In a beautiful historic firehouse. Have been there once as a visitor (very interesting photo exhibit) and twice with my grade 6 students (fun, hands-on overview of Mtl's history) and enjoyed both. Not as serious and dry as other historical museums I've seen that just exhibit a bunch of artifacts. I recommend this to tourists as an introduction to their... More

I was interested in going to this museum because of a particular exhibit. It seems to me that the exhibit was ending in early to mid 2012. So if anyone is interested in that exhibit(described later) they should check the website. The exhibit that I was interested in was about neighbourhoods that had been torn down to build things such... More

The building was really cool and the museum itself was informative. Found the staff to be slightly unpleasant. It's a good museum to go to on your first day in Montreal to learn about the history of the city. More

We stumbled across this museum while wandering around Old Montreal and spent an hour or so here. The museum follows the history of Montreal from its founding to the present. It gave us a great overview of the city, its history and many of the most interesting aspects of Montreal. We learned a lot and I feel like we really... More

Visited hoping to get a full history of Montreal and Quebec - lots of good information and early history... but to me seemed a bit "whitewashed" in terms of recent Quebec history. Small collection on the ground floor, temporary exhibits on the first and second floors. Overall thought it wasn't worth the admission price. More

We did not want to spend all of our time in museums and this provided us with a alot of info on the history of Montreal without being overwhelming. Appealing to both visual and auditory learners, there is push button commentary (also in English), in each area. It houses the original Admiral Horatio Nelson statue; a copy exists on his... More

Small, quiet and informative is how I'd describe this attraction. Reasonably priced, it provides an overview of Montreal's history from its founding to today in both French and English. Particularly interesting is the audio commentaries that are placed in each time block. I would recommend visiting here before starting your explorations of Montreal. Staff are were alse very helpful and... More