# Going to Montreal for a Week...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 25, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714 "2010-05-25T16:25:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714/1 "2010-05-25T16:25:36Z")
I’m going to Montreal for a week (July 10-17) and am looking for things to do.
I am taking a course there so I will be busy from 8:00-5:00 Monday to Friday. I’ll have all of Sunday the 11th off and a few hours on Saturday the 17th.
Any good museums I should go see? Any other attractions?
Also I’d love to go to a good steak house. Any recommendations? I’d like to have a good dinner, but I’d like to keep the price the less than $100.
Thanks!
MtM
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714/2 "2010-05-25T18:05:59Z")
A recent [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563565) on the same topic.
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714/3 "2010-05-26T18:16:22Z")
Museums? Depends what you like. In the way of historical museums we’ve got the [McCord Museum of Canadian History](http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/), the [Pointe-à-Callière museum](http://www.pacmusee.qc.ca/index.aspx?lang=EN-CA) of the archaeology of Montreal, the [Marguerite Bourgeoys museum at the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours](http://www.marguerite-bourgeoys.com/en/index.asp) chapel, the [Château Ramezay](http://www.chateauramezay.qc.ca/index2.htm), and the [Maison Saint-Gabriel](http://www.maisonsaint-gabriel.qc.ca/) (warning, embedded audio).
Science museums include the [Biodome](http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en) and [Botanical Gardens](http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/menu.htm) (biggest in the world after Kew!) and the [Redpath Museum](http://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/) (one of those awesome old cabinets of curiosity, complete with dinosaurs).
The main art museums are the [Montreal Museum of Fine Arts](http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/index.html) and Canada’s only [Museum of Contemporary Art](http://www.macm.org/en/index.html), which has free nights on Wednesdays.
As for great architecture, your main items are the churches – Notre-Dame Basilica, St. Joseph’s Oratory, and Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral in particular, along with the Chateau Dufresne. Finally, let me put in a good word for the [metro](http://www.metrodemontreal.com)and its art and architecture.
I’m not so good for the steak houses, but I’m sure someone can recommend one. There’s a new one that just opened in the Village, at the corner of Ste-Catherine and Visitation (one block east of Beaudry metro).
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### Author:  [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714/4 "2010-05-26T18:56:03Z")
Strip clubs are open **very** late…
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Cream\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Cream_Man)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-montreal-for-a-week/540714/5 "2010-05-27T00:51:44Z")
Have lunch at [Jardin Neslon](http://www.jardinnelson.com/) in old Montreal.