Description: When people go to cities like Montreal, they always seem to head for the major attractions and little museums like this often get overlooked. Chateau Ramezay is right across from Montreal's City Hall in the thick of Old Montreal and it only takes about an hour or so to see it all. It might not sound like much but it's a little museum that traces the history of the city of Montreal, founded by missionaries to convert the native aboriginal peoples to Christianity. There are dioramas, furniture, artifacts, portraits and loads of information.
The chateau dates back 300 years and is the province's oldest private history museum. The building itself has had many lives, including life as the American army headquarters when the Revolutionary army invaded Montreal. It has been a museum since the late 1890s and the history it relates starts at the founding of Montreal and ends when the museum was opened.
There is an outdoor cafe overlooking the herb garden in the summer and the chateau can be rented for functions.
It costs 9$ for an adult admission with discounts for seniors, students and children. It's open from 10 to 6 p.m. every day in summer, and in winter, it's open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 to 4:30. It does have a ramp and an elevator for the disabled to get to the exhibits on the lower floor. You can take photos but not with a flash.
This is definitely worth a stop in!
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