Top Quebec Museums

Experience Canada’s most-visited museum, the Canadian Museum of History, to learn about the country’s history, cultural heritage, and First Peoples. This unique building across the river from Canada’s Parliament Buildings tells a story of success, struggle, conflict, and achievement.

Museum of Illusions, where your eyes and brain don't get along. Over 70+ educational exhibits, rooms, holograms, stereograms to experience. Pause reality, challenge your vision. It's like yoga or pilates for your eyes. A fun place to enjoy brain teasers, Instagram friendly establishment. Forget what you think you are seeing, you will have to look again.

A fixture in the heart of the city for over 100 years, the McCord Stewart Museum sheds light on life in Montreal, both past and present. It bears witness to the history, vitality, creativity and diversity of the communities that make up the city. In keeping with its commitment to decolonization and sustainable development, it creates exhibitions and educational, cultural and community-engagement activities that look at social history and contemporary issues through a critical and inclusive lens. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage and one of North America’s leading museums.

Visit the Musée des Hospitalières and explore Montreal's Mile End and Outremont districts with an in-app audio tour Observe medical instruments, religious art, and personal objects that tell the story of devotion and resilience Stroll along the Mount Royal Park and learn about those who shaped the history of Montreal Admire the fairy-tale-like structure of the former fire station and the mix of styles in St Michael and Anthony church Discover the hidden gems of the artistic neighborhoods, such as the cozy comic book store and the delightful bagel shop