Montreal's museums

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

Montreal's portal to its past, the Château Ramezay! The Château invites you to relive more than 500 years of history through its exhibits and its French Colonial garden.

The Centre specializes in preserving and promoting the intangible heritage of Quebec and Canadian folk arts and traditions, including those of the First Nations and ethnic communities.

The Biosphère, a museum dedicated to the environment, presents exhibitions and artistic installations, prompting dialogue between science, culture, social innovation and the environment.

The Museum tells the story of Jewish life before, during and after the Holocaust. Montreal became home to proportionally the third largest community of Holocaust survivors in the world, after World War II. Thanks to their objects and testimonies, the visitor is encouraged to consider the implications of prejudice, racism and antisemitism.

Musée de Lachine brings the past to life. Tour the historical buildings, visit the temporary exhibition, stroll the sculpture garden and enjoy free cultural activities to experience the many facets of Lachine's history.

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.

The Avataq Cultural Institute ensures the conservation, documentation and enhancement of the language and heritage of the Inuit of Nunavik with its vast collection of archives, archaeological objects, works of art and material culture.