20 missions to accomplish, each featuring a different theme related to life in the Arctic, such as learning how to use a harpoon to “read” the ice, and finding your way using the stars. Every mission has a different level of difficulty.

The permanent Signs of Life exhibition takes visitors deep into the big questions surrounding life in the Universe, with hands-on displays, scientific content and space exploration highlights, including the rare chance to touch an actual moon rock. 

Panorama Expérience

The immersive Panorama Expérience venue in the Old Port of Montréal offers experiential journeys via international and local artworks that rethink our relationship with nature through technology. To inaugurate this new space, the Living Waters show immerses audiences in the aquatic world through sound, light, and sensation via four experiential journeys, from the scale of a whale’s heartbeat to the rhythm of ocean currents. Runs to December 31.

Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex

A fascinating history of Montréal’s alleyways, the all-ages Alley-oop – An Interactive Adventure at the Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex in Old Montréal combines games with an exercise in exploration, to embark on an adventure through Montréal’s back alleys which are brought to life with visual projections and motion detection. Runs to January 10, 2027.

With its soaring twin towers and grand interior, the majestic Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal in Old Montréal is one of Montréal’s most famous icons, built between 1824 and 1829, and designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1989. Famed Montréal visual and sound effects company Moment Factory immerses visitors in its year-round high-tech sound-and-light show AURA Experience which uses the church interior as its canvas.

The PHI

The PHI in Old Montréal presents ANTHEMS by Berlin-based Filipina-Canadian artist and filmmaker Stephanie Comilang who explores migration, technology, and the invisible networks that connect us via single- and multi-channel video installations that also include VR, textile works and 3D-printed objects. Runs October 28 to March 14, 2027.

PHI also presents Habitat Sonore in one of Montréal’s only spatial audio listening rooms. Habitat Sonore marks the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life from October 15 to November 1.

Canada’s largest indoor immersive attraction, OASIS immersion in the Palais des congrès de Montréal presents the following exhibitions:

• Inspired by the historic COP15 agreements, Root for Nature immerses visitors in a striking interpretation of biodiversity via immersive digital arts and informative educational zones. Runs to November 26.
• Inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns’ musical masterpiece, The Immersive Carnival of the Animals plunges visitors into a vibrant retro-futuristic universe filled with whimsical characters—half-animal, half-instrument—and a playful, interactive scenography. Especially designed for children aged 2 to 12. Runs to November 29.
• The new BODYVERSE series explores the complexity, beauty, and inner mechanics of what makes us human. This inaugural chapter explores one of the most universal human experiences — falling in love.  Visitors move fluidly between physical and virtual environments, becoming active participants in a layered narrative that unfolds across multiple dimensions. Runs to November 29.
• Le Veilleur is a French-language immersive experience by horror author and YouTuber Romy Victory who guides you through a spine-tingling experience with 360° projections, spatialized music and unsettling sound effects. Presented on October 22-29-30.