See also: List of museums in Quebec.
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.
| Name | Neighbourhood | Borough/City | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artothèque de Montréal | Art | contemporary art | ||
| Bank of Montreal Museum | Numismatic | history of the Bank of Montreal, coins | ||
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | Library | Changing exhibits of history and art from its collections | ||
| Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Museum | Military | Regimental history and memorabilia | ||
| Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre | Aviation | Collection of aircraft and art about aviation | ||
| Canadian Centre for Architecture | 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 | Art | collection and shop of Canadian fine crafts, Inuit and First Nations crafts and sculpture | ||
| Centre d'exposition de l'Université de Montréal | Art | contemporary art gallery of the Université de Montréal | ||
| Centre d'histoire de Montréal | History | City history | ||
| Centre Émilie-Gamelin | 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 | Art | art exhibits | ||
| Dufresne-Nincheri Museum | Historic house and artist's studio | 1910s Beaux-Arts style mansion and Nincheri's studio | ||
| Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal | History | City history, 18th-century period life | ||
| Cinémathèque québécoise | Media | Film, television and photography exhibits | ||
| Cité historia, musée d'histoire du Sault-au-Récollet | Historic house | 18th-century historic house and mill; located in Sault-au-Récollet | ||
| Darling Foundry | Art | visual arts centre | ||
| DHC/ART | Art | contemporary art gallery | ||
| Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage | Lakeshore, Dorval | History | local history | |
| Écomusée du fier monde | History | Heritage of the industrial and working-class people of south-central Montreal | ||
| Ecomuseum Zoo | Zoo | Zoo home to live animals native to the Saint Lawrence River valley | ||
| Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site | Lakeshore, Lachine | History | Montreal's fur industry | |
| Galerie de l'UQAM | Art | contemporary art gallery | ||
| Gallery X | Art | Contemporary art gallery of Concordia University | ||
| Lachine Canal National Historic Site | Lakeshore, Lachine | Transport | Exhibits at the Lachine Visitor Services Centre about the history and heritage of the canal | |
| Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery | Art | part of Concordia University | ||
| Musée des Illusions Montréal (Museum of Illusions Montreal) | ||||
| Maison de Mère d’Youville | Religious | history of the Grey Nuns of Montreal and their founder, Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville | ||
| Maison Saint-Gabriel | Historic house | 17th-century period house and gardens, also changing exhibits of decorative arts from its collections | ||
| Marguerite Bourgeoys Museum | Religion | Historic chapel and history of the 17th-century woman who founded it, as well as the city's early religious settlers | ||
| McCord Museum | Multiple | Montreal's history and culture, changing exhibits of culture, art and heritage | ||
| Montreal Biodôme | Zoo | Replicas of four ecosystems, with animals and plants | ||
| Montreal Biosphère | Natural history | Ecology, the environment and sustainable living | ||
| Montreal Botanical Garden | Botanical garden | Thematic gardens and greenhouses | ||
| Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre | History | Holocaust story and effects of bigotry and hate | ||
| Montreal Insectarium | Natural history | Live insects and insect exhibits | ||
| Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Art | Collections include Canadian, Inuit, European, pre-Columbian, African, modern and contemporary art, ancient cultures, decorative arts, Greek and Roman sculptures | ||
| Planetarium | Science | Planetarium | ||
| Montreal Science Centre | Science | Interactive science exhibits | ||
| Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal | Art | Contemporary art | ||
| Musée de la police de Montréal | Law enforcement | |||
| Musée de Lachine | Lakeshore, 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 | 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 | Art | contemporary craft and art | |
| Musée des ondes Emile Berliner | 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 | Firefighting | |||
| Musée des Sœurs de Miséricorde | 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 | Medical | part of the University of Montreal, open by appointment, history of dentistry and its teaching in Quebec | ||
| Museum of Fashion | Fashion | devoted to fashion, costume | ||
| Museum of the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal | Art | Features Christian art from Quebec and around the world | ||
| Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre | Lakeshore, Dorval | Art | art exhibits | |
| Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History | History | History and archaeology of the city, located in 6 buildings | ||
| Prison-des-Patriotes | History | exhibition on the 1837-1838 rebellions in Lower Canada and the Patriote movement | ||
| Redpath Museum of Natural History | McGill University campus | Natural history | Part of McGill University | |
| Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Museum | Military | regimental history and memorabilia, located in the garrison in Longue-Pointe | ||
| Royal Montreal Regiment Museum | Lower Westmount | Military | regimental history and memorabilia of The Royal Montreal Regiment | |
| SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art | Art | contemporary art | ||
| Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site | Historic house | 19th-century Victorian period house and life of Sir George-Étienne Cartier | ||
| Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre | Lakeshore, Lachine | Religious | closed in 2014, history of the convent and its founder | |
| Stewart Hall Art Gallery | Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire | Art | ||
Montreal Museums Day (fr|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.