Musée de l'Amérique Francophone

The Musée de l'Amérique francaise, the oldest museum in Canada, has its roots in European religious and educational traditions. Located in a building that is part of the Séminaire de Québec site, founded by Monseigneur de Laval in 1663, it is a witness and herald of a colourful past, worthy of the world's greatest epics. Its first collection of scientific instruments intended for educational purposes dates back to 1806. Through the years, numerous collections were assembled, such as ancient coins and medals, mineralogy, geology, numismatic, zoology, and botanical collections, as well as fossils, paintings, ethnology and ancient books. Today, these unique witnesses to the past are part of a collection entrusted to the Musée de la civilisation, of which the Musée de l'Amérique francaise has been a component since 1995.