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Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, Montreal

The inviting, super-modern home to the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, a massive library housing four million works.

The inviting, super-modern home to the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, a massive library housing four million works. The building itself is a contemporary style building integrating art and architecture including a glass mural, a kinetic luminous mural, a sculpture garden, and varying museum-style displays in the lower-level gallery. The tiles that cover the outside of the building are made to resemble a closed book. Architectural tours are offered.


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About Grande Bibliothèque du Québec

 475 de Maisonneuve E Montreal, QC H2L 5C4, Canada

 +1 514-873-1100

 banq.qc.ca‎

Grande Bibliothèque du Québec and Nearby Sights on Map

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Galerie de l'UQAM

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Place Sun-Yat-Sen

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Montreal Chinatown

Montreal's Chinatown (Le quartier chinois) mostly runs along rue de la Gauchetière between rue Jeanne-Mance and rue Saint-Dominique (this section is mostly pedestrianized), and also along rue Saint-Urbain and boulevard Saint-Laurent between rue Viger and boulevard René-Lévesque

Carré Saint-Louis

A smaller park, Carré Saint-Louis is at the east end of the Prince Arthur pedestrian mall, next to rue Saint-Denis