Montreal's museums

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.

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

The MEM prioritizes citizens’ voices, past and present. We collect and present first-hand accounts from a range of communities to tell the history of Montreal.

Along the St. Lawrence River, Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier is an outstanding example of rural architecture of the New France. The house, built in 1710, sit on an archeological, revealing indigenous occupation that dates 5, 500 years ago.

The Afromuseum is a non profit institution that recocnize and raise konwledge of African and afrodescendant cultures. It highlight this heritage through numerous cultural expressions.

Founded in Lachine in the 19th century, the Dawes Black Horse Brewery was incredibly successful in Quebec until the 1950s.The brewery was originally a complex of buildings, of which, only five remain standing in Lachine today.

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.

The Oratory Museum is dedicated mainly to religious art. Renowned for its exceptional collection of nativity scenes from around the world, the museum offers a treasure of religious, historical and artistic heritage from Quebec and elsewhere.