This is a list of museums in

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, in the province of

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. 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 Quebec for museums in the rest of the province.

List of museums

Defunct museums

* Stewart Museum, 1955-2021, collection to be merged with McCord Museum
former website
* Just for Laughs Museum, closed in 2010 * Musée Marc-Aurèle Fortin, closed in 2007, collection now at the

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA; french: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, MBAM) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square ...

* Musee historique canadien, 1935-1989,

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about Canadian history, *

Musée Grévin Montreal The Musée Grévin Montreal was a waxwork museum in Montreal located in Montreal Eaton Centre in Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was open daily; an admission fee was charged. History On April 17, 2013, Musée Grévin's parent compan ...

, closed in 2021 * Sisters of Saint Anne Historic Centre, closed in 2014 * Montreal Fashion Museum, closed in 2018, collection now at the McCord Museum * Telecommunication Museum in Lachine, closed in 2019 * Printmaking Museum, Lovell Building, closed its original historic site, relocated in 2016 to Collège Ahunsic * Museum of the Miséricordia Sisters, closed in 2020

Montreal Museums Day

Montreal Museums Day (french: Journée des musées montréalais) is an annual event in Montreal. One Sunday every May, more than 30 of the city's largest

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s and galleries offer free admission and extended opening hours. To facilitate visitor access to as many museums as possible, the

Montreal Transit Corporation Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-p ...

provides free shuttle buses. The first Montreal Museums Day was held in 1987.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Museums in Montreal
Official website

Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Museums in Montreal Montreal was referred to as "''Canada's Cultural Capital''" by Monocle Magazine. The city is Canada's centre for French-language television productions, radio, theatre, film, multimedia, and print publishing. The ''Quartier Latin'' is a neighbour ...