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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Albert Gilles Copper Art & Museum
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 7450, bd Sainte-Anne, Château-Richer, Château-Richer, BC G0A 1N0
Explore the art of repoussé (metal embossing) at this small museum and gallery. Its founder, Albert Gilles, was a Parisian-born artist who established quite a reputation for himself as an artist of great skill and insight, supplying works to churches, businesses and even Walt Disney. Most of the pieces on display here are copper, a metal native to...
Centre d'interprétation de Place-Royale
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 27, rue Notre-Dame, Québec, QC G1K 4E9
Part of the sprawling complex that also includes the Musée de la civilisation, Musée de l'Amérique française and several historic homes, the Centre d'interprétation de Place-Royale features a number of interesting exhibits designed to give visitors an in-depth understanding of the importance of the Place-Royale area in Québec's sometimes stormy...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 1017 av 3ième, Québec, QC G1L 2X3
Discover the history of stained glass, from the Middle Ages to the present, and learn all about the process of making stained glass at this fascinating economuseum. Visitors are welcome to watch artists in the studio as they create new works and restore old ones. The shop has a colorful array of lamps, windows, sun catchers and other decorative...
Morrin Cultural Centre and Heritage Site
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 44, chaussée des Écossais, Québec, QC G1R 4H3
The Morrin Centre offers a cultural base for the English speaking people of Québec City. Operated by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, the center hosts an abundance of English-language workshops, seminars and special events. The centre's library, a surprisingly large repository of books, historic documents and reference materials, all...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 14, rue Couillard, Québec, QC G1R 3S9
In 1850, Marie-Josephte Fitzbach opened a refuge for women. The goal was to help women who were without support or who were just released from prison. Fitzbach and her colleagues became known as the Soeurs du Bon Pasteur, and the group has provided a much needed service ever since. This museum details the early days, and is as much social history...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 8862, bd Sainte-Anne, Château Richer, QC G0A 1N0
What's all the buzz? At this economuseum, it's bees! Fascinating exhibits depict how people have interacted with bees since our earliest days, and how beekeeping and honey collecting has changed over the centuries. For a bit of extra fun, join a Bee Safari, where you actually go out to the hives and witness the action up close. After taking in all...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 2, côte de la Fabrique, Québec, QC G1R 5K1
This museum highlights objects and works of art reflecting France's rich historic, cultural and social heritage in North America. Three buildings hold archives of historical documents, 195,000 rare books and journals, European and Canadian paintings, gold and silver, scientific instruments, furniture and stamps. Kids especially like the "Petit...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 85, rue Dalhousie, Québec, QC G1K 7A6
Opened in 1998, this fascinating museum highlights the lifestyles and cultural uniqueness of different lands and peoples. Exhibits prompt visitors to examine their own traditions and values in tandem with those of other lands. There are approximately 50,000 objects and 20,000 documents here, including costumes, textiles, art and ethnology sections...
Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 1, ave Wolfe-Montcalm, Parc de Champs-de-Bataille, Québec, QC G1R 5H3
In 1933, the government of the province of Québec started its first museum, comprised of the national archives, and natural science and fine arts collections. Eventually the archives and natural science collections were moved, and the museum switched its focus exclusively to art. Today's collection includes Québécois art from several time periods:...
Category: Museums - Québec City Attractions & Activities
Address: 170, rue Dalhousie, Québec, QC G1K 8M7
The history of Québec is so intertwined with that of the river that a museum outlining the naval history of the region is certainly apropos. Exhibits focus on vivid historical details (rather than somewhat dull technical aspects), so even kids will enjoy a visit. Plus, its diminutive size makes this one museum kids can get all the way through!...
