List of museums in Quebec City explained

This is a list of museums in Quebec City, Canada. 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

NameNeighbourhoodBoroughTypeSummary
Artillery Park Heritage Site Old Quebec - Upper Town Military Website, 1830s fort, part of Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site
History Park with exhibits and tours about the story of Jacques Cartier, Jesuit missionaries and Amerindian nations of the 16th and 17th centuries
Centre d'exposition de la bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy Library Website, exhibit gallery of the Gabrielle-Roy Library
Natural history Fossils, rocks, wildlife, history of the Kabir Kouba Waterfalls
Centre d'interprétation historique de Sainte-Foy History Website, local history, operated by the borough
Choco-Musée Érico La Cité-Limoilou Food Website, chocolate shop and history of chocolate
Old Quebec - Upper Town Military Tours include the history of the military garrison, the Royal 22e Régiment Museum, and a former military prison
Économusée du vitrail Vieux-Limoilou Art Website, economuseum of stained glass workshop
Old Quebec - Upper Town Military Website, history and guided tours of the city's different fortification projects and defense strategies
Henry-Stuart House Historic house Website, late 19th-century period cottage
L'Îlot des Palais Old Quebec - Lower Town History Website, 18th-century archaeological site of old Quebec and city history
Maison Chevalier Historic house Website, managed by the Musée de la civilisation, includes Chesnay House, the Frérot House and the Chevalier House with 18th- and 19th- century furnishings and decor
Maison des Jésuites de Sillery Sillery Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Historic house Website, 18th-century Jesuit missionary and the Amerindians in early Quebec, operated by the borough
Maison Dorion-Coulombe La Cité-Limoilou History Website, local history, operated by the Société de la rivière Saint-Charles
Maison Éphraim-Bédard Charlesbourg Historic house Website, operated by La Société Historique de Charlesbourg, period rooms
Maison François-Xavier Garneau Old Quebec - Lower Town La Cité-Limoilou Historic house Website, late 19th-century Victoria period home of poet François-Xavier Garneau
Maison Hamel-Bruneau Sainte-Foy Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Multiple Website, cultural center, exhibits of art and science, operated by the borough
Maison Léon-Provancher Natural history Website, natural history and science
Maison O’Neill Multiple Website, historic house, history of the area and its inhabitants, changing exhibits of art
Old Quebec - Upper Town La Cité-Limoilou Military Early 19th-century soldier's life, military history of the Plains of Abraham
History Evolution of Quebec's English-speaking community, includes tours of the 19th-century gaol and Morrin College
Moulin des Jésuites Charlesbourg Mill Website, historic Jesuit grist mill, local history
Sainte-FoySainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Natural history Website, fossils, rocks, minerals, part of Laval University
Musée de l'Amérique francophone
(Museum of French America)
Old Quebec - Upper Town La Cité-Limoilou History Managed by the Musée de la civilisation, colonial history of America, the evolution of Francophone culture in North America and abroad, and arts and crafts in Québec
Musée de la civilisation
(Museum of Civilization)
Old Quebec - Lower Town Multiple Quebec history, First Nations and human culture and civilization
Musée de la Place-Royale History Website, part of the Musée de la civilisation complex, history of New France and Place-Royale through that of its inhabitants, from Samuel de Champlain to today
Musée des Augustines de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Old Quebec - Upper Town History Website, work of the Augustines in Quebec, fine and decorative art, historic artifacts
Religious History of the convent of the Ursulines of Quebec
Military Website, military history of Quebec City
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
(Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts)
Art Focus is Quebec art
Musée naval de Québec
(Naval Museum of Quebec)
Old Quebec - Lower Town Maritime Website
History History of Quebec and military activities at the Plains of Abraham
Villa Bagatelle Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge Historic house Website, reproduction early 20th-century period cottage and garden, operated by the borough

Defunct museums

References

Notes and References

  1. http://housesofwax.blogspot.com/2009/10/quebec-wax-museum-sign.html House of Wax Blogspot, Oct. 12, 2009