List of museums in Montreal
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 are not included.
List of museums
| Name | Neighbourhood | Borough/City | Type | Summary |
| Artothèque de Montréal | La Petite-Patrie | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | Art | contemporary art |
| Bank of Montreal Museum | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Numismatic | history of the Bank of Montreal, coins |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | Quartier Latin | Ville-Marie | Library | Changing exhibits of history and art from its collections |
| Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Museum | Quartier des spectacles | Ville-Marie | Military | Regimental history and memorabilia |
| Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre | Macdonald Campus | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Aviation | Collection of aircraft and art about aviation |
| Canadian Centre for Architecture | Shaughnessy Village | Ville-Marie | Architecture | research 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 | Art | collection 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 | Art | contemporary art gallery of the Université de Montréal |
| Centre d'histoire de Montréal | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | History | City history |
| Centre Émilie-Gamelin | Bordeaux-Cartierville | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Religious | located 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 | Art | art exhibits |
| Dufresne-Nincheri Museum | Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Historic house and artist's studio | 1910s Beaux-Arts style mansion and Nincheri's studio |
| Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | History | City history, 18th-century period life |
| Cinémathèque québécoise | Quartier Latin | Ville-Marie | Media | Film, television and photography exhibits |
| Cité historia, musée d'histoire du Sault-au-Récollet | Sault-au-Récollet | Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Historic house | 18th-century historic house and mill; located in Sault-au-Récollet |
| Darling Foundry | Faubourg des Récollets | Ville-Marie | Art | visual arts centre |
| DHC/ART | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Art | contemporary art gallery |
| Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage | Lakeshore, Dorval | Dorval | History | local history |
| Écomusée du fier monde | Gay Village | Montreal | History | Heritage of the industrial and working-class people of south-central Montreal |
| Ecomuseum Zoo | Macdonald Campus | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Zoo | Zoo home to live animals native to the Saint Lawrence River valley |
| [The Fur Trade at Lachine, Quebec|Lachine National Historic Site|Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site] | Lakeshore, Lachine | Lachine | History | Montreal's fur industry |
| Galerie de l'UQAM | Quartier Latin | Ville-Marie | Art | contemporary art gallery |
| Gallery X | Quartier Concordia | Ville-Marie | Art | Contemporary art gallery of Concordia University |
| Lachine Canal National Historic Site | Lakeshore, Lachine | Lachine | Transport | Exhibits at the Lachine Visitor Services Centre about the history and heritage of the canal |
| Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | Quartier Concordia | Ville-Marie | Art | part of Concordia University |
| Musée des Illusions Montréal | Old Montreal | Vieux-Port - Old Port | ||
| Maison de Mère d’Youville | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Religious | history of the Grey Nuns of Montreal and their founder, Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville |
| Maison Saint-Gabriel | Pointe-Saint-Charles | Le Sud-Ouest | Historic house | 17th-century period house and gardens, also changing exhibits of decorative arts from its collections |
| Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Religion | Historic 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 | Multiple | Montreal's history and culture, changing exhibits of culture, art and heritage |
| Montreal Biodôme | Espace pour la vie | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Zoo | Replicas of four ecosystems, with animals and plants |
| Montreal Biosphère | Saint Helen's Island | Ville-Marie | Natural history | Ecology, the environment and sustainable living |
| Montreal Botanical Garden | Espace pour la vie | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | Botanical garden | Thematic gardens and greenhouses |
| Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre | Côte-des-Neiges | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | History | Holocaust story and effects of bigotry and hate |
| Montreal Insectarium | Espace pour la vie | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Natural history | Live insects and insect exhibits |
| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Golden Square Mile | Ville-Marie | Art | Collections 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 | Science | Planetarium |
| Montreal Science Centre | Old Port of Montreal | Ville-Marie | Science | Interactive science exhibits |
| Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal | Quartier des spectacles | Ville-Marie | Art | Contemporary art |
| Musée de la police de Montréal | Quartier des spectacles | Ville-Marie | Law enforcement | |
| Musée de Lachine | Lakeshore, Lachine | Lachine | Multiple | history 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 | Medical | history of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, medicine and religious art |
| Musée de Paléontologie et de l'Evolution | ??? | ??? | Natural History, mostly Palaeontology | fossil life and geology of Canada |
| Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec | Cégep de Saint-Laurent campus | Saint-Laurent | Art | contemporary craft and art |
| Musée des ondes Emile Berliner | Saint-Henri | Le Sud-Ouest | Technology | history 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 | Religious | works of the Misericordia Sisters |
| Montreal Video Game Museum | Montreal | Montreal | Technology | history of video games with a focus on the Canadian contribution |
| Musée Eudore-Dubeau | Côte-des-Neiges | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Medical | part of the University of Montreal, open by appointment, history of dentistry and its teaching in Quebec |
| Museum of Fashion | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Fashion | devoted to fashion, costume |
| Museum of the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal | Côte-des-Neiges | Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Art | Features Christian art from Quebec and around the world |
| Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre | Lakeshore, Dorval | Dorval | Art | art exhibits |
| Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | History | History and archaeology of the city, located in 6 buildings |
| Prison-des-Patriotes | Sainte-Marie | Ville-Marie | History | exhibition on the 1837-1838 rebellions in Lower Canada and the Patriote movement |
| Redpath Museum of Natural History | McGill University campus | Ville-Marie | Natural history | Part of McGill University |
| Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Museum | CFB Montreal | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Military | regimental history and memorabilia, located in the garrison in Longue-Pointe |
| Royal Montreal Regiment Museum | Lower Westmount | Westmount | Military | regimental history and memorabilia of The Royal Montreal Regiment |
| SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art | Quartier des spectacles | Ville-Marie | Art | contemporary art |
| Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site | Old Montreal | Ville-Marie | Historic house | 19th-century Victorian period house and life of Sir George-Étienne Cartier |
| Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre | Lakeshore, Lachine | Lachine | Religious | closed in 2014, history of the convent and its founder |
| Stewart Hall Art Gallery | Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire | Pointe-Claire, Quebec | Art |
Defunct museums
- Stewart Museum, 1955-2021, collection to be merged with McCord Museum
- Just for Laughs Museum, closed in 2010
- Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, closed in 2007, collection now at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Musee historique canadien, 1935-1989, wax museum about Canadian history,
- Musée Grévin Montreal, wax museum, closed in 2021
- Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre, closed in 2014
- Montreal Fashion Museum, closed in 2018, collection now at the McCord Museum
- Telecommunication Museum in Lachine, closed in 2019
- Printmaking Museum, Lovell Building, closed its original historic site, relocated in 2016 to Collège Ahunsic
- Museum of the Miséricordia Sisters, closed in 2020
Montreal Museums Day
Montreal Museums Day 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. 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.