List of museums in Montreal

Last updated

This is a list of museums in Montreal , in the province of Quebec, 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.

Contents

List of museums

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

NameNeighbourhoodBorough/CityTypeSummary
Artothèque de Montréal La Petite-Patrie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Artcontemporary art
Bank of Montreal Museum Old Montreal Ville-Marie Numismatichistory of the Bank of Montreal, coins
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Quartier Latin Ville-Marie LibraryChanging exhibits of history and art from its collections
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Museum Quartier des spectacles Ville-Marie MilitaryRegimental history and memorabilia
Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre Macdonald Campus Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue AviationCollection of aircraft and art about aviation
Canadian Centre for Architecture Shaughnessy Village Ville-Marie Architectureresearch centre and museum dedicated to architecture; offers rotating exhibits; building designed by Peter Rose opened in 1989; incorporates Shaughnessy House, an 1874 mansion
Canadian Guild of Crafts Golden Square Mile Ville-Marie Artcollection and shop of Canadian fine crafts, Inuit and First Nations crafts and sculpture
Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal Côte-des-Neiges Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Artcontemporary art gallery of the Université de Montréal
Centre d'histoire de Montréal Old Montreal Ville-Marie HistoryCity history
Centre Émilie-Gamelin Bordeaux-Cartierville Ahuntsic-Cartierville Religiouslocated in Bordeaux-Cartierville, life of Roman Catholic nun Émilie Gamelin, and works and history of the Sisters of Providence religious community
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur Quartier Latin Ville-Marie Artart exhibits
Dufresne-Nincheri Museum Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Historic house and artist's studio1910s Beaux-Arts style mansion and Nincheri's studio
Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal Old Montreal Ville-Marie HistoryCity history, 18th-century period life
Cinémathèque québécoise Quartier Latin Ville-Marie MediaFilm, television and photography exhibits
Cité historia, musée d'histoire du Sault-au-Récollet Sault-au-Récollet Ahuntsic-Cartierville Historic house18th-century historic house and mill; located in Sault-au-Récollet
Darling Foundry Faubourg des Récollets Ville-Marie Artvisual arts centre
DHC/ART Old Montreal Ville-Marie Artcontemporary art gallery
Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage Lakeshore, Dorval Dorval Historylocal history
Écomusée du fier monde Gay Village Montreal HistoryHeritage of the industrial and working-class people of south-central Montreal
Ecomuseum Zoo Macdonald Campus Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue ZooZoo home to live animals native to the Saint Lawrence River valley
Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site Lakeshore, Lachine Lachine HistoryMontreal's fur industry
Galerie de l'UQAM Quartier Latin Ville-Marie Artcontemporary art gallery
Gallery X Quartier Concordia Ville-Marie ArtContemporary art gallery of Concordia University
Lachine Canal National Historic Site Lakeshore, Lachine Lachine TransportExhibits at the Lachine Visitor Services Centre about the history and heritage of the canal
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery Quartier Concordia Ville-Marie Artpart of Concordia University
Musée des Illusions Montréal (Museum of Illusions Montreal) Old Montreal Vieux-Port - Old Port
Maison de Mère d’Youville Old Montreal Ville-Marie Religioushistory of the Grey Nuns of Montreal and their founder, Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
Maison Saint-Gabriel Pointe-Saint-Charles Le Sud-Ouest Historic house17th-century period house and gardens, also changing exhibits of decorative arts from its collections
Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum Old Montreal Ville-Marie ReligionHistoric chapel and history of the 17th-century woman who founded it, as well as the city's early religious settlers
McCord Museum Downtown Montreal Ville-Marie MultipleMontreal's history and culture, changing exhibits of culture, art and heritage
Montreal Biodôme Espace pour la vie Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve ZooReplicas of four ecosystems, with animals and plants
Montreal Biosphère Saint Helen's Island Ville-Marie Natural historyEcology, the environment and sustainable living
Montreal Botanical Garden Espace pour la vie Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Botanical gardenThematic gardens and greenhouses
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre Côte-des-Neiges Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce HistoryHolocaust story and effects of bigotry and hate
Montreal Insectarium Espace pour la vie Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Natural historyLive insects and insect exhibits
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Golden Square Mile Ville-Marie ArtCollections include Canadian, Inuit, European, pre-Columbian, African, modern and contemporary art, ancient cultures, decorative arts, Greek and Roman sculptures
Planetarium Espace pour la vie Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve SciencePlanetarium
Montreal Science Centre Old Port of Montreal Ville-Marie ScienceInteractive science exhibits
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal Quartier des spectacles Ville-Marie ArtContemporary art
Musée de la police de Montréal Quartier des spectacles Ville-Marie Law enforcement
Musée de Lachine Lakeshore, Lachine Lachine Multiplehistory exhibits in the 17th-century LeBer-LeMoyne House, sculpture garden, art exhibits; located in Lachine
Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal Pine Avenue Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Medicalhistory of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, medicine and religious art
Musée de Paléontologie et de l'Evolution ??????Natural History, mostly Palaeontologyfossil life and geology of Canada
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec Cégep de Saint-Laurent campus Saint-Laurent Artcontemporary craft and art
Musée des ondes Emile Berliner Saint-Henri Le Sud-Ouest Technologyhistory and development of sound creation, production, reproduction, recording and broadcasting; includes gramophones, phonographs, radios, televisions, sound recording equipment, microphones, records and cylinders
Musée des pompiers de Montréal Mile End Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Firefighting
Musée des Sœurs de Miséricorde Bordeaux-Cartierville Ahuntsic-Cartierville Religiousworks of the Misericordia Sisters
Montreal Video Game MuseumMontrealMontrealTechnologyhistory of video games with a focus on the Canadian contribution
Musée Eudore-Dubeau Côte-des-Neiges Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Medicalpart of the University of Montreal, open by appointment, history of dentistry and its teaching in Quebec
Museum of Fashion Old Montreal Ville-Marie Fashiondevoted to fashion, costume
Museum of the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal Côte-des-Neiges Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ArtFeatures Christian art from Quebec and around the world
Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre Lakeshore, Dorval Dorval Artart exhibits
Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History Old Montreal Ville-Marie HistoryHistory and archaeology of the city, located in 6 buildings
Prison-des-Patriotes Sainte-Marie Ville-Marie Historyexhibition on the 1837-1838 rebellions in Lower Canada and the Patriote movement
Redpath Museum of Natural History McGill University campus Ville-Marie Natural historyPart of McGill University
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Museum CFB Montreal Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Militaryregimental history and memorabilia, located in the garrison in Longue-Pointe
Royal Montreal Regiment Museum Lower Westmount Westmount Militaryregimental history and memorabilia of The Royal Montreal Regiment
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art Quartier des spectacles Ville-Marie Artcontemporary art
Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site Old Montreal Ville-Marie Historic house19th-century Victorian period house and life of Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Sisters of Saint Anne Historic CentreLakeshore, Lachine Lachine Religiousclosed in 2014, history of the convent and its founder
Stewart Hall Art Gallery Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire Pointe-Claire, Quebec Art

Defunct museums

Montreal Museums Day

Montreal Museums Day (French : Journée des musées montréalais) is an annual event in Montreal. One Sunday every May, more than 30 of the city's largest museums and galleries offer free admission and extended opening hours. [6] To facilitate visitor access to as many museums as possible, the Montreal Transit Corporation provides free shuttle buses.

The first Montreal Museums Day was held in 1987.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McCord Stewart Museum</span> Museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. It is located directly across the street from McGill University, in the downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté</span>

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté was a French Canadian painter and sculptor. He was one of the first native-born Canadian artists whose works were directly influenced by French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montreal Museum of Fine Arts</span> Art museum in Montreal, Quebec

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc-Aurèle Fortin</span>

Marc-Aurèle Fortin was a Québécois painter, known best for paintings that convey the charm of small-town Quebec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Helen Island Fort</span> Historic fort in Montreal, Quebec

The Saint Helen Island Fort, a historic site on Saint Helen's Island in the city of Montreal, Quebec, was constructed in the early 1820s as an arsenal in the defensive chain of forts built to protect Canada from a threat of American invasion. Although not heavily fortified, it served an important purpose as the central artillery depot for all forts west, and in the Richelieu River Valley, known as the Valley of the Forts. These included Fort Henry and Fort Lennox. The red stone used to build the Fort is a breccia quarried on the island, which is situated in the St. Lawrence River between the island of Montreal and the south shore.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec</span> Art museum in Quebec, Canada

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings. Three of them were purpose-built for the museum and one was originally a provincial prison.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruno Côté</span> Canadian painter (1940–2010)

Bruno Côté was a Canadian landscape painter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmond Dyonnet</span> Canadian painter (1859-1954)

Edmond Dyonnet (1859-1954) was a landscape painter, portraitist and photographer, He was born French and a naturalised Canadian. He taught numerous students in Quebec province and was an academician and secretary of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1910-1947), author of a history of the Academy with Hugh Jones in 1934, and a charter member of Montreal’s Arts Club in 1912.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samir Sammoun</span> Canadian-Lebanese artist

Samir Sammoun is a Canadian–Lebanese artist and telecommunications engineer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jewish Painters of Montreal</span>

Jewish Painters of Montreal refers to a group of artists who depicted the social realism of Montreal during the 1930s and 1940s. First used by the media to describe participants of the annual YMHA-YWHA art exhibition, the term was popularized in the 1980s as the artists were exhibited collectively in public galleries across Canada. In 2009 the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec mounted a touring exhibition Jewish Painters of Montreal: A Witness to Their Time, 1930–1948, which renewed interest in the group in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Valentin Gallery is an art gallery in Quebec. Created in 1934, it was first called "L'Art français" and had its start on Laurier Street in Montreal. Owners Lucienne (1900-1992) and Louis (1890-1956) Lange initially showed works by French artists. By the 1940s they were offering art by Marc-Aurèle Fortin and Philip Surrey. In 1975, Jean-Pierre Valentin purchased the gallery. The gallery moved to its present Sherbrooke Street location later and changed the name to Valentin Gallery.

Peter Krausz is a Romanian-born Canadian artist. Throughout his career, he worked within the fields of painting, drawing, installation, and photography and, since 1970, exhibited in museums and galleries across Canada, the United States, and Europe. He is best known for large-scale landscape paintings of the Mediterranean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John A. Schweitzer</span> Canadian artist

John A. Schweitzer is a Canadian artist known for mixed-media collage incorporating text. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, first place at the international exhibition Schrift und Bild in der modernen Kunst in 2004, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from The University of Western Ontario in 2011. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) in 2003 and to the Ontario Society of Artists (OAS) in 2006. His work is found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of History, Art Gallery of Ontario, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Glenbow Museum, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, The Rooms Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henri Beau</span> French-Canadian Impressionist painter

Henri Beau was a French-Canadian Impressionist painter. He is noted for Chemin en été, La dispersion des Acadiens, L'arrivée de Champlain à Québec, and Les Noces de Cana. Beau is a largely forgotten artist due to his long absence from Canada. His widow Marie Beau worked towards establishing his reputation as an artist in Canada after his death. He was only recognized as a notable artist decades later, with major retrospectives of his paintings celebrating his career by the Galerie Bernard Desroches in Montréal in 1974, and at the Musée du Québec in Québec City in 1987.

Alan Klinkhoff Gallery is a Canadian fine art corporation located in Montreal and Toronto. A member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, the firm provides acquisition and evaluation services for collectors, as well as exhibitions and sales of Canadian art by such artists as Paul-Émile Borduas, Emily Carr, Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Jean Paul Lemieux, David Milne, Robert Pilot, and Marc-Aurèle Suzor-Côté. Alan Klinkhoff, a frequent commenter on Canadian art and art market, is quoted in the Montreal Gazette, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Financial Post, The New York Times, and on CBC Television. The gallery, a successor to Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, is known for museum-quality, non-sale exhibitions of important Canadian painters.

Monique "Mo" Harvey (1950–2001) was a Canadian painter who lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec.

Clara Gutsche is a Canadian photographer, educator and art critic living and working in Montreal, Quebec.

Karen Tam is a Canadian artist and curator who focuses on the constructions and imaginations of cultures and communities through installations in which she recreates Chinese restaurants, karaoke lounges, opium dens, curio shops and other sites of cultural encounters. She is based in Montreal, Quebec.

Alexander Bercovitch was a painter, set designer and teacher, known for his lively picturing and Expressionist intensity of colour. He was an important part of the art scene in Montreal in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as a founding member of the Eastern Group of Painters in 1938 and the Contemporary Arts Society in 1939.

References

  1. "Permanent Closure of the Stewart Museum".
  2. "Marc-Aurèle Fortin Museum". Foundation Marc-Aurèle Fortin. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  3. "Le musée de cire de Montréal". Radio-Canada . Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. "Home". quebecindustrialheritage.blogspot.com.
  5. "Definitive Closing of the Museum of Les Sœurs de Miséricorde de Montréal" (PDF). Les Sœurs de Miséricorde de Montréal. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2022.
  6. Reid, Evelyn (2015-01-21). "Montreal's Museums Open Their Doors Free of Charge For One Day". About.com . Retrieved 2015-01-21.