MUSÉE NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QUÉBEC
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This is the place to come to see the most impressive collection of Quebec art. Bonus: an excellent restaurant on site.
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec boasts the largest and most comprehensive collection of Québec art, with over 42,000 works dating back to the 17th century. It offers an exceptional panorama of Quebec's art history in four pavilions. Don't miss the Pierre Lassonde pavilion, which showcases Quebec's post-1960 contemporary art collection, including Inuit art, decorative arts and design. In the passageway linking this pavilion to the rest of the complex, you must see Riopelle's immense fresco L'Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg, a narrative sequence of 30 paintings measuring a total of 40 metres. Project in progress: the creation of the future Espace Riopelle. This new pavilion, which will house the world's largest public collection of works by Jean-Paul Riopelle, will partially replace the current central pavilion and is scheduled to open in 2026. The museum offers a variety of guided tours to discover the exhibitions and collections (self-guided tours with audioguide and digital tours are also available). The museum also organizes workshops for families and adults, concerts, lectures and meetings, screenings of art films and films by Quebec authors, etc. Round off your visit with a meal at one of the museum's restaurants (Café Québécor by Laurent Godbout and the Vitalité takeaway counter), or drop by the bookshop-boutique, brimming with treasures.
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