List of museums in Quebec City
This is a list of museums in Quebec City, 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.
- See also List of museums in Montreal for museums in the Montreal region.
- See also List of museums in Quebec for museums in the rest of the province.
Museums
| Name | Neighbourhood | Borough | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery Park Heritage Site | Old Quebec - Upper Town | La Cité-Limoilou | Military | Website, 1830s fort, part of Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site |
| Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site | History | Park with exhibits and tours about the story of Jacques Cartier, Jesuit missionaries and Amerindian nations of the 16th and 17th centuries | ||
| Centre d'exposition de la bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy | Saint-Roch | Library | Website, exhibit gallery of the Gabrielle-Roy Library | |
| Centre d'interprétation de la chute Kabir Kouba | Loretteville | La Haute-Saint-Charles | Natural history | Fossils, rocks, wildlife, history of the Kabir Kouba Waterfalls |
| Centre d'interprétation historique de Sainte-Foy | Sainte-Foy | Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | History | Website, local history, operated by the borough |
| Choco-Musée Érico | Saint-Jean-Baptiste | La Cité-Limoilou | Food | Website, chocolate shop and history of chocolate |
| Citadelle of Quebec | Old Quebec - Upper Town | Military | Tours include the history of the military garrison, the Royal 22e Régiment Museum, and a former military prison | |
| Économusée du vitrail | Vieux-Limoilou | Art | Website, economuseum of stained glass workshop | |
| Fortifications of Quebec National Historic Site | Old Quebec - Upper Town | Military | Website, history and guided tours of the city's different fortification projects and defense strategies | |
| Henry-Stuart House | Historic house | Website, late 19th-century period cottage | ||
| L'Îlot des Palais | Old Quebec - Lower Town | History | Website, 18th-century archaeological site of old Quebec and city history | |
| Maison Chevalier | 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 des Jésuites de Sillery | Sillery | Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | Historic house | Website, 18th-century Jesuit missionary and the Amerindians in early Quebec, operated by the borough |
| Maison Dorion-Coulombe | La Cité-Limoilou | History | Website, local history, operated by the Société de la rivière Saint-Charles | |
| Maison Éphraim-Bédard | Charlesbourg | Charlesbourg | Historic house | Website, operated by La Société Historique de Charlesbourg, period rooms |
| Maison François-Xavier Garneau | Old Quebec - Lower Town | La Cité-Limoilou | Historic house | Website, late 19th-century Victoria period home of poet François-Xavier Garneau |
| Maison Hamel-Bruneau | Sainte-Foy | Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | Multiple | Website, cultural center, exhibits of art and science, operated by the borough |
| Maison Léon-Provancher | Cap-Rouge | Natural history | Website, natural history and science | |
| Maison O’Neill | Multiple | Website, historic house, history of the area and its inhabitants, changing exhibits of art | ||
| Martello Tower 1 | Old Quebec - Upper Town | La Cité-Limoilou | Military | Early 19th-century soldier's life, military history of the Plains of Abraham |
| Morrin Centre | History | Evolution of Quebec's English-speaking community, includes tours of the 19th-century gaol and Morrin College | ||
| Moulin des Jésuites | Charlesbourg | Charlesbourg | Mill | Website, historic Jesuit grist mill, local history |
| Musée de géologie René-Bureau | Sainte-Foy | Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | Natural history | Website, fossils, rocks, minerals, part of Laval University |
| Musée de l'Amérique francophone (Museum of French America) |
Old Quebec - Upper Town | La Cité-Limoilou | History | Managed by the Musée de la civilisation, colonial history of America, the evolution of Francophone culture in North America and abroad, and arts and crafts in Québec |
| Musée de la civilisation (Museum of Civilization) |
Old Quebec - Lower Town | Multiple | Quebec history, First Nations and human culture and civilization | |
| Musée de la Place-Royale | History | Website, part of the Musée de la civilisation complex, history of New France and Place-Royale through that of its inhabitants, from Samuel de Champlain to today | ||
| Musée des Augustines de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec | Old Quebec - Upper Town | History | Website, work of the Augustines in Quebec, fine and decorative art, historic artifacts | |
| Musée des Ursulines de Québec | Religious | History of the convent of the Ursulines of Quebec | ||
| Musée du Fort | Military | Website, military history of Quebec City | ||
| Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts) |
Art | Focus is Quebec art | ||
| Musée naval de Québec (Naval Museum of Quebec) |
Old Quebec - Lower Town | Maritime | Website | |
| Plains of Abraham Museum | History | History of Quebec and military activities at the Plains of Abraham | ||
| Villa Bagatelle | Sillery | Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | Historic house | Website, reproduction early 20th-century period cottage and garden, operated by the borough |
Defunct museums
- Quebec Wax Museum (Musée de Cire), closed in 2007,[1] figures now at the Musée de la civilisation
References
- ^ http://housesofwax.blogspot.com/2009/10/quebec-wax-museum-sign.html House of Wax Blogspot, Oct. 12, 2009
