List of museums in Montreal

This is a list of museums in Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

See also List of museums in Quebec for museums in the rest of the province.

List of museums[]

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Name	Neighbourhood	Borough/City	Type	Summary
	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	website, information, research centre and museum dedicated to architecture; offers rotating exhibits; building designed by Peter Rose opened in 1989; incorporates Shaughnessy House, an 1874 mansion
	Golden Square Mile	Ville-Marie	Art	website, collection and shop of Canadian fine crafts, Inuit and First Nations crafts and sculpture
	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	website, City history
	Bordeaux-Cartierville	Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Religious	website, information^{[permanent dead link]}, located in Bordeaux-Cartierville, life of Roman Catholic nun Émilie Gamelin, and works and history of the Sisters of Providence religious community
	Quartier Latin	Ville-Marie	Art	information, art exhibits
Dufresne-Nincheri Museum	Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Historic house and artist's studio	website, 1910s Beaux-Arts style mansion and Nincheri's studio
Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	History	City history, 18th-century period life
Cinémathèque québécoise	Quartier Latin	Ville-Marie	Media	Film, television and photography exhibits
	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
	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	Art	website, information, contemporary art gallery
	Lakeshore, Dorval	Dorval	History	website, local history
Écomusée du fier monde	Gay Village	Montreal	History	website, Heritage of the industrial and working-class people of south-central Montreal
Ecomuseum Zoo	Macdonald Campus	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Zoo	website, Zoo home to live animals native to the Saint Lawrence River valley
Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site	Lakeshore, Lachine	Lachine	History	website, Montreal's fur industry
	Quartier Latin	Ville-Marie	Art	website, contemporary art gallery
Gallery X	Quartier Concordia	Ville-Marie	Art	website, Contemporary art gallery of Concordia University
Lachine Canal National Historic Site	Lakeshore, Lachine	Lachine	Transport	website, Exhibits at the Lachine Visitor Services Centre about the history and heritage of the canal
	Quartier Concordia	Ville-Marie	Art	website, part of Concordia University
	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	Religious	website, information^{[permanent dead link]}, 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	website, 17th-century period house and gardens, also changing exhibits of decorative arts from its collections
Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	Religion	website, Historic chapel and history of the 17th-century woman who founded it, as well as the city's early religious settlers
McCord Museum	Downtown Montreal	Ville-Marie	Multiple	website, Montreal's history and culture, changing exhibits of culture, art and heritage
Montreal Biodôme	Espace pour la vie	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Zoo	website, Replicas of four ecosystems, with animals and plants
Montreal Biosphère	Saint Helen's Island	Ville-Marie	Natural history	website, Ecology, the environment and sustainable living
Montreal Botanical Garden	Espace pour la vie	Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie	Botanical garden	website, Thematic gardens and greenhouses
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre	Côte-des-Neiges	Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	History	website, Holocaust story and effects of bigotry and hate
Montreal Insectarium	Espace pour la vie	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Natural history	website, Live insects and insect exhibits
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts	Golden Square Mile	Ville-Marie	Art	website, 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	website, Planetarium
Montreal Science Centre	Old Port of Montreal	Ville-Marie	Science	website, Interactive science exhibits
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal	Quartier des spectacles	Ville-Marie	Art	website, Contemporary art
	Quartier des spectacles	Ville-Marie	Law enforcement	website
	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
	???	???	Natural History, mostly Palaeontology	website, fossil life and geology of Canada
	Cégep de Saint-Laurent campus	Saint-Laurent	Art	website, contemporary craft and art
	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
	Mile End	Le Plateau-Mont-Royal	Firefighting	website,
	Bordeaux-Cartierville	Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Religious	website, information^{[permanent dead link]}, works of the Misericordia Sisters
Montreal Video Game Museum	Montreal	Montreal	Technology	website, history of video games with a focus on the Canadian contribution
	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
	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	Fashion	website, devoted to fashion, costume
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
	Lakeshore, Dorval	Dorval	Art	website, art exhibits
Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	History	website, 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	website, 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
	Quartier des spectacles	Ville-Marie	Art	website, contemporary art
Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site	Old Montreal	Ville-Marie	Historic house	website, 19th-century Victorian period house and life of Sir George-Étienne Cartier
	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

Defunct museums[]

Stewart Museum, 1955-2021, collection to be merged with McCord Museum (former website)
Just for Laughs Museum, closed in 2010
Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, closed in 2007,^[1] collection now at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Musee historique canadien, 1935-1989, wax museum about Canadian history,^[2]
Musée Grévin Montreal, wax museum, closed in 2021

Montreal Museums Day[]

Montreal Museums Day (French: Journée des musées montréalais) is an annual event in Montreal. One Sunday every May, more than 30 of the city's largest museums and galleries offer free admission and extended opening hours.^[3] To facilitate visitor access to as many museums as possible, the Montreal Transit Corporation provides free shuttle buses.

The first Montreal Museums Day was held in 1987.

References[]

^ http://www.museemafortin.org/en/museum.html^{[dead link]}
^ "Le musée de cire de Montréal". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ Evelyn Reid (2015-01-21). "Montreal's Museums Open Their Doors Free of Charge For One Day". About.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

External links[]

Official website

[1] ttp://www.museemafortin.org/en/museum.html^{[dead link]}

[Radio-Canada_-_Musee_historique_canadien-2] "Le musée de cire de Montréal". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

[3] Evelyn Reid (2015-01-21). "Montreal's Museums Open Their Doors Free of Charge For One Day". About.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.

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