The First-Timer · Julien · Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MMFA)
The best rainy-day art stop, and free for the permanent collection on certain days. It's big — five pavilions — so the move is to pick two or three, not march through everything and burn out. The Quebec and Canadian art and the Inuit collection are what you can't see elsewhere. Buy a timed ticket, start fresh in the pavilion you care about most, and stop before fatigue hits.
The city's encyclopedic fine arts museum across five pavilions — Old Masters to Quebec moderns and a deep Inuit collection. Pick two pavilions; don't try them all.
— Julien, The First-Timer
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