The Morrin Centre is a nationally recognized heritage site, museum, and leading English-language cultural center located in the heart of historic Old Quebec City. Built over 200 years ago as one of the city’s first common jails, it now houses one of the world’s most beautiful libraries. Walk through foreboding jail cells and browse the books in the charming Victorian library. We also offer diverse events including an annual writers’ Festival, concerts, children’s activities, readings, and lectures.
The Morrin Centre has had a long life, once housing a prison, a college, and now a cultural centre. The building houses an exquisite Victorian library, home to thousands of books collected by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. These volumes preserve centuries of knowledge, ideas, and stories.
Messages can also be found in unexpected places, like the graffiti in the preserved jail cells. Visitors can tour the cells and explore the marks left behind by its past inhabitants. Together, the books of the library and the graffiti left by prisoners show how communication can come in many forms for many different reasons.
