The most important collection of paintings and sculpture by Québécois artists is held by the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Over 22,000 selections of works are displayed in three chronological exhibitions:

• The earliest dates from the beginnings of Québécois art and is largely influenced by religion
• The second covers the European-influenced modernist period up to 1945
• The third showcases figurative and abstract art from the mid-20th century

These are supplemented by traveling shows and permanent exhibitions that focus on painter Jean-Paul Lemieux and abstract painter and sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, as well as the new Brousseau collection of Inuit art.

A hallway of cells, with the iron bars and courtyard, has been preserved to show part of an abandoned prison dating from 1867. Inuit art from the past is also displayed, where materials such as walrus tusks, bone, caribou antlers and soapstone were used. The museum’s site at the southwest end of the Plains of Abraham is dotted with sculptures. The museum’s address is 1 av.

Wolfe-Montcalm is free to the public, although sometimes special exhibits may have an admission charge.