Montreal's museums

Dynamic, involving and exciting exhibitions show you how science and technology are shaping our lives. In stimulating surroundings, experiment the countless applications of scientific and technical progress, venture into the future and discover the impact of environmental issues through a hands-on approach, using interactive devices. At the IMAX®TELUS Theatre leap into a larger than life experience. The adventure comes alive on the giant screen in spectacular images and through a powerful 36,000 W sound system.

The history museum invites you to discover the life of an exceptionnal woman and to visit exhibits and an archaeological site that you will find captivating. Head for Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, 18th century jewel of our heritage, for an insight into Montréal's past.

The Stewart Museum celebrates the influence of European civilization in New France and North America. Artefacts, antique maps, rare books, illustrations and archives weave a time line of five centuries. The Museum is located in the 19th-century British military depot on île Sainte-Hélène, featuring a glass tower offering a unique view of Montreal.

Located in a beautiful mansion on the shores of Lake St. Louis, the Stewart Hall Art Gallery presents eight contemporary arts exhibitions all year round. Its boutique showcases a large variety of handmade objects by Canadians artists.

The MMFA is one of Canada’s most visited museums and the eighth-most visited museum in North America, boasting more than 1.3 million visitors. The Museum’s original temporary exhibitions combine various artistic disciplines – fine arts, music, film, fashion and design – and are exported around the world. Its rich encyclopedic collection, distributed among five pavilions, includes international art, world cultures, decorative arts and design, and Quebec and Canadian art.

The Avataq Cultural Institute preserves and celebrates the Inuktitut language and contemporary Inuit culture of Nunavik, with artworks and documentary, photographic and audiovisual archives as well as pieces from Nunavik’s archaeological and material culture.

Established in 1882, the Redpath Museum preserves and displays large collections of ancient and modern organisms, minerals, and world culture (ethnological) artefacts. It serves as a teaching and reserach unit at McGill University. Research focuses on the history of life and biodiversity of the planet.

The adventure begins here. Discover one of the most important periods in the history of Canada : the fur trade. Relive the adventure of Amerindian trappers, French Canadian voyageurs and European merchants of the fur trade era.