Did you know that the Château Ramezay – Historic Site and Museum of Montréal was selected by a team of experts, in collaboration with UNESCO, as one of the 1001 historic sites you must see before you die?
Relive more than 500 years of history through its numerous exhibits, its multimedia portrayals of historical figures (available in six languages) and its French colonial style garden.
Château Ramsey is a Historic Museum located in the Old Port of Montreal, facing the City Hall on Notre Dame Street.
Built in 1705 for the Govenor of Montreal Claude Ramsey it is the oldest private history museum in Montreal, designated National Historic Site of Canada in 1949.
The Museum is built in an ‘authentic stone construction’ featuring sturdy stone walls and wood stove fireplaces. The Governors Garden, inaugurated in 2000 has won an excellence award from the Landscape Architects of Canada.
