Musée de la Mer

Name

Musée de la Mer

Legal name

Musée de la Mer

Website

https://museedelamer-im.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Heritage Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Museums (e.g., Maritime, Aviation, Sports, Music, Film) (THAJADAF)

Keywords

• Maritime heritage museum
• Cod fishing history
• Cultural heritage preservation
• Museum exhibitions and collections
• Community museum events

Headquarters

HQ city

Havre-Aubert

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Museum Admissions: Revenue generated from visitor admissions to the museum's exhibitions and collections
2. Membership Program: Annual membership subscriptions offering benefits to supporters of the museum's mission to conserve and share the archipelago's heritage
3. Donations: Charitable contributions from individuals supporting the museum's mission to preserve maritime history
4. Events: Revenue from special events including the annual cocktail-bénéfice and summer causeries

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Musée de la Mer is a non-profit maritime heritage museum that preserves and exhibits objects, archives, and oral testimonies documenting four centuries of cod fishing and the relationship between the Madelinot people and the sea. Its core offering is physical museum visitation supported by rotating exhibitions, a summer Causeries Estivales (lecture) series, an annual membership program, and special fundraising events such as the cocktail-bénéfice.

Product overview

Musée de la Mer is a single-unified cultural institution (not a technology platform) that operates as a heritage museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the maritime history of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine archipelago. The museum's offerings consist of core exhibits and collections showcasing four centuries of cod fishing heritage, supplemented by summer educational talks (Causeries Estivales), membership programs, and an online donation platform. The museum does not offer technology products, APIs, or software services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Museum Exhibits and Collections Physical museum exhibitions and collections of objects, archives, and oral testimonies documenting the maritime history and four centuries of cod fishing heritage of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, designed for cultural tourists, local residents, families, and heritage education visitors.
• Causeries Estivales (Summer Talks) Summer educational lecture series delivered on-site at the museum, featuring guest speakers on the geological and cultural history of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, intended for tourists, local residents, and members.
• Annual Membership Program Annual recurring membership subscription enabling community members and supporters to financially sustain the museum's mission of preserving the Magdalen Islands' maritime heritage and gain access to member benefits and events.
• Donation Campaign Online donation program allowing individual supporters to make charitable contributions to the museum's heritage preservation mission through a dedicated Yapla campaign page.
• Cocktail-bénéfice (Annual Benefit Event) Annual benefit cocktail event serving as a ticketed fundraising occasion for museum members and supporters, contributing to the museum's operational sustainability.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton: A heritage museum focused on Acadian history and culture in New Brunswick. Comparable as a regional Canadian cultural museum with community-based operations and educational programming.
• Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick: A Canadian heritage museum in Saint John, New Brunswick, focusing on the social, cultural, and industrial history of the region. Comparable as a regional Canadian heritage museum with similar revenue model and audience.
• The Rooms (Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador): A multi-component cultural facility in St. John's combining art, history, and natural history collections. Comparable as an Atlantic Canadian regional heritage museum, though with a much broader mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Musée de la civilisation: A major Quebec City museum covering society, culture, and history more broadly. Comparable as a larger Quebec cultural institution with admissions, memberships, and traveling exhibitions, but with a much wider thematic scope than maritime heritage.

Direct peers

• Musée maritime du Québec: A Quebec-based museum dedicated to the maritime history and heritage of the St. Lawrence and its communities. Directly comparable as a Canadian regional maritime heritage museum with similar mission and visitor-driven revenue model.
• Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic: A maritime and fisheries heritage museum in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, focused on Atlantic Canada's fishing and seafaring traditions. Highly comparable as an Atlantic Canadian specialty maritime/fisheries museum.
• Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes: A Canadian museum in Kingston dedicated to Great Lakes maritime history, including fishing, navigation, and shipbuilding. Comparable as a specialty maritime heritage museum serving a specific regional community.
• Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père: A maritime heritage site and museum on the St. Lawrence in Quebec, preserving the region's seafaring and shipbuilding history. Directly comparable as a regional Quebec maritime heritage museum relying on visitors, memberships, and community support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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