An excellent find just south of the wharf. The Gold in the America's exhibit is quite thorough and thoughtful. We didn't have much time to see the other exhibits, but the rooms and exhibits are designed to draw you through the displays. The Leisure time exhibit is great, and would be prefect to let the kids run off some of... more

This museum was on top our "to do" list for Quebec City. It was disappointing. It was hot, overcrowded and very few people to help guide you. There were tons of school groups and the kids ran amuck. We couldn't get into the Dragon show at any time as it filled up over an hour in advance. The displays were... more

This is a must see museum. I have seen major museums throughout Europe and the Western U.S.. Musee de la Civilisation hits all five senses in an incredible way. The First People exhibit is well worth visiting. Literature is multi-lingual, with take home activity books in French and English. I hope to visit every year in conjunction with Quebec's fabulous... more

An excellent museum that has a variety of very interesting exhibits presented in an interactive format. Leave yourself enough time to push the buttons, watch the films and pull out the drawers for closer looks. The current exhibit on crime-scene investigations-- where you get to "solve" the murder using the clues and visiting the labs-- will take an hour or... more

Kind of like the physical representation of a National Geographic Magazine, this museum excellently covers a number of largely unrelated topics. My recent visit to the Musee informed me about the history of Quebec, Indonesian culture, Russian artifacts, the role of political speech and all about sodium chloride (a.k.a. salt.) As an American in Canada, I thought the perminant exhibit... more

I had high expectations from this museum. It wasn't a total waste of time, but I certainly would not make it a "must see" for Quebec City. Part I liked best dealt with Quebec history. The rest was only so-so. Sometimes they even skipped including english on markers for the exhibit. more

The Museum itself is fairly big. It doesn't cost all that much so its worth the visit. There's lots of artifacts from the time of New-France. There's also a rather interesting timeline of Quebec, and lots of informative videos in both French and English. There was an exhibit just on sand for some reason. It was rather interesting since they... more