Québec City Sights

Musée du Fort

#5 of 172 things to do in Québec City

#363 of 27205 things to do in North America

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  • Address
    • 10 Rue Ste-Anne
  • Transport
    • 3, 7, 11
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 418 692 1759
  • Price
    • adult/student $8/5
  • Hours
    • 10am-5pm Apr-Oct, 11am-4pm Jan-Mar

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Lonely Planet review for Musée du Fort

Not really a museum at all, the Musée du Fort houses a 30-minute multimedia show on the many attempts over the centuries to take Québec City. It’s all played out on a model/diorama that lights up in the middle of a minitheater. The breathless narration and anemic smoke-puffs that pass for special effects are a bit hokey but it does give a quick, enjoyable, easy-to-grasp audiovisual survey of the city’s battles and history, making a good introduction to it. English-language shows are held on the hour (French-language versions on the half-hour).

 

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    gordonc15 recommends this,

    In this day and age of digital special effects and whiz bangery it is a little quaint to see puffs of smoke and good old fashioned coloured lighting, but the Musee du Fort presentation actually works! It is a mini-wonder of creative theatre and ingenuity, that tells the complex patriotic story simply and well. Worth checking out the display on the history of the diorama itself.

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