List of museums in Quebec explained

This list of museums in Quebec, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

NameTown/CityRegionTypeSummary
Abitibiwinni First Nations website, history and culture of the Abitibiwinni First Nation
Maritime website, includes shipyard exhibits, homestead house, stable and marine railway, history of Davie Shipbuilding
Albert Gilles Museum Art website, boutique, workshop and museum of copper art by Albert Gilles
Argenteuil Regional Museum History website, local history, located in the Carillon Barracks
Art-image et espace Odyssée Art website, contemporary art at the Maison de la culture de Gatineau
ASTER, la Station scientifique du Bas-Saint-Laurent Bas-Saint-Laurent Science website, public observatory with an interpretation centre about astronomy
Science Astronomy, geology, biology and ecology
Industry Features 11 fishing industry buildings to demonstrate occupations, history and impact of the industry
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Military History and artifacts from the site of a 1760 naval battle
Military website, exhibits and site of the 1812 Battle of the Châteauguay
Bay Chaleur Military Museum Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Military website, contributions of Gaspesians in the major conflicts of the 20th century, impact on the community
Natural history Located at the Baie-Sainte-Marguerite sector of Saguenay National Park, summer feeding area for beluga whales
Montérégie Natural history website, ecosystem and wildlife of the Lac Saint-Pierre Biosphere Reserve
Montérégie Military Restored 1871 military blockhouse
Boréalis Industry website, opened in 2010, formerly the Pulp and Paper Industry Exhibition Center, exhibits on the pulp and paper industry
Montérégie Multiple website, includes main museum with period home and business displays, courthouse, military display, local history and antiques, schoolhouse, operated by the Brome County Historical Society
Gatineau Outaouais Children's Located inside the Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau Outaouais Multiple Canada's history, culture and heritage, including First Nations
Gatineau Outaouais Philatelic Located inside the Canadian Museum of History, Canada's postal heritage and stamps
Montérégie Railway Also known as Exporail, railway equipment and heritage railroad
Cap de Bon-Désir Interpretation and Observation Centre Côte-Nord Natural history website, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, navigation along the river, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Maritime Tours of the lighthouse in the summer
Transportation Exhibits about the canal at the toll collector's house
Carrefour culturel Paul-Médéric Capitale-Nationale Art website, visual and cultural arts center with gallery
Cascapedia River Museum Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Sports website, salmon fly fishing
Centrale de la Rivière-des-Prairies Laval Laval Science website, operated by Hydro-Québec, water-powered electricity and the building of the Rivière des Prairies generating station
Centre Archéo Topo Côte-Nord Archaeology website, prehistoric archaeology of the Upper North Shore region
Centre culturel Le Griffon Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Industry website, exhibits about the local fishermen's co-operative
Centre culturel Marie-Fitzbach Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, cultural center with art gallery, local history exhibits, exhibit on area industrialists
Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier Estrie Art website, cultural center with visual art and literary exhibitions and events, operated by La Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
Centre d'art de Kamouraska Art website, art exhibits
Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne Art website
Centre d'art Rotary Abitibi-Témiscamingue Art information, art centre with gallery
Gatineau Outaouais Art website, contemporary art gallery and sculpture park
Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda Abitibi-Témiscamingue Art website, art centre
Centre d’exposition de Val-David Laurentides Art website
Centre d’exposition Leo-Ayotte Mauricie Art website, part of Culture Shawinigan
Trois-Rivières Mauricie Art website, art centre
Centre d'histoire et d'archéologie de la Métabetchouane Multiple information, reconstructed fur trading post, local history exhibits, art, natural history, archaeological site and artifacts
Centre d'histoire Sir-William-Price
(Sir William Price Heritage Center)
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Multiple website, history of the Price family, local logging, lumber and paper industries
Centre d'interprétation de l'agriculture et de la ruralité Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Agriculture website
Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoise Estrie Industry website, economuseum about area slateworking
Centre d'interprétation de l'eau Science website, also known as C.I.EAU, water purification and importance of clean water
Centre d'interprétation de l'histoire de Port-Cartier Côte-Nord History information, local history
Capitale-Nationale Multiple Local history and art exhibits
Centre d'interprétation de la forestrie Abitibi-Témiscamingue Forestry information, 1930s lumberjack's life and logging camp
Centre d'interprétation de la guêpe Abitibi-Témiscamingue Natural history website, collection of wasp nests and how they are built
Centre d'interprétation de la traite des fourrures
(Fur Trade Interpretation Centre and Tour)
Mauricie History website, fur trading post and industry
Centre d'interprétation de tracteurs antiques Estrie Agriculture information, historic tractors
Centre d'interprétation des energies renouvelablesMontérégie Science website, renewable energy and sustainable living practices
Centre d’interprétation du cuivre de Murchochville Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Mining website, copper mining
Centre d'interprétation du Patrimoine de Notre-Dame-des-Monts Capitale-Nationale Multiple information, local history, natural history and culture, cheese-making
Centre d'interprétation du patrimoine de Plaisance Outaouais History website, local history
Centre d'Interprétation du site archéologique Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha Montérégie First Nations website, reconstructed St. Lawrence Iroquois village and archaeological site
Centre d'interprétation Les Acadiens à Saint-Grégoire History website, lives of the builders of the windmill, operated by the Société acadienne Port-Royal
Bécancour Centre-du-Québec Natural history website, live animals, habitats displays, Quebec's biological species, sustainable living
Centre des migrations Chaudière-Appalaches Natural history information, Canada snow geese migration
Centre et circuit Félix-LeclercLa TuqueMauricie Biographical information, life of singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc, area history and culture
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Religious website, artifacts and history of the Sœurs du Bon Conseil convent
Centre National d’exposition CNE Saguenay–Lac-Saint-JeanArt website, contemporary art exhibits, also science and history
Chantier de Gédéon Abitibi-Témiscamingue Forestry website, reconstructed 1930s logging camp
Outaouais Forestry website, forests, forest fire prevention, and forestry industry; also changing exhibits of art
Outaouais Forestry Open air exhibits and visitor center in park
Christmas Chateau Bas-Saint-Laurent Commodity website, Christmas displays of all types
CIBRO
Centre d’interprétation des battures et de réhabilitation des oiseaux
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Natural history website, bird rehabilitation center and interpretive center about migratory birds and the local flats
CIMM Centre d'interprétation des mammifères marins Côte-Nord Natural history website, whales and other marine mammals
Shawinigan Mauricie Science Electricity, pulp and paper, aluminum and electrochemistry
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Mining Gold mining tour and 1930s mining company house
Estrie History website, rooms with collections of decorative furnishings representing several generations of a prominent border family of American origin, as well as changing exhibits of local history; operated by the Stanstead Historical Society
Laval Laval Science Space and science
Montérégie Multiple River transportation by portage and then canal, military blockhouse
Daniel Weetaluktuk Memorial Museum and Cultural Transmission Centre First Nations information, culture and language of the Nunavik Inuit
Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, historic estate with gardens and trails, art exhibits, 1920s furnished rooms
Mauricie Historic house website, displays three centuries of history in an estate manor house
Eaton Corner Museum Estrie History website, local history
École de Rang Campbell Montérégie Education website, one room schoolhouse
École de Rang II d'Authier Abitibi-Témiscamingue Education information, historic schoolhouse
Économusée de la brasserie Mauricie Food website, economuseum of beer making and the microbrewery Les bières de la Nouvelle-France
Église-Musée Saint-Venant-de-Paquette Estrie Religious website, history of the church, its architecture and artifacts
Mauricie Religious website, tours of church with panels painted by Ozias Leduc
Église orthodoxe russe St-Georges de Rouyn-Noranda Abitibi-Témiscamingue History website, historic Russian Orthodox church with exhibits about area Eastern European immigrants and their contributions
Science website, electricity, operated by Hydro-Quebec
Épopée de CapeltonEstrie Mining website, underground copper mine
Espace Félix-Leclerc Capitale-Nationale Biographical website, work of singer and poet Félix Leclerc
Espace Pierre-Debain Gatineau Outaouais Art information, contemporary craft and visual art
Érablière du Lac-Beauport Capitale-Nationale Multiple website, economuseum of maple syrup, with maple and wildlife displays
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Natural history website, aquarium, marine life and marine science exhibits
Montérégie Artwebsite, contemporary art gallery
Trois-Rivières Mauricie Industry Iron forge and its industrial community
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Multiple Visitor center exhibits about the park's natural history and human history, Hyman & Sons General Store and warehouse with exhibits about the cod fishing industry, and Anse Blanchette, a fisherman's homestead with costumed interpreters
Montérégie Military Historic French then British fort, exhibits on New France
Montérégie Military Reconstructed 1820s fort
Bas-Saint-Laurent Military Reconstructed 19th-century fort
Abitibi-Témiscamingue History Remains of 17th-century trading post, visitor center exhibits and re-enactments about New France and the Algonquin
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Natural history website, sea fossils from the Ordovician-Silurian period, formerly the Lake Timiskaming Fossil Center
Ville-Marie, QuebecTémiscamingue Regional County MunicipalityHistoricAdapted house to hold a museum.
Galerie d'art du Centre culturel Estrie Art website, part of the Université de Sherbrooke, contemporary art gallery in the cultural centre
Galerie d'art du Parc Trois-Rivières Mauricie Art website, located in the Manoir de Tonnancour
Galerie Montcalm Gatineau OutaouaisArt website, contemporary art gallery
Galerie Renée-BlainMontérégie Art website, art gallery
Garage de la culture Mauricie History information, local history
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Living website, village with many buildings portraying British settlers from the 1760s to the early 1900s
Gespeg Micmac Interpretation Site Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine First Nations website, Micmac heritage and culture
Granite Expo & Museum of Stanstead Estrie Industry website, economuseum of granite industry and works, model train collection
Heritage Kinnear's Mills Chaudière-Appalaches Historywebsite, local history
Horse-drawn Carriage Museum Abitibi-Témiscamingue Transportation information, collection of Claude-Morin
Chaudière-Appalaches Ethnic Site of an immigration depot which predominantly housed Irish immigrants coming to Canada to escape the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1849
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History information, local history
Kempt Road Interpretation Centre Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History website, local history
La Corne Nursing Station Abitibi-Témiscamingue Medical website, outpost settlement nursing station
Chaudière-Appalaches Military Mid-19th-century British fort with exhibits
Estrie Historic house website, early 20th-century period childhood home of Louis Saint-Laurent, prime minister of Canada, and his father's general store
Outaouais Historic house website, 20th-century estate of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, includes restored 19th-century cottages with period guides, exhibits on his life, gardens and trails
Magasin général historique authentique 1928 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History website, 1928 period general store with merchandise
Magasin général Le Brun Mauricie History information, three general stores dating back to different epochs: 1803, 1827 and 1915
Chaudière-Appalaches Historic house website, late Victorian period home of banker Alphonse Desjardins, history of the first cooperative group in North America
Maison amérindienne Montérégie First Nations website, culture and contemporary art
Maison Antoine-Lacombe Art website, 1847 house with art exhibits and a sculpture garden
Maison Bélisle Lanaudière Multiple website, art and history exhibits
Maison Bourgoin Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History information, local history, culture and art
Bas-Saint-Laurent Historic house website, 19th-century Victorian period house
Maison d'école du rang Cinq Chicots Centre-du-Québec Education website, one room schoolhouse with changing exhibits of art and culture
Maison de la culture de Dudswell Estrie Art information, art centre with exhibits, features 68 wooden sculptures of early 20th-century rural life by Louis-Émile Beauregard
Maison de la culture Roland-Jomphe Côte-Nord History website, local history
Maison de la culture et du patrimoine Laurentides History website, exhibit about the Lower Canada Rebellion
Maison de l'eau Sherbrooke Estrie Natural historywebsite, located in Lucien-Bouchard Park, nature centre with live small animals, ecology of the river and park
Maison de Lime RidgeDudswell Estrie Natural history information, geology and properties of limestone and area mining and industry
Capitale-Nationale History website, local history, period room displays
Maison des Arts Drummondville Centre-du-Québec Art website, includes the Galerie d’art Desjardins
Maison des arts de Laval Laval Laval Art website, performing arts centre with exhibit gallery
Tadoussac Côte-Nord Natural history Located at the Baie-de-Tadoussac sector of Saguenay National Park, sand dunes, birds, and wildlife of the park
Maison Dr Joseph-Frenette Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Medical website, rural doctor's home
Capitale-Nationale Historic house website, operated by the Fondation François-Lamy, 18th-century period house
Maison Dumulon Abitibi-Témiscamingue History website, information, early 20th-century general store for the mining town
Maison Dupont Mauricie Historic house information, late 19th-century "Québécoise" home
Maison du Frère-Moffet Abitibi-Témiscamingue Historic house website, 1881 home of town's founder
Estrie Art website, granite workshop and sculptures
Maison Girardin Capitale-Nationale Multiple website, historic house, local history and art, operated by the Société d'art et d'histoire de Beauport
Bas-Saint-Laurent Historic house website, 18th-century house
Maison de la culture Lenoblet-du-Plessis Montérégie History website, historic house with local history exhibits, site of area meetings during the Rebellions of 1837
Montérégie Multiple website, 1792 house with art and local history exhibits
Maison Louis-Bertrand Bas-Saint-Laurent Historic house website, 19th-century house
Maison Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Montérégie Multiple information, childhood home of Prime Minister Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features exhibits of art, photography and local history
Lanaudière Biographical website, life of Canadian strongman Louis Cyr
Maison natale de Louis-Fréchette Chaudière-Appalaches Historic house website, 19th-century home of author Louis-Honoré Fréchette
Montérégie Historic house website, 1830s period home and guided tour about the Rebellions of 1837
Maison Ozias-Leduc Mont-Saint-Hilaire Montérégie Art website, includes interpretive center home and birthplace home of painter Ozias Leduc, operated by the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Maison Paul-Emile Borduas Mont-Saint-Hilaire Montérégie Art website, regional art exhibits in the home of painter Paul-Émile Borduas, operated by the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Maison Rocheleau Trois-Rivières Mauricie Historic house website, 1740 house restored to New France era
Maison Rodolphe Duguay Centre-du-Québec Art website, works by artist Rodolphe Duguay and changing art exhibits
Maison Rosalie-Cadron Lanaudière Historic house website, early 19th-century period house
Chaudière-Appalaches Historic house website, life and mid-19th-century home of Father of Confederation, Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
Montérégie Historic house website, also art gallery
Mauricie Historic housewebsite, 1730 manor with local history exhibit
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Historic house website, mid-19th-century period home of political figure John Le Boutillier
Capitale-Nationale Historic house website, 18th-century period home and interpretation center for the seigneurial system of New France
Outaouais Historic house website, manor home of reformist leader Louis-Joseph Papineau, furnishings from 1850 to 1929
Manoir seigneurial Fraser Bas-Saint-Laurent Historic house website, 1830 manor home of city's founder with family furnishings, art gallery
Marine Environment Discovery Centre Côte-Nord Natural history website, information, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Matamajaw Historical Site Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Sports website, historic salmon fishing club
Miellerie Lune de Miel Estrie Food website, economuseum about beekeeping and honey
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Natural history Fossil fish and plants, important fossil site
Mine Crystal Estrie Natural history website, quartz crystal mine and minerals exhibit
Mingan Island Cetacean Study Côte-Nord Natural history website, the interpretation center features exhibits about marine mammals in the St. Lawrence River and the work of the organization
Mauricie First Nations Open air tour of buildings of the 10 nations of Quebec and the Inuit, adjacent to usée de la Faune]]
Moulin à carder Grouleau Chaudière-Appalaches Industry information, working wool carding mill
Moulin à laine d'Ulverton
(Ulverton Woolen Mills)
Estrie Industry website, textile industry
Moulin Bernier Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, history of the historic flour and saw mill, local history and art exhibits, permanent exhibition on maple syrup
Moulin de La Chevrotière Capitale-Nationale History website, historic mill, exhibits on local history
Capitale-Nationale Mill information, restored early 19th-century flour mill and outbuildings
Moulin des pionniers Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Forestry website, historic sawmill, ancestral home, small farm and log driving camp
Moulin La Lorraine Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, historic flour mill and art center
Laurentides Mill website, 18th-century flour mill
Bécancour Centre-du-Québec Mill website, historic flour mill
Mauricie Mill website, historic flour mill and saw mill
Capitale-Nationale Mill website, economuseum of a historic windmill for flour and water-powered sawmill
Capitale-Nationale Mill Lat 17th-century water-powered flour mill
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Ethnic website, Acadian history and culture in Quebec
Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean First Nations website
Musée amérindien et inuit de Godbout Côte-Nord First Nations information, art and culture
Musée antique Victor Bélanger Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple information, Facebook site, antique automobiles, collections of antique toys, telephones, clocks, lamps, salt recipients, dolls, irons collections, heritage village including a school house, chapel, general store, saloon, sugar house, old-style bread oven, covered bridge, garages, carpenter store, Canadian-style house and a handicrafts house
Musée Armand-Frappier Laval Laval Science website, life sciences and health
Estrie Multiple website, early 20th-century historic house, history of its owners, costumes and textiles collection, changing exhibits of art, photography, local history
Musée Bruck Montérégie Multiple information, local history andart
Montérégie Militarywebsite, focus is firearms, bronze sculptures, coins and stamps
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Art website, area art
Capitale-Nationale Art Contemporary art
Laurentides Art website, contemporary art
Lanaudière Art website
Montérégie Art website, focus is Quebec regional art, also operates the Maison Paul-Emile Borduas and Maison Ozias Leduc
Musée de Buckingham Outaouais History website, local history
Capitale-Nationale Multiple website, art, local history and culture
Musée de Guérin Abitibi-Témiscamingue History website, local and rural history, agriculture, religious life and heritage
Musée de l'Accordéon Chaudière-Appalaches Music website, accordion collection located in the 1800 Manoir Couillard-Dupuis
Musée de l'auto ancienne de Richmond Estrie Automotive website, open in summer, antique automobiles
Musée de la culture populaire du Québec
(Quebec Museum of Folk Culture)
Mauricie Multiple website, area history, culture, art, folk art,
Musée de la Défense aérienne
Bagotville Air Defence Museum
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Aviation website, history of military aviation, including CFB Bagotville
Musée de la Faune Mauricie Natural history website, wildlife dioramas, adjacent to Mokotakan
Montérégie Women's website, women's issues, contributions in Quebec, civil rights, art
Musée de la Gare Abitibi-Témiscamingue Railway website, railway and local history, located in a 1927 train station
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Multiple website, Gaspesian history, culture, natural history, works of Gaspesian artists
Musée de la grange octogonale Adolphe-Gagnon Bas-Saint-Laurent Agriculture website, 1888 octagonal barn with agriculture tools and equipment
Musée de la Mer Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Maritime website, includes ship and lighthouse models, fishing industry, maritime artifacts, shells, island rocks and minerals, island history
Musée de la nature Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Natural history website
Musée de la Neufve-France Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History website, located in the Vieux Moulin (Old Mill), features New France and First Nations artifacts
Musée de la petite maison blanche Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Historic house website, 1900 house that survived the Saguenay Flood of 1996
Musée de la poste et Boutique de forge / Parc Héritage Abitibi-Témiscamingue History information, includes 1930s postmaster's office and blacksmith shop
Centre-du-Québec First Nations website, history, culture and art of the Western Abenaki people
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts
Sherbrooke Estrie Art Focus is artists of the Eastern townships
Montérégie Multiple website, local history and culture, changes in communication
Musée des CoquillagesCapitale-Nationale Natural history website, seashells from around the world
Montérégie Local website, local history, culture and art
Musée des Filles de JesusTrois-Rivières Mauricie Religious website, history of the work of the Daughters of Jesus in education, hospital care and distant missions, and a historic chapel
MontréalMontréalTechnology and science website music recording history, site-specific museum in the historic Berliner Gramophone Building
Musée des phares Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Maritime website, La Martre Lighthouse with exhibits about the evolution and importance of area lighthouses
Centre-du-Québec Religious website, religious practices and beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Museum of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary Bas-Saint-Laurent Religious website, history and artifacts of the convent
Musée des Ursulines de Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières Mauricie Religious website, history of the Ursuline monastery, school and hospital, religious artifacts
Musée du 12 RBC Trois-Rivières Mauricie Military information, history of the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada
Bas-Saint-Laurent Art website, contemporary art and ethnology
Musée du bronze d'Inverness Centre-du-Québec Art website, economuseum of a bronze workshop and gallery
Musée du BûcheronMauricie Forestry information, replica of a typical logging camp from 1850 to 1950 with over 20 buildings and equipment
Musée du chocolat Montérégie Food website, adjacent to the Confiserie Bromont
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Multiple website, maritime history, natural and cultural history of the region by the Saguenay – St. Lawrence Marine Park
Montérégie Military History and artifacts of the 17th-century French fort and the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
Musée du fromage cheddar Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Food website, making of cheddar cheese and a historical recreation of a 20th-century cheesemaker's home
Musée du golf du Québec GranbyMontérégie Sports website
Montérégie Multiple website, local history and decorative arts pottery
Musée du Régiment de la Chaudière Chaudière-Appalaches Military information, WW II Le Régiment de la Chaudière
Laurentides Sports website, history of skiing in the Laurentian mountains, ski equipment and memorabilia
Musée du squelette Bas-Saint-Laurent Natural history information, skeletons and osteology
Bas-Saint-Laurent Multiple website, local history and art
Musée Edison du Phonographe Capitale-Nationale Technology website, historic phonograph machines
Musée Frederick Janssoone Trois-Rivières Mauricie Biographical website, life of Franciscan missionary Father Frédéric Janssoone
Musée Jeux Vidéo et VFX Sherbrooke Estrie Art website, video games history and special effects for cinema
Lanaudière Biographical website, Formula One race car driver Gilles Villeneuve
Musée Honoré-Mercier Montérégie Biographical information, birthplace home and exhibits about Honoré Mercier, 9th Premier of Quebec
Musée Huron-wendake Capitale-Nationale First Nations website, history and culture of the Iroquois and Algonquin
Estrie Art website, naive art
Musée Joseph-Filion Laurentides History website, local history
Musée la Maison Horace-Bouffard Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Historic house information, turn-of-the-century traditional country home
Victoriaville Centre-du-Québec Multiple website, includes the Maison Wilfrid-Laurier, the Victorian period summer home of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Hotel des Postes, a fine arts and historic exhibition centre
Musée les Voitures d'eau Capitale-Nationale Maritime website, seafarers and sail craft on the St. Lawrence River
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Biographical website, works of author Louis Hémon, and other Quebec authors and literature
Musée maritime de Charlevoix Capitale-Nationale Maritimewebsite, former shipyard with outbuildings, schooners
Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, local history displays, decorative arts, and art exhibits
Abitibi-Témiscamingue Natural history website, rocks, minerals, fossils
Musée minéralogique et d'histoire minière
(Asbestos Mineral Museum)
Estrie Natural history information, rocks, minerals, history of the Jeffrey asbestos mine, located in a section of the town's municipal library
Chaudière-Appalaches Mining website, geology, minerals and mining history of the region
Musée minier Horne Abitibi-Témiscamingue Mining website, copper mining, named after businessman and prospector Edmond Henry Horne
Montérégie History website, county history, historic general store, agriculture machinery, carriages and sleighs
Trois-Rivières Mauricie Art Part of the Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, religious and decorative arts
Musée Populaire de la Photographie Drummondville Centre-du-Québec Art website, photography and equipment
Musée pour enfants de Laval Laval Laval Children's website
Bas-Saint-Laurent Multiple Local history, period room and business displays, natural history, agriculture, transportation; also known as Musée québécois de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
Musée régional de Kamouraska Bas-Saint-Laurent History website, local history, period room displays and antiques
Musée régional de la Côte-Nord Côte-Nord Multiple website, art, local history, archaeology, natural history, First Nations artifacts
Bas-Saint-Laurent Multiple website, contemporary art, history and science
Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges Montérégie Multiple website, local history, culture and folk art
Musée Saint-Laurent Bas-Saint-Laurent Automotive website, vintage and classic cars, farm machinery and antiques
Musée sur l'enseignement Chaudière-Appalaches Education information, one room schoolhouse
Musée Zénon Alary Laurentides Art information, animal sculptures by Zénon Alary
Estrie Transportation website, snowmobiles and snow transport, life and work of Joseph Armand Bombardier
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Multiple website, hydroelectricity, area industrial development and history, importance of water in the region's development
ONHOÜA CHETEK8E Capitale-Nationale First Nations website, authentic recreation of a Wyandot village
Parc du Bourg de Pabos Interpretation Centre Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine History website, includes archaeological remains of prehistoric, First Nations and early settlers, restored 18th-century fishermen's hut, 19th-century forestry industry remains, history of British attacks in the 18th century
Montérégie Historic house website, 18th-century windmill, miller's house and interpretation center of rural life in New France
Estrie Industry website, former powder mill with many buildings
Île d'Orléans Capitale-Nationale Maritime website, historic shipyard
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Natural history Discovery center exhibits about the park's large bird colony, marine life, geology, ecosystems and history
Pavillon de la FauneEstrie Natural history website, wildlife dioramas and live animals
Petit Musée du Chapeau Montérégie Textile website, hats and hat-making tools
Petites Franciscaines de Marie Museum Capitale-Nationale Religious website, history and activities of the religious congregation and its founder
Phare du Cap de MadeleineGaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Multiple information, lighthouse and exhibits about local history and the 1920s paper mill
Plein sud Montérégie Art website, contemporary art exhibition centre
Montérégie Archaeology website, archaeological site and exhibits of 5000 years of Amerindian artifacts
Pointe-Noire Interpretation and Observation Centre Côte-Nord Natural history website, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Poste de Traite Chauvin
(Chauvin Trading Post)
Tadoussac Côte-Nord History information, information, recreated 1600 fur trading post with exhibits about pre-history, the meeting of two nations, trading, the oil trade (whale hunting) and the trading post
Chaudière-Appalaches Multiple website, art and local history exhibits
Pulperie de Chicoutimie Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Multiple website, local history and culture, art exhibits, works of primitive artist Arthur Villeneuve, history of the paper company
Bas-Saint-Laurent Multiple Botanical gardens and Estevan Lodge with botanical art exhibits and a permanent display about the garden owners
Richmond County Historical Society Museum Estrie Historic house website, located in Melbourne Township, late 19th-century period house
Côte-Nord Natural history Located at the Baie-Éternité sector of Saguenay National Park, geology and natural history of the fjord
Saint Anthony's Shrine Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Religious website, shrine dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and Our Lady of Lourdes, includes museum about the shrine's founders
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds Historic Site Chaudière-Appalaches History information, local history, tours of historic sites
Saint Lawrence Exploration Centre Bas-Saint-Laurent Natural history website, ecosystem, animal and plant life of the Saint Lawrence River
Montérégie Transportation website, exhibits about the canal in the superintendent's office
Chaudière-Appalaches Living website, 19th-century Victorian period mansion with working flour mill, gardens, history of the seigneurial system of New France
Sherbrooke Estrie Natural history Animal and bird mounts, fossils, rocks and minerals, archaeology
Lanaudière Historic house website, mid-19th-century period birthplace home of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Site de la Nouvelle-France Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Living website, four reenactments of 17th-century Quebec City
Site de Pêche Déry Capitale-Nationale History website, local history, including the first toll bridge in Quebec and salmon fishing on the Rivière Jacques-Cartier
Site historique de l'Île-des-Moulins Lanaudière Open air website, 19th-century pre-industrial complex including the seigneury office, bakery, flour mill, saw mill and carding mill
Site historique Domaine Breen Abitibi-Témiscamingue Historic house website, early 20th-century house and local history and mining exhibits
Site historique de Pointe-à-la-Renommée Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Maritime website, lighthouse, exhibits about lighthouse keepers and North America's first maritime radio station installed here by Guglielmo Marconi in 1904
Rimouski Bas-Saint-Laurent Maritime Includes the history and artifacts from sunken ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland, the submarine HMCS Onondaga (S73) and the Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse and related buildings
Site historique des Pères Trappistes Chaudière-Appalaches Religious website, historic buildings and history of the Trappist monks who founded the community
Site Mary Travers dite "La Bolduc" Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Biographical website, life and work of author-composer-singer Mary Travers (La Bolduc)
Société d'histoire et du patrimoine de la région de La Sarre Abitibi-Témiscamingue History website, local history
Société d'histoire de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Estrie History website, local history
Gatineau Outaouais History website, local history, located in an early 19th-century inn
T.E. Draper Abitibi-Témiscamingue Maritime website, tugboat museum ship used in the logging industry
Tithing Interpretation Centre Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Multiple information, 19th-century tithe barn with displays on local history, agriculture, fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, cephalopods, dinosaur remains, fossilized trees, petrified plants, rocks and minerals
Tomcod Interpretation Centre Mauricie Industry website, aspects of tomcod fishing
Outaouais Maritime website, tugboat used to tow timber in the Baskatong reservoir
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre Sherbrooke Estrie Multiple website, local history and art
Vieille prison de Trois-Rivières
(Old Prison of Trois-Rivières)
Trois-Rivières Mauricie Prison website, 1960s-70s prison experience
Mauricie Historic house website, mid-19th-century parish priest's home
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Open air 1920s paper mill town
Vieux Presbytère de Deschambault Capitale-Nationale Multiple website, information, historic rectory with local history and art exhibits
Drummondville Centre-du-Québec Open air Reconstituted Quebec village of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries
Gatineau Outaouais Aviation Early history of powered flight, classic aircraft
Whiteley Museum Côte-Nord History website, local history and culture

Defunct museums

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Open or closed during Spring break? Check our Museum Guide!.
  2. Web site: Les portes restent closes au Centre national des naufrages. Le Manic. 3 December 2016. August 11, 2016.
  3. Web site: Fort de la Martiniere. Fort Wiki. 30 November 2016. Buildings and magazine locked up and no on site presence but the site is open to the public. The visitor center and museum have been closed for about two years..
  4. Web site: Official site. Jardin des glaciers. 3 December 2016. The Jardin des Glaciers unfortunately is now closed..
  5. Web site: Le "musée thérapeutique" des soeurs du Bon-Pasteur ferme ses portes. le Soleil. 2 December 2016. fr. August 15, 2014.
  6. Web site: Les bateaux miniatures iront s'ancrer ailleurs. Infodimanche. 30 November 2016. fr. September 22, 2014.
  7. Web site: Musée du Domaine – Voyage à travers le Québec.
  8. Web site: Leur musée vendu à l'encan. 30 November 2016. fr. July 9, 2015.
  9. http://housesofwax.blogspot.com/2009/10/quebec-wax-museum-sign.html House of Wax Blogspot, Oct. 12, 2009