List of museums in Quebec facts for kids
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.
- See also List of museums in Montreal for museums in the Montreal region.
- See also List of museums in Quebec City for museums in Quebec City.
Museums
| Name | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abitibiwinni | Pikogan | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | First Nations | website, history and culture of the Abitibiwinni First Nation |
| A.C. Davie Shipyard National Historic Site | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Maritime | website, includes shipyard exhibits, homestead house, stable and marine railway, history of Davie Shipbuilding |
| Albert Gilles Museum | Château-Richer | Capitale-Nationale | Art | website, boutique, workshop and museum of copper art by Albert Gilles |
| Argenteuil Regional Museum | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | Laurentides | History | website, local history, located in the Carillon Barracks |
| Art-image et espace Odyssée | Gatineau | Outaouais | Art | website, contemporary art at the Maison de la culture de Gatineau |
| ASTER, la Station scientifique du Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Science | website, public observatory with an interpretation centre about astronomy |
| ASTROLab du parc national du Mont-Mégantic | Notre-Dame-des-Bois | Estrie | Science | Astronomy, geology, biology and ecology |
| Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac | Paspébiac | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Industry | Features 11 fishing industry buildings to demonstrate occupations, history and impact of the industry |
| Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site | Pointe-à-la-Croix | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Military | History and artifacts from the site of a 1760 naval battle |
| Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site | Howick | Montérégie | Military | website, exhibits and site of the 1812 Battle of the Châteauguay |
| Bay Chaleur Military Museum | New Richmond | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Military | website, contributions of Gaspesians in the major conflicts of the 20th century, impact on the community |
| Beluga Interpretation Centre | Sacré-Cœur | Côte-Nord | Natural history | Located at the Baie-Sainte-Marguerite sector of Saguenay National Park, summer feeding area for beluga whales |
| Biophare | Sorel-Tracy | Montérégie | Natural history | website, ecosystem and wildlife of the Lac Saint-Pierre Biosphere Reserve |
| Blockhaus de la rivière-Lacolle | Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix | Montérégie | Military | Restored 1871 military blockhouse |
| Boréalis | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Industry | website, opened in 2010, formerly the Pulp and Paper Industry Exhibition Center, exhibits on the pulp and paper industry |
| Brome County Museum | Brome Lake | 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 |
| Canadian Children's Museum | Gatineau | Outaouais | Children's | Located inside the Canadian Museum of History |
| Canadian Museum of History | Gatineau | Outaouais | Multiple | Canada's history, culture and heritage, including First Nations |
| Canadian Postal Museum | Gatineau | Outaouais | Philatelic | Located inside the Canadian Museum of History, Canada's postal heritage and stamps |
| Canadian Railway Museum | Delson | Montérégie | Railway | Also known as Exporail, railway equipment and heritage railroad |
| Cap de Bon-Désir Interpretation and Observation Centre | Les Bergeronnes | 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 |
| Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maritime | Tours of the lighthouse in the summer |
| Carillon Canal National Historic Site | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | Laurentides | Transportation | Exhibits about the canal at the toll collector's house |
| Carrefour culturel Paul-Médéric | Baie-Saint-Paul | Capitale-Nationale | Art | website, visual and cultural arts center with gallery |
| Cascapedia River Museum | Cascapédia–Saint-Jules | 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 | Les Bergeronnes | Côte-Nord | Archaeology | website, prehistoric archaeology of the Upper North Shore region |
| Centre culturel Le Griffon | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Industry | website, exhibits about the local fishermen's co-operative |
| Centre culturel Marie-Fitzbach | Saint-Georges | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, cultural center with art gallery, local history exhibits, exhibit on area industrialists |
| Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier | Valcourt | 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 | Kamouraska | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Art | website, art exhibits |
| Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne | Repentigny | Lanaudière | Art | website |
| Centre d'art Rotary | La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Art | information, art centre with gallery |
| Centre d'exposition l'Imagier | Gatineau | Outaouais | Art | website, contemporary art gallery and sculpture park |
| Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda | Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Art | website, art centre |
| Centre d’exposition de Val-David | Val-David | Laurentides | Art | website |
| Centre d’exposition Leo-Ayotte | Shawinigan | Mauricie | Art | website, part of Culture Shawinigan |
| Centre d’exposition Raymond-Lasnier | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Art | website, art centre |
| Centre d'histoire et d'archéologie de la Métabetchouane | Desbiens | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | 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) |
Jonquière | 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 | Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Agriculture | website |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoise | Richmond | Estrie | Industry | website, economuseum about area slateworking |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'eau | Laval | Laval | Science | website, also known as C.I.EAU, water purification and importance of clean water |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'histoire de Port-Cartier | Port-Cartier | Côte-Nord | History | information, local history |
| Centre d'Interprétation de la Côte-de-Beaupré | Château-Richer | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | Local history and art exhibits |
| Centre d'interprétation de la forestrie | La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Forestry | information, 1930s lumberjack's life and logging camp |
| Centre d'interprétation de la guêpe | Laverlochère-Angliers | 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) |
La Tuque | Mauricie | History | website, fur trading post and industry |
| Centre d'interprétation de tracteurs antiques | Saint-Romain | Estrie | Agriculture | information, historic tractors |
| Centre d'interprétation des energies renouvelables | Richelieu | Montérégie | Science | website, renewable energy and sustainable living practices |
| Centre d’interprétation du cuivre de Murchochville | Murdochville | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Mining | website, copper mining |
| Centre d'interprétation du Patrimoine de Notre-Dame-des-Monts | Notre-Dame-des-Monts | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | information, local history, natural history and culture, cheese-making |
| Centre d'interprétation du patrimoine de Plaisance | Plaisance | Outaouais | History | website, local history |
| Centre d'Interprétation du site archéologique Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha | Saint-Anicet | Montérégie | First Nations | website, reconstructed St. Lawrence Iroquois village and archaeological site |
| Centre d'interprétation Les Acadiens à Saint-Grégoire | Bécancour | Centre-du-Québec | History | website, lives of the builders of the windmill, operated by the Société acadienne Port-Royal |
| Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec | Bécancour | Centre-du-Québec | Natural history | website, live animals, habitats displays, Quebec's biological species, sustainable living |
| Centre des migrations | Montmagny | Chaudière-Appalaches | Natural history | information, Canada snow geese migration |
| Centre et circuit Félix-Leclerc | La Tuque | Mauricie | Biographical | information, life of singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc, area history and culture |
| Centre historique des Sœurs du Bon Conseil | Chicoutimi | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Religious | website, artifacts and history of the Sœurs du Bon Conseil convent |
| Centre National d’exposition CNE | Jonquière | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Art | website, contemporary art exhibits, also science and history |
| Chantier de Gédéon | Laverlochère-Angliers | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Forestry | website, reconstructed 1930s logging camp |
| Château Logue | Maniwaki | Outaouais | Forestry | website, forests, forest fire prevention, and forestry industry; also changing exhibits of art |
| Chutes Coulonge | Fort-Coulonge | Outaouais | Forestry | Open air exhibits and visitor center in park |
| Christmas Chateau | Rivière-du-Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Commodity | website, Christmas displays of all types |
| CIBRO Centre d’interprétation des battures et de réhabilitation des oiseaux |
Saint-Fulgence | 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 | Tadoussac | Côte-Nord | Natural history | website, whales and other marine mammals |
| Cité de l'Énergie | Shawinigan | Mauricie | Science | Electricity, pulp and paper, aluminum and electrochemistry |
| Cité de l'Or | Val-d'Or | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Mining | Gold mining tour and 1930s mining company house |
| Colby-Curtis Museum | Stanstead | 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 |
| Cosmodome (Laval) | Laval | Laval | Science | Space and science |
| Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site | Coteau-du-Lac | Montérégie | Multiple | River transportation by portage and then canal, military blockhouse |
| Daniel Weetaluktuk Memorial Museum and Cultural Transmission Centre | Inukjuak | Nord-du-Québec | First Nations | information, culture and language of the Nunavik Inuit |
| Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière | Sainte-Croix | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, historic estate with gardens and trails, art exhibits, 1920s furnished rooms |
| Domaine seigneurial Sainte-Anne | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | Mauricie | Historic house | website, displays three centuries of history in an estate manor house |
| Eaton Corner Museum | Cookshire-Eaton | Estrie | History | website, local history |
| École de Rang Campbell | Sainte-Sabine | Montérégie | Education | website, one room schoolhouse |
| École de Rang II d'Authier | Authier | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Education | information, historic schoolhouse |
| Économusée de la brasserie | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts | Mauricie | Food | website, economuseum of beer making and the microbrewery Les bières de la Nouvelle-France |
| Église-Musée Saint-Venant-de-Paquette | Saint-Venant-de-Paquette | Estrie | Religious | website, history of the church, its architecture and artifacts |
| Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation | Shawinigan | Mauricie | Religious | website, tours of church with panels painted by Ozias Leduc |
| Église orthodoxe russe St-Georges de Rouyn-Noranda | Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, historic Russian Orthodox church with exhibits about area Eastern European immigrants and their contributions |
| Électrium | Sainte-Julie | Montérégie | Science | website, electricity, operated by Hydro-Quebec |
| Épopée de Capelton | North Hatley | Estrie | Mining | website, underground copper mine |
| Espace Félix-Leclerc | Île d'Orléans | 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 | Lac-Beauport | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | website, economuseum of maple syrup, with maple and wildlife displays |
| Exploramer | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Natural history | website, aquarium, marine life and marine science exhibits |
| EXPRESSION, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe | Saint-Hyacinthe | Montérégie | Art | website, contemporary art gallery |
| Forges du Saint-Maurice | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Industry | Iron forge and its industrial community |
| Forillon National Park | Gaspé | 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 |
| Fort Chambly National Historic Site | Delson | Montérégie | Military | Historic French then British fort, exhibits on New France |
| Fort Lennox National Historic Site | Île aux Noix | Montérégie | Military | Reconstructed 1820s fort |
| Fort Ingall | Cabano | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Military | Reconstructed 19th-century fort |
| Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site | Duhamel-Ouest | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | Remains of 17th-century trading post, visitor center exhibits and re-enactments about New France and the Algonquin |
| Fossilarium | Notre-Dame-du-Nord | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Natural history | website, sea fossils from the Ordovician-Silurian period, formerly the Lake Timiskaming Fossil Center |
| Maison Frère-Moffete | Ville-Marie, Quebec | Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality | Historic | Adapted house to hold a museum. |
| Galerie d'art du Centre culturel | Sherbrooke | 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 | Outaouais | Art | website, contemporary art gallery |
| Galerie Renée-Blain | Brossard | Montérégie | Art | website, art gallery |
| Garage de la culture | Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | Mauricie | History | information, local history |
| Gaspesian British Heritage Village | New Richmond | 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 | Fontenelle | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | First Nations | website, Micmac heritage and culture |
| Granite Expo & Museum of Stanstead | Stanstead | Estrie | Industry | website, economuseum of granite industry and works, model train collection |
| Heritage Kinnear's Mills | Kinnear's Mills | Chaudière-Appalaches | History | website, local history |
| Horse-drawn Carriage Museum | Colombourg | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Transportation | information, collection of Claude-Morin |
| Irish Memorial National Historic Site | Grosse Isle | Chaudière-Appalaches | Ethnic | Site of an immigration depot which predominantly housed Irish immigrants coming to Canada to escape the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1849 |
| Kempffer Cultural Interpretation Centre | New Carlisle | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | History | information, local history |
| Kempt Road Interpretation Centre | Matapédia | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | History | website, local history |
| La Corne Nursing Station | La Corne | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Medical | website, outpost settlement nursing station |
| Lévis Forts National Historic Site | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Military | Mid-19th-century British fort with exhibits |
| Louis S. St. Laurent National Historic Site | Compton | Estrie | Historic house | website, early 20th-century period childhood home of Louis Saint-Laurent, prime minister of Canada, and his father's general store |
| Mackenzie King Estate | Chelsea | 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 | Percé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | History | website, 1928 period general store with merchandise |
| Magasin général Le Brun | Maskinongé | Mauricie | History | information, three general stores dating back to different epochs: 1803, 1827 and 1915 |
| Maison Alphonse-Desjardins | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Historic house | website, late Victorian period home of banker Alphonse Desjardins, history of the first cooperative group in North America |
| Maison amérindienne | Mont-Saint-Hilaire | Montérégie | First Nations | website, culture and contemporary art |
| Maison Antoine-Lacombe | Saint-Charles-Borromée | Lanaudière | Art | website, 1847 house with art exhibits and a sculpture garden |
| Maison Bélisle | Terrebonne | Lanaudière | Multiple | website, art and history exhibits |
| Maison Bourgoin | Price | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | History | information, local history, culture and art |
| Maison Chapais | Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Historic house | website, 19th-century Victorian period house |
| Maison d'école du rang Cinq Chicots | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | Centre-du-Québec | Education | website, one room schoolhouse with changing exhibits of art and culture |
| Maison de la culture de Dudswell | 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 | Havre-Saint-Pierre | Côte-Nord | History | website, local history |
| Maison de la culture et du patrimoine | Saint-Eustache | Laurentides | History | website, exhibit about the Lower Canada Rebellion |
| Maison de l'eau | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Natural history | website, located in Lucien-Bouchard Park, nature centre with live small animals, ecology of the river and park |
| Maison de Lime Ridge | Dudswell | Estrie | Natural history | information, geology and properties of limestone and area mining and industry |
| Maison de nos Aïeux | Île d'Orléans | Capitale-Nationale | History | website, local history, period room displays |
| Maison des Arts Drummondville | 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 |
| Maison des dunes Interpretation Centre | 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 | Causapscal | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Medical | website, rural doctor's home |
| Maison Drouin | Île d'Orléans | Capitale-Nationale | Historic house | website, operated by the Fondation François-Lamy, 18th-century period house |
| Maison Dumulon | Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, information, early 20th-century general store for the mining town |
| Maison Dupont | Saint-Narcisse | Mauricie | Historic house | information, late 19th-century "Québécoise" home |
| Maison du Frère-Moffet | Ville-Marie | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Historic house | website, 1881 home of town's founder |
| Maison du Granit | Lac-Drolet | Estrie | Art | website, granite workshop and sculptures |
| Maison Girardin | Lac-Beauport | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | website, historic house, local history and art, operated by the Société d'art et d'histoire de Beauport |
| Maison Lamontagne | Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Historic house | website, 18th-century house |
| Maison de la culture Lenoblet-du-Plessis | Contrecœur | Montérégie | History | website, historic house with local history exhibits, site of area meetings during the Rebellions of 1837 |
| Maison LePailleur | Châteauguay | Montérégie | Multiple | website, 1792 house with art and local history exhibits |
| Maison Louis-Bertrand | L'Isle-Verte | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Historic house | website, 19th-century house |
| Maison Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine | Boucherville | Montérégie | Multiple | information, childhood home of Prime Minister Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features exhibits of art, photography and local history |
| Maison Louis-Cyr | Saint-Jean-de-Matha | Lanaudière | Biographical | website, life of Canadian strongman Louis Cyr |
| Maison natale de Louis-Fréchette | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Historic house | website, 19th-century home of author Louis-Honoré Fréchette |
| Maison nationale des Patriotes | Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | 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 | Nicolet | Centre-du-Québec | Art | website, works by artist Rodolphe Duguay and changing art exhibits |
| Maison Rosalie-Cadron | Lavaltrie | Lanaudière | Historic house | website, early 19th-century period house |
| Maison sir Étienne-Paschal-Taché | Montmagny | Chaudière-Appalaches | Historic house | website, life and mid-19th-century home of Father of Confederation, Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché |
| Maison Trestler | Vaudreuil-Dorion | Montérégie | Historic house | website, also art gallery |
| Manoir Boucher de Niverville | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Historic house | website, 1730 manor with local history exhibit |
| Manoir Le Boutillier | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Historic house | website, mid-19th-century period home of political figure John Le Boutillier |
| Manoir Mauvide-Genest | Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | Capitale-Nationale | Historic house | website, 18th-century period home and interpretation center for the seigneurial system of New France |
| Manoir Papineau National Historic Site | Montebello | Outaouais | Historic house | website, manor home of reformist leader Louis-Joseph Papineau, furnishings from 1850 to 1929 |
| Manoir seigneurial Fraser | Rivière-du-Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Historic house | website, 1830 manor home of city's founder with family furnishings, art gallery |
| Marine Environment Discovery Centre | Les Escoumins | 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 | Causapscal | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Sports | website, historic salmon fishing club |
| Miellerie Lune de Miel | Stoke | Estrie | Food | website, economuseum about beekeeping and honey |
| Miguasha National Park | Nouvelle | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Natural history | Fossil fish and plants, important fossil site |
| Mine Crystal | Bonsecours | Estrie | Natural history | website, quartz crystal mine and minerals exhibit |
| Mingan Island Cetacean Study | Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan | Côte-Nord | Natural history | website, the interpretation center features exhibits about marine mammals in the St. Lawrence River and the work of the organization |
| Mokotakan | Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | 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 | East Broughton | Chaudière-Appalaches | Industry | information, working wool carding mill |
| Moulin à laine d'Ulverton (Ulverton Woolen Mills) |
Ulverton | Estrie | Industry | website, textile industry |
| Moulin Bernier | Courcelles-Saint-Évariste | 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 | Deschambault-Grondines | Capitale-Nationale | History | website, historic mill, exhibits on local history |
| Moulin de la Rémy | Baie-Saint-Paul | Capitale-Nationale | Mill | information, restored early 19th-century flour mill and outbuildings |
| Moulin des pionniers | La Doré | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Forestry | website, historic sawmill, ancestral home, small farm and log driving camp |
| Moulin La Lorraine | Lac-Etchemin | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, historic flour mill and art center |
| Moulin Légaré | Saint-Eustache | Laurentides | Mill | website, 18th-century flour mill |
| Moulin Michel de Gentilly | Bécancour | Centre-du-Québec | Mill | website, historic flour mill |
| Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac | Pointe-du-Lac | Mauricie | Mill | website, historic flour mill and saw mill |
| Moulins de L’Isle-aux-Coudres | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Capitale-Nationale | Mill | website, economuseum of a historic windmill for flour and water-powered sawmill |
| Moulin du Petit-Pré | Château-Richer | Capitale-Nationale | Mill | Lat 17th-century water-powered flour mill |
| Musée acadien du Québec à Bonaventure | Bonaventure | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Ethnic | website, Acadian history and culture in Quebec |
| Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh | Mashteuiatsh | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | First Nations | website |
| Musée amérindien et inuit de Godbout | Godbout | Côte-Nord | First Nations | information, art and culture |
| Musée antique Victor Bélanger | Saint-Côme–Linière | 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 |
| Musée Beaulne | Coaticook | 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 | Cowansville | Montérégie | Multiple | information, local history andart |
| Musée canadien de l'Arme et du Bronze | Granby | Montérégie | Military | website, focus is firearms, bronze sculptures, coins and stamps |
| Musée Chafaud | Percé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Art | website, area art |
| Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul | Baie-Saint-Paul | Capitale-Nationale | Art | Contemporary art |
| Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides | Saint-Jérôme | Laurentides | Art | website, contemporary art |
| Musée d'art de Joliette | Joliette | Lanaudière | Art | website |
| Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire | Mont-Saint-Hilaire | Montérégie | Art | website, focus is Quebec regional art, also operates the Maison Paul-Emile Borduas and Maison Ozias Leduc |
| Musée de Buckingham | Buckingham | Outaouais | History | website, local history |
| Musée de Charlevoix | La Malbaie | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | website, art, local history and culture |
| Musée de Guérin | Guérin | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, local and rural history, agriculture, religious life and heritage |
| Musée de l'Accordéon | Montmagny | Chaudière-Appalaches | Music | website, accordion collection located in the 1800 Manoir Couillard-Dupuis |
| Musée de l'auto ancienne de Richmond | Richmond | Estrie | Automotive | website, open in summer, antique automobiles |
| Musée de la culture populaire du Québec (Quebec Museum of Folk Culture) |
Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Multiple | website, area history, culture, art, folk art, |
| Musée de la Défense aérienne Bagotville Air Defence Museum |
Bagotville | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Aviation | website, history of military aviation, including CFB Bagotville |
| Musée de la Faune | Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | Mauricie | Natural history | website, wildlife dioramas, adjacent to Mokotakan |
| Musée de la femme | Longueuil | Montérégie | Women's | website, women's issues, contributions in Quebec, civil rights, art |
| Musée de la Gare | Témiscaming | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Railway | website, railway and local history, located in a 1927 train station |
| Musée de la Gaspésie | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Multiple | website, Gaspesian history, culture, natural history, works of Gaspesian artists |
| Musée de la grange octogonale Adolphe-Gagnon | Saint-Fabien | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Agriculture | website, 1888 octagonal barn with agriculture tools and equipment |
| Musée de la Mer | Havre-Aubert (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) | 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 | Sainte-Rose-du-Nord | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Natural history | website |
| Musée de la Neufve-France | Sainte-Flavie | 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 | Chicoutimi | 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 | Saint-Marc-de-Figuery | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | information, includes 1930s postmaster's office and blacksmith shop |
| Musée des Abénakis | Odanak | 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 |
| Musée des communications et d'histoire de Sutton | Sutton | Montérégie | Multiple | website, local history and culture, changes in communication |
| Musée des Coquillages | Saint-Tite-des-Caps | Capitale-Nationale | Natural history | website, seashells from around the world |
| MUSO - Musée de société des Deux-Rives | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | Montérégie | Local | website, local history, culture and art |
| Musée des Filles de Jesus | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Religious | website, history of the work of the Daughters of Jesus in education, hospital care and distant missions, and a historic chapel |
| Musée des ondes Emile Berliner | Montréal | Montréal | Technology and science | website music recording history, site-specific museum in the historic Berliner Gramophone Building |
| Musée des phares | La Martre | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maritime | website, La Martre Lighthouse with exhibits about the evolution and importance of area lighthouses |
| Musée des Religions du Monde | Nicolet | Centre-du-Québec | Religious | website, religious practices and beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity |
| Museum of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary | Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Religious | website, history and artifacts of the convent |
| Musée des Ursulines de Trois-Rivières | Trois-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 |
| Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent | Rivière-du-Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Art | website, contemporary art and ethnology |
| Musée du bronze d'Inverness | Inverness | Centre-du-Québec | Art | website, economuseum of a bronze workshop and gallery |
| Musée du Bûcheron | Grandes-Piles | Mauricie | Forestry | information, replica of a typical logging camp from 1850 to 1950 with over 20 buildings and equipment |
| Musée du chocolat | Bromont | Montérégie | Food | website, adjacent to the Confiserie Bromont |
| Musée du Fjord | Saguenay | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Multiple | website, maritime history, natural and cultural history of the region by the Saguenay – St. Lawrence Marine Park |
| Musée du Fort Saint-Jean | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Montérégie | Military | History and artifacts of the 17th-century French fort and the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean |
| Musée du fromage cheddar | Saint-Prime | 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 | Granby | Montérégie | Sports | website |
| Musée du Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Montérégie | Multiple | website, local history and decorative arts pottery |
| Musée du Régiment de la Chaudière | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Military | information, WW II Le Régiment de la Chaudière |
| Musée du ski des Laurentides | Saint-Sauveur | Laurentides | Sports | website, history of skiing in the Laurentian mountains, ski equipment and memorabilia |
| Musée du squelette | Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Natural history | information, skeletons and osteology |
| Musée du Témiscouata | Notre-Dame-du-Lac | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Multiple | website, local history and art |
| Musée Edison du Phonographe | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 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 |
| Musée Gilles Villeneuve | Berthierville | Lanaudière | Biographical | website, Formula One race car driver Gilles Villeneuve |
| Musée Honoré-Mercier | Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois | Montérégie | Biographical | information, birthplace home and exhibits about Honoré Mercier, 9th Premier of Quebec |
| Musée Huron-wendake | Wendake | Capitale-Nationale | First Nations | website, history and culture of the Iroquois and Algonquin |
| Musée international d'art naïf de Magog | Magog | Estrie | Art | website, naive art |
| Musée Joseph-Filion | Sainte-Thérèse | Laurentides | History | website, local history |
| Musée la Maison Horace-Bouffard | Matane | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Historic house | information, turn-of-the-century traditional country home |
| Musée Laurier | 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 | L'Isle-aux-Coudres | Capitale-Nationale | Maritime | website, seafarers and sail craft on the St. Lawrence River |
| Musée Louis-Hémon | Péribonka | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Biographical | website, works of author Louis Hémon, and other Quebec authors and literature |
| Musée maritime de Charlevoix | Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Capitale-Nationale | Maritime | website, former shipyard with outbuildings, schooners |
| Musée Marius-Barbeau | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, local history displays, decorative arts, and art exhibits |
| Musée minéralogique de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Malartic | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Natural history | website, rocks, minerals, fossils |
| Musée minéralogique et d'histoire minière (Asbestos Mineral Museum) |
Asbestos | Estrie | Natural history | information, rocks, minerals, history of the Jeffrey asbestos mine, located in a section of the town's municipal library |
| Musée Minéralogique et Minier de Thetford Mines | Thetford Mines | Chaudière-Appalaches | Mining | website, geology, minerals and mining history of the region |
| Musée minier Horne | Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Mining | website, copper mining, named after businessman and prospector Edmond Henry Horne |
| Musée Missisquoi | Stanbridge East | Montérégie | History | website, county history, historic general store, agriculture machinery, carriages and sleighs |
| Musée Pierre-Boucher | 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 |
| Musée québécois de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation | La Pocatière | 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 | Kamouraska | Bas-Saint-Laurent | History | website, local history, period room displays and antiques |
| Musée régional de la Côte-Nord | Sept-Îles | Côte-Nord | Multiple | website, art, local history, archaeology, natural history, First Nations artifacts |
| Musée régional de Rimouski | Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Multiple | website, contemporary art, history and science |
| Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Vaudreuil-Dorion | Montérégie | Multiple | website, local history, culture and folk art |
| Musée Saint-Laurent | Trois-Pistoles | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Automotive | website, vintage and classic cars, farm machinery and antiques |
| Musée sur l'enseignement | Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton | Chaudière-Appalaches | Education | information, one room schoolhouse |
| Musée Zénon Alary | Sainte-Adèle | Laurentides | Art | information, animal sculptures by Zénon Alary |
| Museum of Ingenuity J. Armand Bombardier | Valcourt | Estrie | Transportation | website, snowmobiles and snow transport, life and work of Joseph Armand Bombardier |
| Odyssée des Bâtisseurs | Alma | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Multiple | website, hydroelectricity, area industrial development and history, importance of water in the region's development |
| ONHOÜA CHETEK8E | Wendake | Capitale-Nationale | First Nations | website, authentic recreation of a Wyandot village |
| Parc du Bourg de Pabos Interpretation Centre | Pabos Mills | 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 |
| Parc historique de la Pointe-du-Moulin | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | Montérégie | Historic house | website, 18th-century windmill, miller's house and interpretation center of rural life in New France |
| Parc historique de la Poudrière de Windsor | Windsor | Estrie | Industry | website, former powder mill with many buildings |
| Parc maritime de Saint-Laurent | Île d'Orléans | Capitale-Nationale | Maritime | website, historic shipyard |
| Parc national de l'île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé | Percé | 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 Faune | Stratford | Estrie | Natural history | website, wildlife dioramas and live animals |
| Petit Musée du Chapeau | Saint-Valentin | Montérégie | Textile | website, hats and hat-making tools |
| Petites Franciscaines de Marie Museum | Baie-Saint-Paul | Capitale-Nationale | Religious | website, history and activities of the religious congregation and its founder |
| Phare du Cap de Madeleine | Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Multiple | information, lighthouse and exhibits about local history and the 1920s paper mill |
| Plein sud | Longueuil | Montérégie | Art | website, contemporary art exhibition centre |
| Pointe-du-Buisson Archaeological Park | Melocheville | Montérégie | Archaeology | website, archaeological site and exhibits of 5000 years of Amerindian artifacts |
| Pointe-Noire Interpretation and Observation Centre | Pointe-Noire | 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 |
| Presbytère Saint-Nicolas | Saint-Nicolas | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, art and local history exhibits |
| Pulperie de Chicoutimie | Chicoutimi | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Multiple | website, local history and culture, art exhibits, works of primitive artist Arthur Villeneuve, history of the paper company |
| Reford Gardens | Grand-Métis | 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 | Richmond | Estrie | Historic house | website, located in Melbourne Township, late 19th-century period house |
| Saguenay Fjord Interpretation Centre | Rivière-Éternité | 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 | Lac-Bouchette | 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 | Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds | Chaudière-Appalaches | History | information, local history, tours of historic sites |
| Saint Lawrence Exploration Centre | Rivière-du-Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Natural history | website, ecosystem, animal and plant life of the Saint Lawrence River |
| Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site | Saint-Ours | Montérégie | Transportation | website, exhibits about the canal in the superintendent's office |
| Seigneurie des Aulnaies | Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies | Chaudière-Appalaches | Living | website, 19th-century Victorian period mansion with working flour mill, gardens, history of the seigneurial system of New France |
| Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Natural history | Animal and bird mounts, fossils, rocks and minerals, archaeology |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site | Saint-Lin-Laurentides | Lanaudière | Historic house | website, mid-19th-century period birthplace home of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| Site de la Nouvelle-France | Saint-Félix-d'Otis | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Living | website, four reenactments of 17th-century Quebec City |
| Site de Pêche Déry | Pont-Rouge | 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 | Terrebonne | 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 | Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Historic house | website, early 20th-century house and local history and mining exhibits |
| Site historique de Pointe-à-la-Renommée | Gaspé | 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 |
| Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père | 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 | Sainte-Justine | Chaudière-Appalaches | Religious | website, historic buildings and history of the Trappist monks who founded the community |
| Site Mary Travers dite "La Bolduc" | Newport | 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 | La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, local history |
| Société d'histoire de Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke | Estrie | History | website, local history |
| Symmes Inn Museum | Gatineau | Outaouais | History | website, local history, located in an early 19th-century inn |
| T.E. Draper | Laverlochère-Angliers | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Maritime | website, tugboat museum ship used in the logging industry |
| Tithing Interpretation Centre | Sainte-Flavie | 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 | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | Mauricie | Industry | website, aspects of tomcod fishing |
| Tugboat Pythonga | Maniwaki | 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 |
| Vieux presbytère de Batiscan | Pointe-du-Lac | Mauricie | Historic house | website, mid-19th-century parish priest's home |
| Village historique de Val-Jalbert | Val-Jalbert | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Open air | 1920s paper mill town |
| Vieux Presbytère de Deschambault | Deschambault-Grondines | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | website, information, historic rectory with local history and art exhibits |
| Village Québécois d'Antan | Drummondville | Centre-du-Québec | Open air | Reconstituted Quebec village of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries |
| Vintage Wings of Canada | Gatineau | Outaouais | Aviation | Early history of powered flight, classic aircraft |
| Whiteley Museum | Bonne Espérance | Côte-Nord | History | website, local history and culture |
Defunct museums
- Aux couleurs de la campagne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Centre national des naufrages du Saint-Laurent, Baie-Trinité
- Fort de la Martiniere, Lévis
- Jardin des glaciers, Baie-Comeau
- Musée Bon-Pasteur, closed in 2014
- Musée de bateaux miniatures et légendes du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, closed in 2014
- Musée du Domaine, Pohénégamook
- Musée Normantique, Saint-Alexandre, closed and contents auctioned in 2015
- Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique, Trois-Pistoles
- Quebec Wax Museum (Musée de Cire), closed in 2007, figures now at the Musée de la civilisation
See also
- Culture of Quebec
- Quebec
- Nature centres in Quebec
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