List of museums in Quebec

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This list of museums in Quebec, Canada contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. 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 City for museums in Quebec City.

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Abitibiwinni | Pikogan | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | First Nations | website, history and culture of the Abitibiwinni First Nation
A.C. Davie Shipyard National Historic Site | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Maritime | website, includes shipyard exhibits, homestead house, stable and marine railway, history of Davie Shipbuilding
Albert Gilles Museum | Château-Richer | Capitale-Nationale | Art | website, boutique, workshop and museum of copper art by Albert Gilles
Argenteuil Regional Museum | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | Laurentides | History | website, local history, located in the Carillon Barracks
Art-image et espace Odyssée | Gatineau | Outaouais | Art | website, contemporary art at the Maison de la culture de Gatineau
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
Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac | Paspébiac | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Industry | 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[usurped], 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 Lac 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 | 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, operated by the Brome County Historical Society
Canadian Children's Museum | Gatineau | Outaouais | Children's | Located inside the Canadian Museum of History
Canadian Museum of History | Gatineau | Outaouais | Multiple | Canada's history, culture and heritage, including First Nations
Canadian Postal Museum | Gatineau | Outaouais | Philatelic | Located inside the Canadian Museum of History, 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-Rosiers Lighthouse | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maritime | Tours of the lighthouse in the summer
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
Cascapedia River Museum | Cascapédia–Saint-Jules | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Sports | website, salmon fly fishing
Centrale de la Rivière-des-Prairies | Laval | Laval | Science | website, operated by Hydro-Québec, water-powered electricity and the building of the Rivière des Prairies generating station
Centre Archéo Topo | Les Bergeronnes | Côte-Nord | Archaeology | website, prehistoric archaeology of the Upper North Shore region
Centre culturel Le Griffon | Gaspé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Industry | website, 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, operated by La Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
Centre d'art de Kamouraska | Kamouraska | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Art | website, art exhibits
Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne | Repentigny | Lanaudière | Art | website
Centre d'art Rotary | La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Art | information, art centre with gallery
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, part of Culture Shawinigan
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 | information, 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[usurped]
Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoise | Richmond | Estrie | Industry | website, economuseum about area 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 | Local history and art exhibits
Centre d'interprétation de la forestrie | La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Forestry | information, 1930s lumberjack's life and logging camp
Centre d'interprétation de la guêpe | Laverlochère-Angliers | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Natural history | website, 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, fur trading post and industry
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[usurped], copper mining
Centre d'interprétation du Patrimoine de Notre-Dame-des-Monts | Notre-Dame-des-Monts | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | information, local history, natural history and culture, cheese-making
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 Les Acadiens à Saint-Grégoire | Bécancour | Centre-du-Québec | History | website, lives of the builders of the windmill, operated by the Société acadienne Port-Royal
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, 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 | website, 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
Chantier de Gédéon | Laverlochère-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
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
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 several generations of a prominent border family of American origin, as well as changing exhibits of local history; operated by the Stanstead Historical Society
Cosmodome (Laval) | Laval | Laval | Science | Space and science
Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site | Coteau-du-Lac | Montérégie | Multiple | 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
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
Eaton Corner Museum | Cookshire-Eaton | Estrie | History | website, local history
École de Rang Campbell | Sainte-Sabine | Montérégie | Education | website, one room schoolhouse
École de Rang II d'Authier | Authier | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Education | information, historic 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
Église-Musée Saint-Venant-de-Paquette | Saint-Venant-de-Paquette | Estrie | Religious | website, history of the church, its architecture and artifacts
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Présentation | Shawinigan | Mauricie | Religious | website, tours of church with panels painted by Ozias Leduc
Église orthodoxe russe St-Georges de Rouyn-Noranda | Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, historic Russian Orthodox church with exhibits about area Eastern European immigrants and their contributions
Électrium | Sainte-Julie | Montérégie | Science | website, electricity, operated by Hydro-Quebec
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 | information, 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 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
Fossilarium | Notre-Dame-du-Nord | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Natural history | website, sea fossils from the Ordovician-Silurian period, formerly the Lake Timiskaming Fossil Center
Maison Frère-Moffete | Ville-Marie, Quebec | Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality  | Historic  | Adapted house to hold a museum.
Galerie d'art du Centre culturel | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Art | website, part of the Université de Sherbrooke, contemporary art gallery in the cultural centre
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 | website, art gallery
Garage de la culture | Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | Mauricie | History | information, local history
Gaspesian British Heritage Village | New Richmond | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Living | website[usurped], village with many buildings portraying British settlers from the 1760s to the early 1900s
Gespeg Micmac Interpretation Site | Fontenelle | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | First Nations | website, Micmac heritage and culture
Granite Expo & Museum of Stanstead | Stanstead | Estrie | Industry | website, economuseum of granite industry and works, model train collection
Heritage Kinnear's Mills | Kinnear's Mills | Chaudière-Appalaches | History | website, local history
Horse-drawn Carriage Museum | Colombourg | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Transportation | information, collection of Claude-Morin
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
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, outpost settlement nursing station
Lévis Forts National Historic Site | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Military | Mid-19th-century British fort with exhibits
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, history of the first cooperative group in North America
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 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, features 68 wooden sculptures of early 20th-century rural life by Louis-Émile Beauregard
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 l'eau | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Natural history | website, located in Lucien-Bouchard Park, nature centre with live small animals, ecology of the river and park
Maison de Lime Ridge | Dudswell | Estrie | Natural history | information, 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 Drummondville | Drummondville | Centre-du-Québec | Art | website, includes the Galerie d’art Desjardins
Maison des arts de Laval | Laval | Laval | Art | website, performing 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 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 Girardin | Lac-Beauport | Capitale-Nationale | Multiple | website, historic house, local history and art, operated by the Société d'art et d'histoire de Beauport
Maison Lamontagne | Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Historic house | website, 18th-century house
Maison de la culture Lenoblet-du-Plessis | Contrecœur | Montérégie | History | website, historic house with local history exhibits, site of area meetings during the Rebellions of 1837
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, 19th-century house
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 Louis-Cyr | Saint-Jean-de-Matha | Lanaudière | Biographical | website, life of Canadian strongman Louis Cyr
Maison natale de Louis-Fréchette | Lévis | Chaudière-Appalaches | Historic house | website, 19th-century home of author Louis-Honoré Fréchette
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 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 Rocheleau | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Historic house | website, 1740 house restored to New France era
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 Trestler | Vaudreuil-Dorion | Montérégie | Historic house | website, also art gallery
Manoir Boucher de Niverville | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Historic house | website, 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
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 usée de la Faune]]
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-Saint-Évariste | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | website, history of the historic flour and saw mill, local history and art exhibits, permanent exhibition on maple syrup
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 | information, 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
Moulin du Petit-Pré | Château-Richer | Capitale-Nationale | Mill | Lat 17th-century water-powered flour mill
Musée acadien du Québec à Bonaventure | Bonaventure | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Ethnic | website, 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 | information, art and culture
Musée antique Victor Bélanger | Saint-Côme–Linière | Chaudière-Appalaches | Multiple | information, Facebook site, 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 | website, 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, photography, local history
Musée Bruck | Cowansville | Montérégie | Multiple | information, local history andart
Musée canadien de l'Arme et du Bronze | Granby | Montérégie | Military | website, focus is firearms, bronze sculptures, coins and stamps
Musée Chafaud | Percé | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Art | website, area art
Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul | Baie-Saint-Paul | Capitale-Nationale | Art | 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 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 Guérin | Guérin | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | History | website, local and rural history, agriculture, religious life and heritage
Musée de l'Accordéon | Montmagny | Chaudière-Appalaches | Music | website, accordion collection located in the 1800 Manoir Couillard-Dupuis
Musée de l'auto ancienne de Richmond | Richmond | Estrie | Automotive | website, open in summer, antique automobiles
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, Gaspesian history, culture, natural history, works of Gaspesian artists
Musée de la grange octogonale Adolphe-Gagnon | Saint-Fabien | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Agriculture | website, 1888 octagonal barn with agriculture tools and equipment
Musée de la Mer | Havre-Aubert (Îles-de-la-Madeleine) | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maritime | website, includes ship and lighthouse models, fishing industry, maritime artifacts, shells, island rocks and minerals, island history
Musée de la nature | Sainte-Rose-du-Nord | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | Natural history | website
Musée de la Neufve-France | Sainte-Flavie | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | History | website, 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, 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, includes 1930s postmaster's office and blacksmith shop
Musée des Abénakis | Odanak | Centre-du-Québec | First Nations | website, history, culture and art of the Western Abenaki people
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke Museum of Fine Arts | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Art | 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
MUSO - Musée de société des Deux-Rives | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | Montérégie | Local | website, local history, culture and art
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 ondes Emile Berliner | Montréal | Montréal | Technology and science | website music recording history, site-specific museum in the historic Berliner Gramophone Building
Musée des phares | La Martre | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maritime | website, La Martre Lighthouse with exhibits about the evolution and importance of area lighthouses
Musée des Religions du Monde | Nicolet | Centre-du-Québec | Religious | website, religious practices and beliefs of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Museum of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary | Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Religious | website, history and artifacts of the convent
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 | information, history of the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent | Rivière-du-Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Art | website, contemporary art and ethnology
Musée du bronze d'Inverness | Inverness | Centre-du-Québec | Art | website, economuseum of a bronze workshop and gallery
Musée du Bûcheron | Grandes-Piles | Mauricie | Forestry | information, replica of a typical logging camp from 1850 to 1950 with over 20 buildings and equipment
Musée du chocolat | Bromont | Montérégie | Food | website, adjacent to the Confiserie Bromont
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 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 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 | website, 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 | website, local history and art
Musée Edison du Phonographe | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | Capitale-Nationale | Technology | website, historic phonograph machines
Musée Frederick Janssoone | Trois-Rivières | Mauricie | Biographical | website, 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 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 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, 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 | website, 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 maritime de Charlevoix | Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Capitale-Nationale | Maritime | website, former shipyard with outbuildings, schooners
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 mine, located in a section of the town's municipal library
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 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 québécois de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation | La Pocatière | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Multiple | Local history, period room and business displays, natural history, agriculture, transportation; also known as Musée québécois de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
Musée régional de Kamouraska | Kamouraska | Bas-Saint-Laurent | History | website, 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 | website, 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
Museum of Ingenuity J. Armand Bombardier | Valcourt | Estrie | Transportation | website, snowmobiles and snow transport, life and work of Joseph Armand Bombardier
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 | Capitale-Nationale | First Nations | website, authentic recreation of a Wyandot village
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, 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
Pavillon de la Faune | Stratford | Estrie | Natural history | website[usurped], 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, history and activities of the religious congregation and its founder
Phare du Cap de Madeleine | Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Multiple | information, lighthouse and exhibits about local history and the 1920s paper mill
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
Reford Gardens | Grand-Métis | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Multiple | Botanical gardens and Estevan Lodge with botanical art exhibits and a permanent display about the garden owners
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
Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum | Sherbrooke | Estrie | Natural history | Animal and bird mounts, fossils, rocks and minerals, archaeology
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 historique de l'Île-des-Moulins | Terrebonne | Lanaudière | Open air | website, 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 | website, 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, 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 | website, 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 | Laverlochère-Angliers | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Maritime | website, tugboat museum ship used in the logging industry
Tithing Interpretation Centre | Sainte-Flavie | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Multiple | information, 19th-century tithe barn with displays on local history, agriculture, fossils including trilobites, brachiopods, cephalopods, dinosaur remains, fossilized trees, petrified plants, rocks and minerals
Tomcod Interpretation 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
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 | website, 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, local history and culture

## Defunct museums

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* Aux couleurs de la campagne,[1] Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
* Centre national des naufrages du Saint-Laurent, Baie-Trinité[2]
* Fort de la Martiniere, Lévis[3]
* Jardin des glaciers, Baie-Comeau[4]
* Musée Bon-Pasteur, closed in 2014[5]
* Musée de bateaux miniatures et légendes du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, closed in 2014[6]
* Musée du Domaine, Pohénégamook[7]
* Musée Normantique, Saint-Alexandre, closed and contents auctioned in 2015[8]
* Parc de l'aventure basque en Amérique, Trois-Pistoles
* Quebec Wax Museum (Musée de Cire), closed in 2007,[9] figures now at the Musée de la civilisation

## See also

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* Culture of Quebec
* Quebec
* Nature centres in Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Open or closed during Spring break? Check our Museum Guide!".
2. ^ "Les portes restent closes au Centre national des naufrages". Le Manic. August 11, 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
3. ^ "Fort de la Martiniere". Fort Wiki. Retrieved 30 November 2016. "Buildings and magazine locked up and no on site presence but the site is open to the public. The visitor center and museum have been closed for about two years."
4. ^ "Official site". Jardin des glaciers. Retrieved 3 December 2016. "The Jardin des Glaciers unfortunately is now closed."
5. ^ "Le "musée thérapeutique" des soeurs du Bon-Pasteur ferme ses portes" (in French). le Soleil. August 15, 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. ^ "Les bateaux miniatures iront s'ancrer ailleurs" (in French). Infodimanche. September 22, 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
7. ^ "Musée du Domaine – Voyage à travers le Québec".
8. ^ "Leur musée vendu à l'encan" (in French). July 9, 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
9. ^ http://housesofwax.blogspot.com/2009/10/quebec-wax-museum-sign.html House of Wax Blogspot, Oct. 12, 2009

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