Musée de la civilisation

The museum collections include artifacts related to art, society, and ethnography. There are over 225,000 objects in the collection. The previous buildings of the Banque de Paris and the Maison Estèbe, which were situated on Saint-Pierre street, were integrated in the museum's structure. Permanent and temporary exhibitions are held at the museum, usually related to humanities, and virtual exhibitions are also available. The institution also hosts Quartier des découvertes (Discovery Zone), geared towards children, and offers other services such as guided visits, a French America reference centre, shows, souvenir boutiques, a cafeteria, and a leisure room.

• Name — Musée de la civilisation • Established — 19 December 1984 • Location — 85, rue Dalhousie Quebec City, Quebec G1K 8R2 • Type — humanities • Director — Stéphan La Roche, CEO (Directeur général) • Visitors — 543,128 (FY 2005) • Website — https: www.mcq.org/

• Illustration — Paysage de l'Ile d'Orléans • Illustration — Louis-Jacques Casault • Illustration — Winter 2005, Dieu-Tsar-Revolution exhibition

During the spring of 2021, The Globe and Mail published an article by journalist Kate Taylor about research concerning the museum's large collection of human remains. This collection, on long-term loan from the provincial Ministry of Public Security, includes more than one hundred body parts—such as tattooed skin from a 29-year-old homicide victim named Mildred Brown—taken from the bodies of murder victims by Dr. Wilfrid Derome during the early twentieth century.

• Territoires (Territories) • Le Temps des Québécois (People of Québec... then and Now) • Nous, les premières nations (Encounter with the First Nations)

The Museum is affiliated with: the Canadian Museums Association, the Canadian Heritage Information Network, and the Virtual Museum of Canada.

Musée de la civilisation is associated with Canada. Recorded from 1988.