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Quebec City
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Further Distractions
Quebec City
Observatoire de la Capitale (Capital Observatory)
The best view of the city itself is from the Capital Observatory, 31 floors above the Hôtel du Parlement. Information panels give a good recap of Quebec City's history, linking events to the buildings spread out below. From here, the plan of the defensive fortifications stands out, as does the layout of the Citadel.
Marie-Guyart Building, 31st Floor, 1037 rue de la Chevrotière
Tel: (418) 644 9841 or 1 888 497 4322.
Website: www.observatoirecapitale.org
Musée de l'Amérique Française (Museum of French America)
The Museum of French America occupies part of the vast Séminaire de Québec. The museum details the history of the seminary and showcases part of its diverse collection of artworks and religious and scientific objects. Summer concerts take place in the former chapel. For American visitors, the highlight is the exhibition on the dispersal of their ancestors from New France throughout the USA.
2 Côte de la Fabrique
Tel: (418) 692 2843 or 1 866 710 8031.
Website: www.mcq.org
Musée des Ursulines de Québec (The Ursulines of Quebec Museum)
Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation arrived in Quebec City in 1639 to found the first Ursuline monastery and girls' school in North America. Much is off limits, but visitors can see the chapel and its early 18th-century décor. The museum itself includes artefacts from the settlers' early days as well as religious paintings and other artworks.
12 rue Donnacona
Tel: (418) 694 0694.
Website: www.museocapitale.qc.ca/014a.htm
Insectarium de Québec (Quebec Insectarium)
Opened in April 2007, this brand new museum is already proving popular with children of all ages. From spiders to beettles to butterflies, the museum boasts a world class collection of insects and arthropods. There are sections on entomophagy (the habit of eating insects in food... think juicy worms and crunchy crickets) and ethnoentomology (the study of relationship between humans and insects), as well as several live exhibits, including a butterfly house.
Centre de plein air Notre-Dame-des-Bois
335, boulevard du Lac
Tel: 1 866 689 8748.
Website: www.insectariumdequebec.ca
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Observatoire de la Capitale (Capital Observatory)
The best view of the city itself is from the Capital Observatory, 31 floors above the Hôtel du Parlement. Information panels give a good recap of Quebec City's history, linking events to the buildings spread out below. From here, the plan of the defensive fortifications stands out, as does the layout of the Citadel.
Marie-Guyart Building, 31st Floor, 1037 rue de la Chevrotière
Tel: (418) 644 9841 or 1 888 497 4322.
Website: www.observatoirecapitale.org
Musée de l'Amérique Française (Museum of French America)
The Museum of French America occupies part of the vast Séminaire de Québec. The museum details the history of the seminary and showcases part of its diverse collection of artworks and religious and scientific objects. Summer concerts take place in the former chapel. For American visitors, the highlight is the exhibition on the dispersal of their ancestors from New France throughout the USA.
2 Côte de la Fabrique
Tel: (418) 692 2843 or 1 866 710 8031.
Website: www.mcq.org
Musée des Ursulines de Québec (The Ursulines of Quebec Museum)
Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation arrived in Quebec City in 1639 to found the first Ursuline monastery and girls' school in North America. Much is off limits, but visitors can see the chapel and its early 18th-century décor. The museum itself includes artefacts from the settlers' early days as well as religious paintings and other artworks.
12 rue Donnacona
Tel: (418) 694 0694.
Website: www.museocapitale.qc.ca/014a.htm
Insectarium de Québec (Quebec Insectarium)
Opened in April 2007, this brand new museum is already proving popular with children of all ages. From spiders to beettles to butterflies, the museum boasts a world class collection of insects and arthropods. There are sections on entomophagy (the habit of eating insects in food... think juicy worms and crunchy crickets) and ethnoentomology (the study of relationship between humans and insects), as well as several live exhibits, including a butterfly house.
Centre de plein air Notre-Dame-des-Bois
335, boulevard du Lac
Tel: 1 866 689 8748.
Website: www.insectariumdequebec.ca
The best view of the city itself is from the Capital Observatory, 31 floors above the Hôtel du Parlement. Information panels give a good recap of Quebec City's history, linking events to the buildings spread out below. From here, the plan of the defensive fortifications stands out, as does the layout of the Citadel.
Marie-Guyart Building, 31st Floor, 1037 rue de la Chevrotière
Tel: (418) 644 9841 or 1 888 497 4322.
Website: www.observatoirecapitale.org
Musée de l'Amérique Française (Museum of French America)
The Museum of French America occupies part of the vast Séminaire de Québec. The museum details the history of the seminary and showcases part of its diverse collection of artworks and religious and scientific objects. Summer concerts take place in the former chapel. For American visitors, the highlight is the exhibition on the dispersal of their ancestors from New France throughout the USA.
2 Côte de la Fabrique
Tel: (418) 692 2843 or 1 866 710 8031.
Website: www.mcq.org
Musée des Ursulines de Québec (The Ursulines of Quebec Museum)
Marie Guyart de l'Incarnation arrived in Quebec City in 1639 to found the first Ursuline monastery and girls' school in North America. Much is off limits, but visitors can see the chapel and its early 18th-century décor. The museum itself includes artefacts from the settlers' early days as well as religious paintings and other artworks.
12 rue Donnacona
Tel: (418) 694 0694.
Website: www.museocapitale.qc.ca/014a.htm
Insectarium de Québec (Quebec Insectarium)
Opened in April 2007, this brand new museum is already proving popular with children of all ages. From spiders to beettles to butterflies, the museum boasts a world class collection of insects and arthropods. There are sections on entomophagy (the habit of eating insects in food... think juicy worms and crunchy crickets) and ethnoentomology (the study of relationship between humans and insects), as well as several live exhibits, including a butterfly house.
Centre de plein air Notre-Dame-des-Bois
335, boulevard du Lac
Tel: 1 866 689 8748.
Website: www.insectariumdequebec.ca
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