Maison Saint-Gabriel — Attraction in Montreal

I was excited to visit this museum as I believe I may be a descendant of the Kings daughters. My grandmother was born in Quebec and spoke French. I took French in high school (many years ago and unfortunately have forgotten it) and always felt a strong bond with the people of Quebec. That being said, I feel differently now after visiting the Maison Saint Gabriel. There was a general coldness from most of the staff there (a few were somewhat welcoming). We arrived on a Wednesday at 2:45 for a 3:00 pm tour. We were told the tour was only in French, but there would be a 4:00 tour in English, a self guided tour on our cellphones. Obviously, we had to take the second option. The puzzling part was that we were the only people there the whole afternoon. So there was no 3:00 pm French tour. No one interacted at all with us at the 4:00 pm self guided tour. It was somewhat interesting, although we learned very little about the Filles Du Roi. On a limited vacation time it took a whole afternoon and considering the coldness we felt I would not do this again nor would I advise others to go...

Excellent place to visit with family or friends, very good information provided by kind people dressed as the Nouvelle France era, they explain how normal people lived and how they survived or work at that time, you can even try with them to do some of the activities, the tour inside the house is very worthy be aware that one tour is in English and next is in French, you can easily spend 3 hours in the visit, there is no parking at the house but is very easy to find free parking in the near surroundings, And for those that acquired their Canadian citizenship in the previous 12 months your entry might be free by presenting your...

History of Québec Education system speaks here. It’s the house of Marguerite Bourgeois where she started teaching to the girls for the first time in Québec. Many hospitals evidences, ancient agricultural tools and equipments, food freezing techniques, house heating techniques etc could be the best takeaway for the visitors. Most interesting, the bed had big pile of pillows almost a half of it’s size. It’s because the people during the period never used to sleep in laying positions due to the fear of dying. So, they used to sleep in sitting positions having a big support...