Montreal's museums

With five ecosystems of the Americas, the Biodôme, home to over 2,500 animals representing 200 different species and some 800 plant species, is like a walk in nature.

Take a trip back to the 17th century. A guide will tell you about the house the welcomed the King's Wards and the people who lived in it for centuries.

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 first museum in North America where you can get up close to living insects as they move around in total freedom.

The Guido Molinari Foundation is located in the artist's last studio, once a former bank in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. Today, this exhibition center houses a collection of over 4,000 works, including some 3,500 by the painter.

At the crossroads of art, cinema, music, design and technology, the PHI Centre vies to extend the terrains of creative production and art consumption by offering unique, unclassifiable, engaging, and constantly evolving programming.

At the heart of this exceptional patriot site, a new permanent exhibition entitled "Between Armed Resistance and Insurrection, Chapter 2" pays tribute to the many Patriots who were incarcerated there between 1837 and 1840 and explains the conditions of their imprisonment. During your visit, you will also discover a number of Patriot artefacts presented in an original way.

Montreal’s portal to its past, the Château Ramezay, was the first building in Québec to be classified an historic monument. Chosen as one of the 1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die, the Château invites you to relive more than 500 years of history through its exhibits, its multimedia circuit (in six languages) and its French colonial garden.