The Just for Laughs Museum (french: Muséé Juste pour rire) was a Canadian
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
that opened in 1993, dedicated to humour (mainly stand-up comedy) located in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. The museum closed in 2011. It had been visited by more than two million people since its opening.
History
The Just for Laughs Museum was created by
Gilbert Rozon
Gilbert Rozon (born October 26, 1954) is a Canadian impresario and founder of the '' Just for Laughs'' (french: Juste pour Rire) comedy festival, which he created on July 14, 1983. He is also responsible for the development and international deplo ...
, founder of the
Just for Laughs festival in the same city 10 years earlier. Opened in 1993, the museum was a venue for all things funny with displays, exhibitions, and a multi-functional space for the presentation of public, private or professional events. The museum was located at 2111, boulevard Saint Laurent (2111,
Saint Laurent Boulevard
Saint Laurent Boulevard, also known as Saint Lawrence Boulevard (officially in french: boulevard Saint-Laurent), is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A commercial artery and cultural heritage site, the street runs north–south through ...
), Montreal, QC, Canada. Perhaps coincidentally, ''St-Laurent'' is the French name of
Lawrence of Rome
Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...
, the patron saint of comedians.
The museum was affiliated with the
Canadian Museums Association
The Canadian Museums Association (CMA; french: Association des musées canadiens, ''ACM''), is a national non-profit organization for the promotion of museums in Canada. It represents Canadian museum professionals both within Canada and internat ...
, the
Canadian Heritage Information Network
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, and the
Virtual Museum of Canada
The Digital Museums Canada (DMC; , ''MNC'') is a funding program in Canada "dedicated to online projects by the museum and heritage community," helping organizations to build digital capacity.
Administered by the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) ...
.
Closure
The museum closed its doors permanently on January 1, 2011, due to loss of profits associated with the maintenance costs for the over one hundred-year-old building.
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Museums in Montreal
Media museums
Performing arts museums
Defunct museums in Canada
Just for Laughs
Museums established in 1993
Museums disestablished in 2010
1993 establishments in Quebec
2010 disestablishments in Quebec