Before arriving in Montreal to experience its rich history, culture, and attractions, consider adding a museum visit to your restful sojourn. In addition to exploring charming Old Montreal for its old-world charm, check out the Musee de Lachine to learn about Montreal’s substantial role in North America’s fur trade. Visitors with families can enjoy an educational and fun-filled day at Montreal’s Redpath Museum where they can explore its natural history exhibits while encountering frightening T-Rex. To be able to admire Montreal’s innovative modern and historically rich art contributions, please check out the following list of the best entry-free museums in Montreal, Canada.
1. Redpath Museum
Montreal’s Redpath Museum provides visitors with the chance to travel back in time to examine earth’s natural history through its many informative exhibitions. Families can step back in time to the prehistoric era where they can encounter fearsome T-Rex along with other well-known dinosaurs. Guests can learn about current and former ocean dwellers with exhibits featuring diagrams and skeletal remains of extinct whales, sea turtles, crocodiles, and more. Throughout the year, the museum features scientific labs, Earth Day activities, and more to create awareness of earth’s amazing biodiversity and the efforts used to preserve it.
Redpath Museum
Address: 859 Sherbrooke Street W, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C4
Website: Redpath Museum
Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm; Sat - Sun: 10am - 4pm
Price: Free (except for groups)
2. Musée de Lachine
Visitors can step back in time to the days of the Canadian fur trade while checking out Montreal’s Musée de Lachine. As guests wander through the stone building built in 1669 they will learn about the daily life of early settlers by means of well-preserved items. During a visit to the museum and its outbuildings, guests can imagine the difficult times experienced by early pioneers facing in-climate weather conditions while settling a new continent. Through the museum’s informative exhibits, visitors will learn about societal changes including Canada’s prohibition and fur trade eras.
Musée de Lachine
Address: 1 Chemin du Musée, Lachine, QC H8S 4L9
Website: Musée de Lachine
Opening hours: Apr 1 - Nov 1: Wed - Sun: 10am - 5pm (closed from Mon- Tue); Jun 25 - Sep 6: Tue - Sun: 10am - 5pm (closed on Mon)
Price: Free
3. Centre de design de l'UQAM
Centre de design de l'UQAM displays creative exhibitions featuring historical and current trends in industrial, urban, and graphic design. During a visit to Montreal, make sure to set aside time to experience Quebec’s Centre of design and its innovative expositions from talented Quebecois artists. Since its opening in 1981, the museum has housed more than 300 exhibitions including ones dealing with innovations in architecture and fashion. Visitors can enjoy not only the museum’s current exhibitions but also travelling exhibitions from international creative intellectuals.
Centre de design de l'UQAM
Address: 1440 Rue Sanguinet, Montreal, QC H2X 3X9
Website: Centre de design de l'UQAM
Opening hours: Wed - Sun: 12pm - 6pm (closed from Mon - Tue)
Price: Free entry (depending on the program)
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4. La Guilde
Since it’s opening in 1906, the museum has created an environment to showcase Canada’s diverse First Nation and Inuit artwork. During its over 100 year existence, it has educated visitors on the designs from Canada’s First Peoples throughout history to modern times. Notably, visitors can enjoy exhibitions of recognized and emerging artists under La Guilde’s roof. There is a gift shop featuring talented works of art created with various mediums including animal hide, wood, stone, etc. Guests who’ve been satisfied with their visit of the gallery can help to promote the furtherance of First Nations’ creativity by purchasing its contemporary pieces.
La Guilde
Address: 1356 Sherbrooke Street W, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1J1
Website: La Guilde
Opening hours: Tue, Thu, Fri: 10am - 6pm; Wed: 10am - 9pm; Sat - Sun: 10am - 5pm (closed on Mon)
Price: Free
Montreal Tour Guide
Rene Rangel Havaux
My name is Rene and after 22 years working in the clothing industry I decided to make a carrer change and do what I love and I do best: Receive, entertain and guide visitors trough beautiful Montreal, the Canadian cultural capital, that offers to its visitors more than 100 festivals every year, a great diversity of museums, outdoor activities, sports, markets, restaurantes, craft breweries , and a vibrant cosmopolitan way of living, among many other interesting things. I love travelling, ( have been to 40 different countries around the globe), people, food, architecture, cycling and history are my passions in life. Throughout all this years discovering the world, I have come to realize that the best way to really discover and understand any place is trough its local people. I love to receive clients as if they where my own family, always in a friendly and respectful manner and adapting my tours to their specific interest and needs. I have been told many times that what makes my tours so special, is my outgoing friendly and enthusiastic personality and my knowledge and passion for Montreal.
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5. Musée du Sault-au-Récollet
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Musée du Sault-au-Récollet is located in the countryside of northern Montreal for visitors wishing to check out this historically important museum. Guests will journey back to the 17th century in this historic stone building with exposed wooden beams. Upon entering the building, they will be educated through staff and exhibits on the industrial, residential, and religious heritage of the Ahuntsic-Carterville region. Visitors will learn about Canada’s early settler’s daily lives through household items in these dynamic exhibitions and the museum’s educational program.
Musée du Sault-au-Récollet
Address: 10865 Rue du Pressoir, Montréal, QC H2B 2L1
Website: Musée du Sault-au-Récollet
Opening hours: Tue - Sun: 12pm - 6pm (closed on Mon)
Price: Free
Experience Montreal's amazing museums
Montreal is full of exciting attractions to check out including amazing museums where visitors can be educated on the early days of settling Canada. As visitors stroll through the vast hallways of galleries, they will be able to experience the innovative talent of Canadian artists from historic time to modern-day. Those who choose to add one of Montreal’s museums to their itinerary will leave enriched by the dynamic exhibits and the museum’s educational programs.
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