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Name |
Neighbourhood |
Borough/City |
Type |
Summary |
Artothèque de Montréal |
La Petite-Patrie |
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie |
Art |
website, contemporary art |
Bank of Montreal Museum |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Numismatic |
information, history of the Bank of Montreal, coins |
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |
Quartier Latin |
Ville-Marie |
Library |
Changing exhibits of history and art from its collections |
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Museum |
Quartier des spectacles |
Ville-Marie |
Military |
Regimental history and memorabilia |
Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre |
Macdonald Campus |
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
Aviation |
Collection of aircraft and art about aviation |
Canadian Centre for Architecture |
Shaughnessy Village |
Ville-Marie |
Architecture |
Changing exhibits of architecture, also 1874 period mansion rooms |
Canadian Guild of Crafts |
Golden Square Mile |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, collection and shop of Canadian fine crafts, Inuit and First Nations crafts and sculpture |
Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal |
Côte-des-Neiges |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery of the Université de Montréal |
Centre d'histoire de Montréal |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
History |
City history |
Centre Émilie-Gamelin |
Bordeaux-Cartierville |
Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
Religious |
website, information, located in Bordeaux-Cartierville, life of Roman Catholic nun Émilie Gamelin, and works and history of the Sisters of Providence religious community |
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur |
Quartier Latin |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
information, art exhibits |
Château Dufresne |
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Historic house |
1910s Beaux-Arts style mansion |
Château Ramezay |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
History |
City history, 18th-century period life |
Cinémathèque québécoise |
Quartier Latin |
Ville-Marie |
Media |
Film, television and photography exhibits |
Cité historia, musée d'histoire du Sault-au-Récollet |
Sault-au-Récollet |
Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
Historic house |
website, information, 18th-century historic house and mill; located in Sault-au-Récollet |
Darling Foundry |
Faubourg des Récollets |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, information, visual arts centre |
David M. Stewart Museum |
Saint Helen's Island |
Ville-Marie |
Military |
History and military life in New France |
DHC/ART |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, information, contemporary art gallery |
Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage |
Lakeshore, Dorval |
Dorval |
History |
website, local history |
Écomusée du fier monde |
Gay Village |
Montreal |
History |
Heritage of the industrial and working-class people of south-central Montreal |
Ecomuseum Zoo |
Macdonald Campus |
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
Zoo |
Zoo home to live animals native to the Saint Lawrence River valley |
Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site |
Lakeshore, Lachine |
Lachine |
History |
Montreal's fur industry |
Galerie de l'UQAM |
Quartier Latin |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Gallery X |
Quartier Concordia |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
Contemporary art gallery of Concordia University |
Lachine Canal National Historic Site |
Lakeshore, Lachine |
Lachine |
Transport |
Exhibits at the Lachine Visitor Services Centre about the history and heritage of the canal |
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery |
Quartier Concordia |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, part of Concordia University |
Maison de Mère d’Youville |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Religious |
website, information, history of the Grey Nuns of Montreal and their founder, Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville |
Maison Saint-Gabriel |
Pointe-Saint-Charles |
Le Sud-Ouest |
Historic house |
17th-century period house and gardens, also changing exhibits of decorative arts from its collections |
Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Religion |
Historic chapel and history of the 17th-century woman who founded it, as well as the city's early religious settlers |
McCord Museum of Canadian History |
Downtown Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Multiple |
Montreal's history and culture, changing exhibits of culture, art and heritage |
Montreal Biodôme |
Espace pour la vie |
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Zoo |
Replicas of four ecosystems, with animals and plants |
Montreal Biosphère |
Saint Helen's Island |
Ville-Marie |
Natural history |
Ecology, the environment and sustainable living |
Montreal Botanical Garden |
Espace pour la vie |
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie |
Botanical garden |
Thematic gardens and greenhouses |
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre |
Côte-des-Neiges |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
History |
Holocaust story and effects of bigotry and hate |
Montreal Insectarium |
Espace pour la vie |
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Natural history |
Live insects and insect exhibits |
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
Golden Square Mile |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
Collections include Canadian, Inuit, European, pre-Columbian, African, modern and contemporary art, ancient cultures, decorative arts, Greek and Roman sculptures |
Montreal Planetarium |
Espace pour la vie |
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Science |
Planetarium |
Montreal Science Centre |
Old Port of Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Science |
Interactive science exhibits |
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal |
Quartier des spectacles |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
Contemporary art |
Musée de la police de Montréal |
Quartier des spectacles |
Ville-Marie |
Law enforcement |
website |
Musée de Lachine |
Lakeshore, Lachine |
Lachine |
Multiple |
website, information, history exhibits in the 17th-century LeBer-LeMoyne House, sculpture garden, art exhibits; located in Lachine |
Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal |
Pine Avenue |
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal |
Medical |
website, history of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, medicine and religious art |
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec |
Cégep de Saint-Laurent campus |
Saint-Laurent |
Art |
website, contemporary craft and art |
Musée des ondes Emile Berliner |
Saint-Henri |
Le Sud-Ouest |
Technology |
website, information, history and development of sound creation, production, reproduction, recording and broadcasting; includes gramophones, phonographs, radios, televisions, sound recording equipment, microphones, records and cylinders |
Musée des pompiers de Montréal |
Mile End |
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal |
Firefighting |
website, |
Musée des Sœurs de Miséricorde |
Bordeaux-Cartierville |
Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
Religious |
website, information, works of the Misericordia Sisters |
Musée Eudore-Dubeau |
Côte-des-Neiges |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Medical |
website, information, part of the University of Montreal, open by appointment, history of dentistry and its teaching in Quebec |
Musée Grévin Montreal |
Eaton Centre |
Ville-Marie |
Wax museum |
Features scenes from the history of Canada, modern Canadian and international figures and movie stars |
Museum of Costume and Textile of Quebec |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Fashion |
Devoted to fashion, costume, textiles and fibres |
Museum of the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal |
Côte-des-Neiges |
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
Art |
website, Features Christian art from Quebec and around the world |
Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre |
Lakeshore, Dorval |
Dorval |
Art |
website, art exhibits |
Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
History |
History and archaeology of the city, located in 6 buildings |
Prison-des-Patriotes |
Sainte-Marie |
Ville-Marie |
History |
website, exhibition on the 1837-1838 rebellions in Lower Canada and the Patriote movement |
Redpath Museum of Natural History |
McGill University campus |
Ville-Marie |
Natural history |
Part of McGill University |
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Museum |
CFB Montreal |
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve |
Military |
website, regimental history and memorabilia, located in the garrison in Longue-Pointe |
Royal Montreal Regiment Museum |
Lower Westmount |
Westmount |
Military |
website, regimental history and memorabilia of The Royal Montreal Regiment |
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art |
Quartier des spectacles |
Ville-Marie |
Art |
website, contemporary art |
Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site |
Old Montreal |
Ville-Marie |
Historic house |
19th-century Victorian period house and life of Sir George-Étienne Cartier |
Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre |
Lakeshore, Lachine |
Lachine |
Religious |
website, information, history of the convent and its founder |
Stewart Hall Art Gallery |
Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire |
Pointe-Claire, Quebec |
Art |
information, information |
The first Montreal Museums Day was held in 1987.