Meetings and conferences for up to 250 people, weddings for 150 at round tables and cocktail evenings inside a museum can be organized at the Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations, in Wendake, a few minutes from Quebec City. The hotel shares its site with the Musée huron-wendat and stands on the Akiawenrahk' River, at the edge of the forest, which gives a group a setting that a downtown hotel cannot.
Seminars and company events
The largest room, Salle ABC, takes up to 250 people and divides into three separate spaces, so a plenary can turn into three workshops without anyone leaving the floor. Yaronta', a new room with full glass walls and a view of the river, holds 70. Akiawenrahk, recently renovated and looking onto the forest, is a meeting room for 10, and the salons-ateliers take groups of 8. The museum can also be hired privately for a cocktail-style event.
The rooms are fitted for hybrid meetings: built-in projection screens, ceiling microphones and speakers, video conferencing with the application of your choice, phone calls through Bluetooth and an audio input for your own sound. More audiovisual equipment can be rented, and coffee breaks are made in-house. Groups can add a guided tour of the museum, which covers its exhibitions, the longhouse, Kabir Kouba waterfall, the Nation's fresco, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette church and the house of Grand Chief Nicolas Vincent Tsawenhohi.
Weddings and receptions
The Salle Wendake ballroom seats up to 150 guests at round tables, and couples may bring the decorator of their choice. Ceremonies take place on the terrace of the restaurant La Traite, near the forest and the river, or on the museum terrace along the water. Cocktails can be served in the museum or in the glazed second-floor foyer, which has a panoramic view. For photos, the hotel suggests the palisades of the longhouse, the woods near the Tsawenhohi house and the riverbanks. The couple receives a complimentary room, an extra night before the wedding is offered at a preferential rate, and the hotel offers turnkey packages or a custom quote.
Accommodation
The hotel offers nine room types, from comfort rooms to deluxe suites, decorated in a style inspired by Indigenous cultures, and the river can be heard from the rooms. Near the hotel, the Ekionkiestha' national longhouse, a re-creation of a Wendat dwelling from before European contact, is open all year with storytellers, and overnight stays there may be possible on request. Parking is free and pets are welcome.
Catering
La Traite serves cuisine drawn from First Nations ingredients: game, sauces made with native berries and herbs from the boreal forest, with vegetarian options. It offers a themed table d'hôte of four or six courses, à la carte dishes, full breakfasts and a Sunday brunch, and in summer its terrace sits on the edge of the river.
Getting there
The address is 5 Place de la Rencontre, Wendake, a few minutes from Quebec City by road. Parking is free for guests. Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport is the nearest airport.
