A Lively Exchange between Amateurs and Connoisseurs

Notre raison d’être : réunir autour de l’art en proposant des expériences créatives façonnées par l’excellence.

Mémoire vivante de l’art et des artistes du Québec depuis le 17e siècle, avec plus de 42 000 œuvres.

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Current Exhibitions

Niki de Saint Phalle sitting on one of her armchairs during the installation of her retrospective at the Centre Pompidou

Featured Exhibition

Niki de Saint Phalle

Until January 4, 2026

Exposition Nous

Permanent Exhibition

Us

At all time

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition.

MNBAQ Collections

Vue de lexposition Arts decoratifs et design du Quebec8

Permanent Exhibition

Decorative Arts and Design in Québec

At all time

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition.

MNBAQ Collections

A family visting the Illipunga. Inuit Art. The Brousseau Collection exhibition // Photo : MNBAQ, Emmanuelle Letendre-Lévesque

Permanent Exhibition

Ilippunga

Permanent exhibition

At all time

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition.

MNBAQ Collections

BGL, Lost in Nature (The Car) (detail), 1998 (2000.356) ©bgl // Photo : MNBAQ, David Cannon

Permanent Exhibition

Contemporary Art in Québec

At all time

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition.

MNBAQ Collections

Jean Paul Riopelle, L'Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg (detail), 1992. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 155 × 4039 cm (whole) MNBAQ, gift of the artist (1996.96) © Estate of Jean Paul Riopelle / CARCC, Ottawa, 2025 // Photo : MNBAQ, David Cannon

Permanent Exhibition

Jean Paul Riopelle's Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg

At all time

Free

No reservation required

MNBAQ Collections

Tony Matelli, Josh, 2010 © Tony Matelli // Photo : Gracieuseté de l'Institute for Cultural Exchange, Tübingen

Featured Exhibition

Hyperrealistic Sculpture

From February 26, 2026 until October 12, 2026

Tickets are required to visit this exhibition.

Coming soon

Upcoming Activities

Guided tour
Guided tour of Niki de Saint Phalle. The 1980s and 1990s: Art Unleashed

11:00

From June 20, 2025 until September 1, 2025

Free with admission to the Musée
No reservation required
- In French
Workshop
Flight of the snow goose

13:15

June 22, 2025

A reservation is required.
- Families
Guided tour
Guided tour of Niki de Saint Phalle. The 1980s and 1990s: Art Unleashed

13:00

From June 23, 2025 until September 1, 2025

Free with admission to the Musée
No reservation required
- In English
Special event

Creative Cartomancy: Niki de Saint Phalle and the Tarot

15:00

From June 28, 2025 until August 16, 2025

Member: $20 | Regular: $22 | Ages 18–30: $20
Workshop
Snakes on the Loose!

13:30

From June 28, 2025 until September 1, 2025

Free
No reservation required
- Free
Guided tour
Guided tour of Niki de Saint Phalle. The 1980s and 1990s: Art Unleashed

10:30

From July 4, 2025 until August 9, 2025

Free
Reservation required
- For Members Only
- Free
Cinema
La Couleur de Réal

Artist portraits from the collection

19:00

July 16, 2025

Member: $7 | Regular: $10
Booking to come
- In French
Music
Apéros au jardin Route d'Artistes - Héron and Mia Kelly

16:00

July 23, 2025

Free
No reservation required
- Free

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Arts and Artists

Get ready for an artistic journey from New France to the present day. Explore our collections!

Contemporary Art (1960 to present)
Modern Art (1900–1959)
Ancient Art (until 1899)
Decorative Arts and Design
Inuit Art
Private Collections and Archives

Your day at the Musée

Practical Information
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Librairie-Boutique

The Fondation du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is giving people more ways to access art.

Our Musée, transformed

Riopelle’s dream, a new page in the Musée’s history. A pavilion dedicated to Jean Paul Riopelle is set to open in the fall of 2026, becoming a crown jewel of the museum complex.

Discover the Espace Riopelle