Name |
Town/City |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
Abitibiwinni |
Pikogan |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
First Nations |
website |
A.C. Davie Shipyard National Historic Site |
Lévis |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Maritime |
website, includes shipyard exhibits, homestead house, stable and marine railway |
Albert Gilles Museum |
Château-Richer |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
website, boutique, workshop and museum of copper art |
Ancien palais de justice de Kamouraska |
Kamouraska |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Multiple |
website, local history and art exhibits |
Argenteuil Regional Museum |
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
Laurentides |
History |
website, local history, located in the Carillon Barracks |
ASTER, la Station scientifique du Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Science |
website, public observatory with an interpretation centre about astronomy |
ASTROLab du parc national du Mont-Mégantic |
Notre-Dame-des-Bois |
Estrie |
Science |
Astronomy, geology, biology and ecology |
Artillery Park Heritage Site |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Military |
website, 1830s fort |
Banc de Pêche Historic Site |
Paspébiac |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Industry |
website, features 11 fishing industry buildings to demonstrate occupations, history and impact of the industry |
Battle of Restigouche National Historic Site |
Pointe-à-la-Croix |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Military |
History and artifacts from the site of a 1760 naval battle |
Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site |
Howick |
Montérégie |
Military |
website, exhibits and site of the 1812 Battle of the Châteauguay |
Bay Chaleur Military Museum |
New Richmond |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Military |
website, contributions of Gaspesians in the major conflicts of the 20th century, impact on the community |
Beluga Interpretation Centre |
Sacré-Cœur |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
Located at the Baie-Sainte-Marguerite sector of Saguenay National Park, summer feeding area for beluga whales |
Biophare |
Sorel-Tracy |
Montérégie |
Natural history |
website, ecosystem and wildlife of the Lake Saint-Pierre biosphere reserve |
Blockhaus de la rivière-Lacolle |
Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix |
Montérégie |
Military |
Restored 1871 military blockhouse |
Boréalis (Trois-Rivières) |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Industry |
website, opened in 2010, formerly the Pulp and Paper Industry Exhibition Center, exhibits on the pulp and paper industry |
Brome County Museum |
Brome Lake |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, includes main museum with period home and business displays, courthouse, military display, local history and antiques, schoolhouse |
Café des rumeurs |
Gallichan |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Archeology |
information, information, collection of area archeological artifacts |
Canadian Children's Museum |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Children's |
Located inside the Canadian Museum of Civilization |
Canadian Museum of Civilization |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Multiple |
Canada's history, culture and heritage, including First Nations |
Canadian Postal Museum |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Philatelic |
Located inside the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada’s postal heritage and stamps |
Canadian Railway Museum |
Delson |
Montérégie |
Railway |
Also known as Exporail, railway equipment and heritage railroad |
Cap de Bon-Désir Interpretation and Observation Centre |
Les Bergeronnes |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, navigation along the river, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park |
Cap-des-Rosier Light |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Maritime |
information, |
Carillon Canal National Historic Site |
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
Laurentides |
Transportation |
Exhibits about the canal at the toll collector's house |
Carrefour culturel Paul-Médéric |
Baie-Saint-Paul |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
website, visual and cultural arts center with gallery |
Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, park with exhibits and tours about the story of Jacques Cartier, Jesuit missionaries and Amerindian nations of the 16th and 17th centuries |
Cascapedia River Museum |
Cascapédia–Saint-Jules |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Sports |
website, salmon fly fishing |
Centre Archéo Topo |
Les Bergeronnes |
Côte-Nord |
Archaeology |
website, information, prehistoric archaeology of the Upper North Shore region |
Centre culturel de Drummondville |
Drummondville |
Centre-du-Québec |
Art |
website, includes the Galerie d’art Desjardins |
Centre culturel Le Griffon |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Industry |
website, information, exhibits about the local fishermen’s co-operative |
Centre culturel Marie-Fitzbach |
Saint-Georges |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, cultural center with art gallery, local history exhibits, exhibit on area industrialists |
Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier |
Valcourt |
Estrie |
Art |
website, cultural center with visual art and literary exhibitions and events |
Centre d'art Maison Blanchette |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
website, art centre with gallery in Cap-Rouge |
Centre d'art Rotary |
La Sarre |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Art |
information, art centre with gallery |
Centre d'exposition Art-image et espace Odyssée |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Art |
website, contemporary art |
Centre d'exposition de la bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Library |
website, information, exhibit gallery of the Gabrielle-Roy Library |
Centre d'exposition l'Imagier |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery and sculpture park |
Centre d’exposition de Rouyn-Noranda |
Rouyn-Noranda |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Art |
website, art centre |
Centre d’exposition de Val-David |
Val-David |
Laurentides |
Art |
website |
Centre d’exposition Leo-Ayotte |
Shawinigan |
Mauricie |
Art |
website |
Centre d’exposition Raymond-Lasnier |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Art |
website, art centre |
Centre d'histoire et d'archéologie de la Métabetchouane |
Desbiens |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Multiple |
website, reconstructed fur trading post, local history exhibits, art, natural history, archaeological site and artifacts |
Centre d'histoire Sir-William-Price
(Sir William Price Heritage Center) |
Jonquière |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Multiple |
website, history of the Price family, local logging, lumber and paper industries |
Centre d'interprétation de l'agriculture et de la ruralité |
Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Agriculture |
website |
Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoise |
Richmond |
Estrie |
Industry |
website, economuseum, slateworking |
Centre d'interprétation de l'eau |
Laval |
Laval |
Science |
website, also known as C.I.EAU, water purification and importance of clean water |
Centre d'interprétation de l'histoire de Port-Cartier |
Port-Cartier |
Côte-Nord |
History |
information, local history |
Centre d'interprétation de la Côte-de-Beaupré |
Château-Richer |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, local history and art exhibits |
Centre d'interprétation de la chute Kabir Kouba |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Natural history |
website, fossils, rocks, wildlife, history of the Kabir Kouba Waterfalls |
Centre d'interprétation de la forestrie |
La Sarre |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Forestry |
information, information, 1930s lumberjack's life and logging camp |
Centre d'interprétation de la guêpe |
Laverlochère |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Natural history |
information, collection of wasp nests and how they are built |
Centre d'interprétation de la traite des fourrures
(Fur Trade Interpretation Centre and Tour) |
La Tuque |
Mauricie |
History |
website, information, fur trading post and industry |
Centre d'interprétation de la vie urbaine de la Ville de Québec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
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Centre d'interprétation de Place-Royale |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, managed by the Musée de la civilisation, history of the founding of the city |
Centre d'interprétation de tracteurs antiques |
Saint-Romain |
Estrie |
Agriculture |
information, historic tractors |
Centre d'interprétation des energies renouvelables |
Richelieu |
Montérégie |
Science |
website, renewable energy and sustainable living practices |
Centre d’interprétation du cuivre de Murchochville |
Murdochville |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Mining |
website, copper mining |
Centre d'interprétation du Patrimoine de Notre-Dame-des-Monts |
Notre-Dame-des-Monts |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, local history, natural history and culture |
Centre d'interprétation du patrimoine de Plaisance |
Plaisance |
Outaouais |
History |
website, local history |
Centre d'Interprétation du site archéologique Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha |
Saint-Anicet |
Montérégie |
First Nations |
website, reconstructed St. Lawrence Iroquois village and archaeological site |
Centre d'interprétation historique de Sainte-Foy |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, local history, located in Sainte-Foy |
Centre d'interprétation Les Acadiens à Saint-Grégoire |
Bécancour |
Centre-du-Québec |
History |
information, information, lives of the builders of the windmill |
Centre de la Biodiversité du Québec |
Bécancour |
Centre-du-Québec |
Natural history |
website, live animals, habitats displays, Quebec’s biological species, sustainable living |
Centre des migrations |
Montmagny |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Natural history |
information, information, Canada snow geese migration |
Centre et circuit Félix-Leclerc |
La Tuque |
Mauricie |
Biographical |
information, life of singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc, area history and culture |
Centre historique des Sœurs du Bon Conseil |
Chicoutimi |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Religious |
information, information, artifacts and history of the Sœurs du Bon Conseil convent |
Centre National d’exposition CNE |
Jonquière |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Art |
website, contemporary art exhibits, also science and history |
Centre national des naufrages du Saint-Laurent |
Baie-Trinité |
Côte-Nord |
Maritime |
website, multimedia presentation about shipwrecks in the Saint Lawrence River |
Chantier de Gédéon |
Angliers |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Forestry |
website, reconstructed 1930s logging camp |
Château Logue |
Maniwaki |
Outaouais |
Forestry |
website, forests, forest fire prevention, and forestry industry; also changing exhibits of art |
Château of Witch Bay |
Fitch Bay |
Estrie |
Historic house |
website |
Choco-Musée Érico |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Food |
website, chocolate shop and history of chocolate |
Chutes Coulonge |
Fort-Coulonge |
Outaouais |
Forestry |
Open air exhibits and visitor center in park |
Christmas Chateau |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Commodity |
website, Christmas displays of all types |
CIBRO
(Centre d’interprétation des battures et de réhabilitation des oiseaux) |
Saint-Fulgence |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Natural history |
website, bird rehabilitation center and interpretive center about migratory birds and the local flats |
CIMM Centre d'interprétation des mammifères marins |
Tadoussac |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, whales and other marine mammals |
Citadelle of Quebec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Military |
Tours include the history of the military garrison, the Royal 22e Régiment Museum, and a former military prison |
Cité de l'Énergie |
Shawinigan |
Mauricie |
Science |
Electricity, pulp and paper, aluminum and electrochemistry |
Cité de l'Or |
Val-d'Or |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Mining |
Gold mining tour and 1930s mining company house |
Colby-Curtis Museum |
Stanstead |
Estrie |
History |
website, rooms with collections of decorative furnishings representing a several generations of a prominent border family of American origin, as well as changing exhibits of local history |
Collection Louis-Émile Beauregard |
Dudswell |
Estrie |
Art |
website, 68 wooden sculptures of early 20th-century rural life |
Compton County Historical Museum |
Cookshire-Eaton |
Estrie |
History |
website, local history |
Cosmodome (Laval) |
Laval |
Laval |
Science |
Space and science |
Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site |
Coteau-du-Lac |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, river transportation by portage and then canal, military blockhouse |
Daniel Weetaluktuk Memorial Museum and Cultural Transmission Centre |
Inukjuak |
Nord-du-Québec |
First Nations |
information, culture and language of the Nunavik Inuit people |
Discovery Pavilion of the Plains of Abraham |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, history of Quebec and military activities at the Plains of Abraham |
Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière |
Sainte-Croix |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, historic estate with gardens and trails, art exhibits, 1920s furnished rooms |
Domaine seigneurial Sainte-Anne |
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade |
Mauricie |
Historic house |
website, displays three centuries of history in an estate manor house |
École de Rang Campbell |
Sainte-Sabine |
Montérégie |
Education |
website, one room schoolhouse |
École de Rang II d'Authier |
Authier |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Education |
website, information, schoolhouse |
Économusée de la brasserie |
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts |
Mauricie |
Food |
website, economuseum of beer making and the microbrewery Les bières de la Nouvelle-France |
Économusée du vitrail |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
website, economuseum of stained glass workshop |
Église-Musée Saint-Venant-de-Paquette |
Saint-Venant-de-Paquette |
Estrie |
Religious |
website, information, history of the church, its architecture and artifacts |
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation |
Shawinigan |
Mauricie |
Industry |
website, tours of church with panels painted by Ozias Leduc |
Église orthodoxe russe St-Georges de Rouyn-Noranda |
Rouyn-Noranda |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
website, history Russian Orthodox church with exhibits about area Eastern European immigrants and their contributions |
Électrium |
Sainte-Julie |
Montérégie |
Science |
Electricity |
Épopée de Capelton |
North Hatley |
Estrie |
Mining |
website, underground copper mine |
Espace Félix-Leclerc |
Île d'Orléans |
Capitale-Nationale |
Biographical |
website, work of singer and poet Félix Leclerc |
Espace Pierre-Debain |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Art |
website, contemporary craft and visual art |
Érablière du Lac-Beauport |
Lac-Beauport |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, economuseum of maple syrup, with maple and wildlife displays |
Exploramer |
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Natural history |
website, aquarium, marine life and marine science exhibits |
EXPRESSION, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe |
Saint-Hyacinthe |
Montérégie |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Forges du Saint-Maurice |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Industry |
Iron forge and its industrial community |
Forillon National Park |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Multiple |
Visitor center exhibits about the park's natural history and human history, Hyman & Sons General Store and warehouse with exhibits about the cod fishing industry, and Anse Blanchette, a fisherman's homestead with costumed interpreters |
Fort Chambly National Historic Site |
Delson |
Montérégie |
Military |
Historic French then British fort, exhibits on New France |
Fort-de-la-Martinière |
Lévis |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
information, 20th-century fort with military, local history and art exhibits |
Fort Lennox National Historic Site |
Île aux Noix |
Montérégie |
Military |
Reconstructed 1820s fort |
Fort Ingall |
Cabano |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Military |
Reconstructed 19th-century fort |
Fort Témiscamingue National Historic Site |
Duhamel-Ouest |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
Remains of 17th-century trading post, visitor center exhibits and re-enactments about New France and the Algonquin |
Fortifications of Quebec National Historic Site |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Military |
website, history and guided tours of the city's different fortification projects and defense strategies |
Galerie d'art du Centre culturel |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
Art |
website, part of the Université de Sherbrooke, contemporary art gallery |
Galerie d'art du Parc |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Art |
website, located in the Manoir de Tonnancour |
Galerie Montcalm |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Art |
website, contemporary art gallery |
Galerie Renée-Blain |
Brossard |
Montérégie |
Art |
information, art gallery |
Gaspesian British Heritage Village |
New Richmond |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Living |
website, village with many buildings portraying British settlers from the 1760s to the early 1900s |
Gespeg Interpretation Site |
Fontenelle |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
First Nations |
website, Micmac heritage and culture |
Grange octogonale Adolphe-Gagnon |
Saint-Fabien |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Agriculture |
information, information, 1888 octagonal barn with agriculture tools and equipment |
Granite Expo & Museum of Stanstead |
Stanstead |
Estrie |
Industry |
website, economuseum of granite industry and works |
Henry-Stuart House |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, late 19th-century period cottage |
Heritage Kinnear's Mills |
Kinnear's Mills |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
History |
information, local history |
Horse-drawn Carriage Museum |
Colombourg |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Transportation |
information, collection of Claude-Morin |
Il était une fois... une petite colonie |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Montérégie |
Living |
website, 18th-century rural life in New France |
Irish Memorial National Historic Site |
Grosse Isle |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Ethnic |
Site of an immigration depot which predominantly housed Irish immigrants coming to Canada to escape the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1849 |
Jardin des glaciers |
Baie-Comeau |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, focus is the ice age, climate change and the migration of the first peoples |
Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens |
Grand-Métis |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Multiple |
website, botanical gardens and Estevan Lodge with botanical art exhibits |
Kempffer Cultural Interpretation Centre |
New Carlisle |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
information, local history |
Kempt Road Interpretation Centre |
Matapédia |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
website, local history |
La Corne Nursing Station |
La Corne |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Medical |
website, information, outpost settlement nursing station |
Lake Timiskaming Fossil Center |
Notre-Dame-du-Nord |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Natural history |
website, sea fossils from the Ordovician-Silurian period |
Lévis Forts National Historic Site |
Lévis |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Military |
Mid-19th-century British fort with exhibits |
L'Îlot des Palais |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
information, 18th-century archaeological site of old Quebec and city history |
Louis S. St. Laurent Heritage House |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Biographical |
website, located in The Battlefields Park, life of Louis Saint-Laurent, prime minister of Canada |
Louis S. St. Laurent National Historic Site |
Compton |
Estrie |
Historic house |
website, early 20th-century period childhood home of Louis Saint-Laurent, prime minister of Canada, and his father's general store |
Mackenzie King Estate |
Chelsea |
Outaouais |
Historic house |
website, 20th-century estate of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, includes restored 19th-century cottages with period guides, exhibits on his life, gardens and trails |
Magasin général historique authentique 1928 |
Percé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
website, 1928 period general store with merchandise |
Magasin général Le Brun |
Maskinongé |
Mauricie |
History |
information, three general stores dating back to different epochs: 1803, 1827 and 1915 |
Maison Alphonse-Desjardins |
Lévis |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Historic house |
website, late Victorian period home of banker Alphonse Desjardins, |
Maison amérindienne |
Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Montérégie |
First Nations |
website, culture and contemporary art |
Maison Antoine-Lacombe |
Saint-Charles-Borromée |
Lanaudière |
Art |
website, 1847 house with art exhibits and a sculpture garden |
Maison Bélisle |
Terrebonne |
Lanaudière |
Multiple |
website, art and history exhibits |
Maison Bourgoin |
Price |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
information, local history, culture and art |
Maison Chapais |
Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Historic house |
website, 19th-century Victorian period house |
Maison Chevalier |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, managed by the Musée de la civilisation, includes Chesnay House, the Frérot House and the Chevalier House with 18th- and 19th- century furnishings and decor |
Maison d'école du rang Cinq Chicots |
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska |
Centre-du-Québec |
Education |
website, one room schoolhouse with changing exhibits of art and culture |
Maison de la culture de Dudswell |
Dudswell |
Estrie |
Art |
information, art centre with exhibits |
Maison de la culture Roland-Jomphe |
Havre-Saint-Pierre |
Côte-Nord |
History |
website, local history |
Maison de la culture et du patrimoine |
Saint-Eustache |
Laurentides |
History |
website, exhibit about the Lower Canada Rebellion |
Maison de Lime Ridge |
Dudswell |
Estrie |
Natural history |
website, geology and properties of limestone and area mining and industry |
Maison de nos Aïeux |
Île d'Orléans |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, local history, period room displays |
Maison des arts de Laval |
Laval |
Laval |
Art |
website, arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Maison des dunes Interpretation Centre |
Tadoussac |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
Located at the Baie-de-Tadoussac sector of Saguenay National Park, sand dunes, birds, and wildlife of the park |
Maison des Jésuites de Sillery |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, 18th-century Jesuit missionary and the Amerindians in early Quebec |
Maison Dorion-Coulombe |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, information, local history |
Maison Dr Joseph-Frenette |
Causapscal |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Medical |
website, rural doctor's home |
Maison Drouin |
Île d'Orléans |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, operated by the Fondation François-Lamy, 18th-century period house |
Maison Dumulon |
Rouyn-Noranda |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
website, information, early 20th-century general store for the mining town |
Maison Dupont |
Saint-Narcisse |
Mauricie |
Historic house |
information, late 19th-century “Québécoise” home |
Maison du Frère-Moffet |
Ville-Marie |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Historic house |
website, 1881 home of town's founder |
Maison du Granit |
Lac-Drolet |
Estrie |
Art |
website, granite workshop and sculptures |
Maison Éphraim-Bédard |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, information in French, operated by La Société Historique de Charlesbourg, period rooms |
Maison François-Xavier Garneau |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, late 19th-century Victoria period home of poet François-Xavier Garneau |
Maison Girardin |
Lac-Beauport |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, historic house, local history and art |
Maison Hamel-Bruneau |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, cultural center, exhibits of art and science |
Maison Lamontagne |
Rimouski |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Historic house |
website, information, 18th-century house |
Maison Lavigne |
La Sarre |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
information, local history |
Maison Lenoblet-du-Plessis |
Contrecœur |
Montérégie |
History |
website, historic house with local history exhibits, site of area meetings during the Rebellions of 1837 |
Maison Léon-Provancher |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Natural history |
website, natural history and science |
Maison LePailleur |
Châteauguay |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, 1792 house with art and local history exhibits |
Maison Louis-Bertrand |
L'Isle-Verte |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Historic house |
website |
Maison Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine |
Boucherville |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
information, childhood home of Prime Minister Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features exhibits of art, photography and local history |
Maison nationale des Patriotes |
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu |
Montérégie |
Historic house |
website, 1830s period home and guided tour about the Rebellions of 1837 |
Maison Ozias-Leduc |
Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Montérégie |
Art |
website, includes interpretive center home and birthplace home of painter Ozias Leduc, operated by the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Maison O’Neill |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, historic house, history of the area and its inhabitants, changing exhibits of art |
Maison Paul-Emile Borduas |
Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Montérégie |
Art |
website, regional art exhibits in the home of painter Paul-Émile Borduas, operated by the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Maison Rodolphe Duguay |
Nicolet |
Centre-du-Québec |
Art |
website, works by artist Rodolphe Duguay and changing art exhibits |
Maison Rosalie-Cadron |
Lavaltrie |
Lanaudière |
Historic house |
website, early 19th-century period house |
Maison sir Étienne-Paschal-Taché |
Montmagny |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Historic house |
website, life and mid-19th-century home of Father of Confederation, Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché |
Maison Tessier-Dit-Laplante |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website |
Maison Trestler |
Vaudreuil-Dorion |
Montérégie |
Historic house |
website, also art gallery |
Manoir Boucher de Niverville |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
History |
information, 1730 manor with local history exhibit |
Manoir Le Boutillier |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Historic house |
website, mid-19th-century period home of political figure John Le Boutillier |
Manoir Mauvide-Genest |
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, 18th-century period home and interpretation center for the seigneurial system of New France |
Manoir Papineau National Historic Site |
Montebello |
Outaouais |
Historic house |
website, manor home of reformist leader Louis-Joseph Papineau, furnishings from 1850 to 1929 |
Manoir seigneurial Fraser |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Historic house |
website, 1830 manor home of city's founder with family furnishings, art gallery |
Martello Tower 1 |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Military |
Early 19th-century soldier's life, military history of the Plains of Abraham |
Marine Environment Discovery Centre |
Les Escoumins |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, information, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park |
Matamajaw Historical Site |
Causapscal |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Sports |
website, historic salmon fishing club |
Miellerie Lune de Miel |
Stoke |
Estrie |
Food |
website, economuseum about beekeeping and honey |
Miguasha National Park |
Nouvelle |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Natural history |
Fossil fish and plants, important fossil site |
Mine Crystal |
Bonsecours |
Estrie |
Natural history |
website, quartz crystal mine and minerals exhibit |
Mingan Island Cetacean Study |
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, the interpretation center features exhibits about marine mammals in the St. Lawrence River and the work of the organization |
Mokotakan |
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc |
Mauricie |
First Nations |
Open air tour of buildings of the 10 nations of Quebec and the Inuit, adjacent to Musée de la Faune |
Morrin Centre |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
Evolution of Quebec's English-speaking community, includes tours of the 19th-century gaol and Morrin College |
Moulin à carder Grouleau |
East Broughton |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Industry |
information, working wool carding mill |
Moulin à laine d'Ulverton
(Ulverton Woolen Mills) |
Ulverton |
Estrie |
Industry |
website, textile industry |
Moulin Bernier |
Courcelles |
Estrie |
Multiple |
website, information, history of the historic flour and saw mill, local history and art exhibits |
Moulin des Jésuites |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Mill |
information, historic Jesuit grist mill |
Moulin de La Chevrotière |
Deschambault-Grondines |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, historic mill, exhibits on local history |
Moulin de la Rémy |
Baie-Saint-Paul |
Capitale-Nationale |
Mill |
website, restored early 19th-century flour mill and outbuildings |
Moulin des pionniers |
La Doré |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Forestry |
website, historic sawmill, ancestral home, small farm and log driving camp |
Moulin La Lorraine |
Lac-Etchemin |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, historic flour mill and art center |
Moulin Légaré |
Saint-Eustache |
Laurentides |
Mill |
website, 18th-century flour mill |
Moulin Michel de Gentilly |
Bécancour |
Centre-du-Québec |
Mill |
website, historic flour mill |
Moulin seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac |
Pointe-du-Lac |
Mauricie |
Mill |
website, historic flour mill and saw mill |
Moulins de L’Isle-aux-Coudres |
L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
Capitale-Nationale |
Mill |
website, economuseum of a historic windmill for flour and water-powered sawmill |
Musée acadien du Québec à Bonaventure |
Bonaventure |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Ethnic |
website, information, Acadian history and culture in Quebec |
Musée amérindien de Mashteuiatsh |
Mashteuiatsh |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
First Nations |
website |
Musée amérindien et inuit de Godbout |
Godbout |
Côte-Nord |
First Nations |
website, information, art and culture |
Musée antique Victor Bélanger |
Saint-Côme–Linière |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, antique automobiles, collections of antique toys, telephones, clocks, lamps, salt recipients, dolls, irons collections, heritage village including a school house, chapel, general store, saloon, sugar house, old-style bread oven, covered bridge, garages, carpenter store, Canadian-style house and a handicrafts house |
Musée Armand-Frappier |
Laval |
Laval |
Science |
Life sciences and health |
Musée Beaulne |
Coaticook |
Estrie |
Multiple |
website, early 20th-century historic house, history of its owners, costumes and textiles collection, changing exhibits of art and photography |
Musée Bon-Pasteur
(Good Sheperd Museum) |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Religious |
website, history of the Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec (Les Sœurs du Bon-Pasteur) |
Musée Bruck |
Cowansville |
Montérégie |
Art |
information |
Musée Chafaud |
Percé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Art |
website |
Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul |
Baie-Saint-Paul |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
website, contemporary art |
Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides |
Saint-Jérôme |
Laurentides |
Art |
website, contemporary art |
Musée d'art de Joliette |
Joliette |
Lanaudière |
Art |
website |
Musée de bateaux miniatures et légendes du Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Maritime |
information, miniature ship models |
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Montérégie |
Art |
website, focus is Quebec regional art, also operates the Maison Paul-Emile Borduas and Maison Ozias Leduc |
Musée de Buckingham |
Buckingham |
Outaouais |
History |
website, local history |
Musée de Charlevoix |
La Malbaie |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
website, art, local history and culture |
Musée de géologie René-Bureau |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Natural history |
website, information, fossils, rocks, minerals, part of Laval University |
Musée de Guérin |
Guérin |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
website, information, local and rural history, agriculture, religious life and heritage |
Musée de l'Abeille |
Château-Richer |
Capitale-Nationale |
Food |
website, economuseum about bees and honey |
Musée de l'Accordéon |
Montmagny |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Music |
website, accordion collection located in the 1800 Manoir Couillard-Dupuis |
Musée de l'Amérique française
(Museum of French America) |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, managed by the Musée de la civilisation, history of the Séminaire de Québec and French America |
Musée de l'auto ancienne de Richmond |
Richmond |
Estrie |
Automotive |
website, information, open in summer, antique automobiles |
Musée de la civilisation
(Museum of Civilization) |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
Quebec history, First Nations and human culture and civilization |
Musée de la culture populaire du Québec
(Quebec Museum of Folk Culture) |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Multiple |
website, area history, culture, art, folk art, |
Musée de la Défense aérienne
Bagotville Air Defence Museum |
Bagotville |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Aviation |
website, history of military aviation, including CFB Bagotville |
Musée de la Faune |
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc |
Mauricie |
Natural history |
website, wildlife dioramas, adjacent to Mokotakan |
Musée de la femme |
Longueuil |
Montérégie |
Women's |
website, women's issues, contributions in Quebec, civil rights, art |
Musée de la Gare |
Témiscaming |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Railway |
website, railway and local history, located in a 1927 train station |
Musée de la Gaspésie |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Multiple |
website, information, Gaspesian history, culture, natural history, works of Gaspesian artists |
Musée de la Mer (Quebec) |
Havre-Aubert (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Maritime |
information, includes ship and lighthouse models, fishing industry, maritime artifacts, shells, island rocks and minerals, island history |
Musée de la nature (Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Quebec) |
Sainte-Rose-du-Nord |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Natural history |
information, information |
Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
Natural history |
website |
Musée de la Neufve-France |
Sainte-Flavie |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
website, information, located in the Vieux Moulin (Old Mill), features New France and First Nations artifacts |
Musée de la petite maison blanche |
Chicoutimi |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Historic house |
website, information, 1900 house that survived the Saguenay Flood of 1996 |
Musée de la poste et Boutique de forge / Parc Héritage |
Saint-Marc-de-Figuery |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
information, information, includes 1930s postmaster's office and blacksmith shop |
Musée de la Société d'histoire du Comté de Richmond |
Melbourne |
Estrie |
Historic house |
information, 19th-century home |
Musée des Abénakis |
Odanak |
Centre-du-Québec |
First Nations |
website, history, culture and art of the Western Abenaki people |
Musée des Augustines de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, work of the Augustines in Quebec, fine and decorative art, historic artifacts |
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
Art |
website, focus is artists of the Eastern townships |
Musée des communications et d'histoire de Sutton |
Sutton |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, local history and culture, changes in communication |
Musée des Coquillages |
Saint-Tite-des-Caps |
Capitale-Nationale |
Natural history |
website, seashells from around the world |
Musée des Deux-Rives |
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
Montérégie |
History |
website, local history |
Musée des Filles de Jesus |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Religious |
website, history of the work of the Daughters of Jesus in education, hospital care and distant missions, and a historic chapel |
Musée des phares |
La Martre |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Maritime |
information, lighthouse with exhibits about their evolution and importance |
Musée des Religions du Monde |
Nicolet |
Centre-du-Québec |
Religious |
website, religious practices and beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity |
Musée des Sœurs du Saint-Rosaire |
Rimouski |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Religious |
website, information, history and artifacts of the convent |
Musée des Ursulines de Québec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Religious |
History of the convent of the Ursulines of Quebec |
Musée des Ursulines de Trois-Rivières |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Religious |
website, history of the Ursuline monastery, school and hospital, religious artifacts |
Musée du 12 RBC |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Military |
website, history of the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada |
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Art |
website, information |
Musée du bronze d'Inverness |
Inverness |
Centre-du-Québec |
Art |
website, information, economuseum of a bronze workshop and gallery |
Musée du Bûcheron |
Grandes-Piles |
Mauricie |
Forestry |
website, replica of a typical logging camp from 1850 to 1950 with over 20 buildings and equipment |
Musée du Centre Élisabeth-Bergeron |
Saint-Hyacinthe |
Montérégie |
Religious |
website, history of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, their works and their founder, |
Musée du chocolat |
Bromont |
Montérégie |
Food |
website, adjacent to the Confiserie Bromont |
Musée du costume et du textile du Québec |
Saint-Lambert |
Montérégie |
Textile |
website, changing exhibits on fashion, clothing, textiles and fiber |
Musée du Fjord |
Saguenay |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Multiple |
website, maritime history, natural and cultural history of the region by the Saguenay – St. Lawrence Marine Park |
Musée du Fort |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Military |
website, military history of Quebec City |
Musée du Fort Saint-Jean |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Montérégie |
Military |
History and artifacts of the 17th-century French fort and the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean |
Musée du fromage cheddar |
Saint-Prime |
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
Food |
website, making of cheddar cheese and a historical recreation of a 20th-century cheesemaker's home |
Musée du golf du Québec |
Granby |
Montérégie |
Sports |
website |
Musée du Haut-Richelieu |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, local history and decorative arts pottery |
Musée du monastère des Augustines de l'Hôpital général de Québec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, located in Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Quebec, history of the Augustinians in Quebec |
Musée du Patrimonie |
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard |
Laurentides |
History |
website, local history |
Musée du Régiment de la Chaudière |
Lévis |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Military |
information, WW II Le Régiment de la Chaudière |
Musée du ski des Laurentides |
Saint-Sauveur |
Laurentides |
Sports |
information, information, history of skiing in the Laurentian mountains, ski equipment and memorabilia |
Musée du squelette |
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Natural history |
information, skeletons and osteology |
Musée du Témiscouata |
Notre-Dame-du-Lac |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Multiple |
information, local history and art |
Musée Edison du Phonographe |
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré |
Capitale-Nationale |
Technology |
website, historic phonograph machines |
Musée François-Pilote |
La Pocatière |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Multiple |
Local history, period room and business displays, natural history, agriculture, transportation |
Musée Frederick Janssoone |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Biographical |
information, life of Franciscan missionary Father Frédéric Janssoone |
Musée Jeux Vidéo et VFX |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
Art |
website, Video games history and special effects for cinema |
Musée Gilles Villeneuve |
Berthierville |
Lanaudière |
Biographical |
website, Formula One race car driver Gilles Villeneuve |
Musée-halte Louis-Cyr |
Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
Lanaudière |
Biographical |
information, life of Canadian strongman Louis Cyr |
Musée historique des Sœurs de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge |
Victoriaville |
Centre-du-Québec |
Religious |
website |
Musée Honoré-Mercier |
Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois |
Montérégie |
Biographical |
information, birthplace home and exhibits about Honoré Mercier, 9th Premier of Quebec |
Musée huron-wendake |
Wendake |
Capitale-Nationale |
First Nations |
website, history and culture of the Iroquois and Algonquin |
Musée international d'art naïf de Magog |
Magog |
Estrie |
Art |
website, naive art |
Musée J. Armand Bombardier |
Valcourt |
Estrie |
Transportation |
website, snowmobiles and snow transport, life and work of Joseph Armand Bombardier |
Musée Joseph-Filion |
Sainte-Thérèse |
Laurentides |
History |
website, local history |
Musée la Maison Horace-Bouffard |
Matane |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Historic house |
information, turn-of-the-century traditional country home |
Musée Laurier |
Victoriaville |
Centre-du-Québec |
Multiple |
website, information, includes the Maison Wilfrid-Laurier, the Victorian period summer home of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Hotel des Postes, a fine arts and historic exhibition centre |
Musée les Voitures d'eau |
L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
Capitale-Nationale |
Maritime |
information, information, seafarers and sail craft on the St. Lawrence River |
Musée Louis-Hémon |
Péribonka |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Biographical |
website, works of author Louis Hémon, and other Quebec authors and literature |
Musée Lucienne-Maheux |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Medical |
website, information, history of the development of psychiatric services in Quebec |
Musée maritime de Charlevoix |
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive |
Capitale-Nationale |
Maritime |
website, former shipyard with outbuildings, schooners and temporary Charlevoix meteorite crater exhibit |
Musée Marius-Barbeau |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, local history displays, decorative arts, and art exhibits |
Musée minéralogique de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Malartic |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Natural history |
website, rocks, minerals, fossils |
Musée minéralogique et d'histoire minière
(Asbestos Mineral Museum) |
Asbestos |
Estrie |
Natural history |
information, rocks, minerals, history of the Jeffrey asbestos min |
Musée Minéralogique et Minier de Thetford Mines |
Thetford Mines |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Mining |
website, geology, minerals and mining history of the region |
Musée minier Horne |
Rouyn-Noranda |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Mining |
website, copper mining, named after businessman and prospector Edmond Henry Horne |
Musée Missisquoi |
Stanbridge East |
Montérégie |
History |
website, county history, historic general store, agriculture machinery, carriages and sleighs |
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
(Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts) |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Art |
Focus is Quebec art |
Musée Normantique |
Saint-Alexandre |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
History |
information, local history, household items, agriculture equipment |
Musée Nos souvenances |
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton |
Mauricie |
History |
website, local history |
Musée Pierre-Boucher |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Art |
Part of the Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, religious and decorative arts |
Musée Populaire de la Photographie |
Drummondville |
Centre-du-Québec |
Art |
website, photography and equipment |
Musée pour enfants de Laval |
Laval |
Laval |
Children's |
website |
Musée régional de Kamouraska |
Kamouraska |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
History |
website, information, local history, period room displays and antiques |
Musée régional de la Côte-Nord |
Sept-Îles |
Côte-Nord |
Multiple |
website, art, local history, archaeology, natural history, First Nations artifacts |
Musée régional de Rimouski |
Rimouski |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Multiple |
website, contemporary art, history and science |
Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
Vaudreuil-Dorion |
Montérégie |
Multiple |
website, local history, culture and folk art |
Musée Saint-Laurent |
Trois-Pistoles |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Automotive |
information, vintage and classic cars, farm machinery and antiques |
Musée sur l'enseignement |
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Education |
information, one room schoolhouse |
Musée Zénon Alary |
Sainte-Adèle |
Laurentides |
Art |
information, animal sculptures by Zénon Alary |
Naval Museum of Quebec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Maritime |
website |
Odyssée des Bâtisseurs |
Alma |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Multiple |
website, hydroelectricity, area industrial development and history, importance of water in the region's development |
ONHOÜA CHETEK8E |
Wendake, Quebec |
Capitale-Nationale |
First Nations |
website, authentic recreation of a Wyandot village |
Paleontology Museum
(Musée de paléontologie) |
Sainte-Flavie |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Natural history |
information, fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, cephalopods, dinosaur remains, fossilized trees, petrified plants, rocks and minerals |
Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique |
Trois-Pistoles |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Ethnic |
website, information, Basque whalers' history and culture |
Parc du Bourg de Pabos Interpretation Centre |
Pabos Mills |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
website, includes archaeological remains of prehistoric, First Nations and early settlers, restored 18th-century fishermen's hut, 19th-century forestry industry remains, history of British attacks in the 18th century |
Parc historique de la Pointe-du-Moulin |
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
Montérégie |
Historic house |
website, 18th-century windmill, miller’s house and interpretation center of rural life in New France |
Parc historique de La Poudrière de Windsor |
Windsor |
Estrie |
Industry |
website, information, former powder mill with many buildings |
Parc maritime de Saint-Laurent |
Île d'Orléans |
Capitale-Nationale |
Maritime |
website, historic shipyard |
Parc national de l'île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé |
Percé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Natural history |
Discovery center exhibits about the park's large bird colony, marine life, geology, ecosystems and history |
Parks Canada Discovery Centre Quebec |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, information, formerly the Old Port of Quebec Interpretation Centre, exhibits on immigration, the St. Lawrence River and the Parks Canada network |
Pavillon de la Faune |
Stratford |
Estrie |
Natural history |
website, wildlife dioramas and live animals |
Petit Musée du Chapeau |
Saint-Valentin |
Montérégie |
Textile |
website, hats and hat-making tools |
Petites Franciscaines de Marie Museum |
Baie-Saint-Paul |
Capitale-Nationale |
Religious |
website, information, history and activities of the religious congregation and its founder |
Plein sud |
Longueuil |
Montérégie |
Art |
website, contemporary art exhibition centre |
Pointe-du-Buisson Archaeological Park |
Melocheville |
Montérégie |
Archaeology |
website, archaeological site and exhibits of 5000 years of Amerindian artifacts |
Pointe-Noire Interpretation and Observation Centre |
Pointe-Noire |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
website, marine life of the Saint Lawrence River estuary, part of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park |
Poste de Traite Chauvin
(Chauvin Trading Post) |
Tadoussac |
Côte-Nord |
History |
information, information, recreated 1600 fur trading post with exhibits about pre-history, the meeting of two nations, trading, the oil trade (whale hunting) and the trading post |
Presbytère Saint-Nicolas |
Saint-Nicolas |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Multiple |
website, art and local history exhibits |
Pulperie de Chicoutimie |
Chicoutimi |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Multiple |
website, local history and culture, art exhibits, works of primitive artist Arthur Villeneuve, history of the paper company |
Richmond County Historical Society Museum |
Richmond |
Estrie |
Historic house |
website, located in Melbourne Township, late 19th-century period house |
Saguenay Fjord Interpretation Centre |
Rivière-Éternité |
Côte-Nord |
Natural history |
Located at the Baie-Éternité sector of Saguenay National Park, geology and natural history of the fjord |
Saint Anthony's Shrine |
Lac-Bouchette |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Religious |
website, shrine dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and Our Lady of Lourdes, includes museum about the shrine's founders |
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds Historic Site |
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
History |
information, local history, tours of historic sites |
Saint Lawrence Exploration Centre |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Natural history |
website, ecosystem, animal and plant life of the Saint Lawrence River |
Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site |
Saint-Ours |
Montérégie |
Transportation |
website, exhibits about the canal in the superintendent's office |
Seigneurie des Aulnaies |
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Living |
website, 19th-century Victorian period mansion with working flour mill, gardens, history of the seigneurial system of New France |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier National Historic Site |
Saint-Lin-Laurentides |
Lanaudière |
Historic house |
website, mid-19th-century period birthplace home of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Site de la Nouvelle-France |
Saint-Félix-d'Otis |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Living |
website, four reenactments of 17th-century Quebec City |
Site de Pêche Déry |
Pont-Rouge |
Capitale-Nationale |
History |
website, local history, including the first toll bridge in Quebec and salmon fishing on the Rivière Jacques-Cartier |
Site du Phare |
Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Multiple |
information, lighthouse and exhibits about local history and the 1920s paper mill |
Site historique de l'Île-des-Moulins |
Terrebonne |
Lanaudière |
Open air |
website, information, 19th-century pre-industrial complex including the seigneury office, bakery, flour mill, saw mill and carding mill |
Site historique Domaine Breen |
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Historic house |
information, early 20th-century house and local history and mining exhibits |
Site historique de Pointe-à-la-Renommée |
Gaspé |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Maritime |
website, information, lighthouse, exhibits about lighthouse keepers and North America's first maritime radio station installed here by Guglielmo Marconi in 1904 |
Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père |
Rimouski |
Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Maritime |
Includes the history and artifacts from sunken ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland, the submarine HMCS Onondaga (S73) and the Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse and related buildings |
Site historique des Pères Trappistes |
Sainte-Justine |
Chaudière-Appalaches |
Religious |
website, historic buildings and history of the Trappist monks who founded the community |
Site Mary Travers dite "La Bolduc" |
Newport |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Biographical |
website, life and work of author-composer-singer Mary Travers (La Bolduc) |
Société d'histoire et du patrimoine de la région de La Sarre |
La Sarre |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
History |
information, information, local history |
Société d'histoire de Sherbrooke |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
History |
website, local history |
Symmes Inn Museum |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
History |
website, local history, located in an early 19th-century inn |
T.E. Draper |
Angliers |
Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Maritime |
website, tugboat museum ship used in the logging industry |
Tithe Interpretation Centre
(Centre d'interprétation de la dîme) |
Sainte-Flavie |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
History |
information, information 19th-century tithe barn |
Tomcod Thematic Centre |
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade |
Mauricie |
Industry |
website, aspects of tomcod fishing |
Tugboat Pythonga |
Maniwaki |
Outaouais |
Maritime |
website, tugboat used to tow timber in the Baskatong reservoir |
Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre |
Sherbrooke |
Estrie |
Multiple |
website, local history and art |
Vieille prison de Trois-Rivières
(Old Prison of Trois-Rivières) |
Trois-Rivières |
Mauricie |
Prison |
website, 1960s-70s prison experience |
Vieux presbytère de Batiscan |
Pointe-du-Lac |
Mauricie |
Historic house |
website, mid-19th-century parish priest's home |
Villa Bagatelle |
Quebec City |
Capitale-Nationale |
Historic house |
website, reproduction early 20th-century period cottage and garden |
Village historique de Val-Jalbert |
Val-Jalbert |
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Open air |
1920s paper mill town |
Vieux Presbytère de Deschambault |
Deschambault-Grondines |
Capitale-Nationale |
Multiple |
information, information, historic rectory with local history and art exhibits |
Village Québécois d'Antan |
Drummondville |
Centre-du-Québec |
Open air |
Reconstituted Quebec village of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries |
Vintage Wings of Canada |
Gatineau |
Outaouais |
Aviation |
Early history of powered flight, classic aircraft |
Whiteley Museum |
Bonne Espérance |
Côte-Nord |
History |
website, information, local history and culture |