MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF MONTREAL
Montreal Museums Day, or Journée des musées montréalais, is an annual event in Montreal: on the last Sunday in May, more than 30 of the city's largest museums and galleries offer free admission and extended opening hours. To facilitate visitor access to as many museums as possible, the Montreal Transit Corporation provides free shuttle buses.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES OF MONTREAL :
Montreal Biodome,
Montreal Biosphere,
Canadian Centre for Architecture,
Chateau Dufresne,
Chateau Ramezay,
Museum of Fine Arts,
McCord Museum,
Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecour Chapel,
Pointe-a-Calliere Museum,
Redpath Museum,
Montreal Science Centre,
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MONTREAL BIODOME
The Montreal Biodome is a facility located in Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome. It hosted both cycling and judo events. In 1992 the indoor nature exhibit was opened ...
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MONTREAL BIOSPHERE
The Biosphère of Environment Canada is a museum in Montreal dedicated to water and the environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair Expo 67. Photos of the Biosphère are frequently included in science textbooks ...
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CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal. The centre is located at 1920 Baile street and was designed by Montreal native architect Peter Rose. It is housed in a building made up of the historical Shaughnessy mansion ...
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CHATEAU DUFRESNE
The former residence of Marius Dufresne and Oscar Dufresne, the Château Dufresne was originally divided into two separate households, one for each brother. The founding fathers of the city of Maisonneuve, the famous Dufresne brothers were wealthy twentieth century French Canadian entrepreneurs ...
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CHATEAU RAMEZAY
The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall. Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec ...
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MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a major museum in Montreal. It was founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution. It is Montreal's largest museum and is amongst the most prominent in Canada. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a member of the Bizot Group ...
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MCCORD MUSEUM
The McCord Museum (in French, Musee McCord) is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history. The museum, whose full name is McCord Museum of Canadian History, is located next to McGill University ...
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NOTRE-DAME-DE-BONSECOURS CHAPEL
The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is a church in the district of Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel. St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, the first teacher in the colony of Ville-Marie and the founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame ...
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POINTE-A-CALLIERE
Pointe-à-Callière Museum is the Montreal museum of archaeology and history located in Old Montreal. It was founded in 1992 as part of celebrations to mark Montreal's 350th birthday. Set atop the city's birthplace, the Museum shows collections of artefacts from the First Nations of the Montreal region ...
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REDPATH MUSEUM
The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus at 859 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath. It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology ...
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MONTREAL SCIENCE CENTRE
The Montreal Science Centre is a science museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the King Edward Pier in the Old Port of Montreal. Established in 2000 and originally known as the iSci Centre, the museum changed its name to the Montreal Science Centre in 2002 ...
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Redpath Museum,
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