Musée Maritime du Québec
The Musée Maritime du Québec
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| Former name | Musée Bernier |
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| Established | 1968 |
| Location | 55 chemin des Pionniers Est L'Islet, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 47°07′43″N 70°22′17″W / 47.128677°N 70.371364°W |
| Collection size | 12,000 objects and documents |
| Visitors | 15,000 |
| Founder | The Association for Sailors, St. Lawrence Valley |
| Website | www.mmq.qc.ca |
The Musée Maritime du Québec (English: Maritime Museum of Québec, also known as the Musée Bernier) is a maritime museum located in the centre of the municipality of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The museum consists of an outdoor park that includes three separate museum ships, a historic building with exhibitions on the theme of the sea and a hanger-workshop with exhibits on the building of small wooden ships and vessels.
The museum is located in the municipality of L'Islet on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Québec City. The municipality has a rich maritime history, including the training of maritime navigators associated with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
The museum's mission is to safeguard, enhance and enable the study of the maritime heritage related to the St. Lawrence River, from the Great Lakes to the high seas, including the Arctic territories.
The museum was previously named as the Maritime Musée Bernier in honour of Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (1852–1934), a L'Islet native and mariner explored the Canadian Arctic.
The maritime history of the L'Islet region dates to its New France period. In 1853, the Christian Brothers created a school and taught maritime navigation. After a slow start, the school took the form of an "Industrial College" in 1873, better known today as the l'École des marins (School for sailors), providing seamanship training. In 1920, navigators who trained at the school founded the Association for Sailors in the St. Lawrence Valley. They organized several exhibitions in the local maritime college and founded the museum in 1968, Canada's first maritime museum.
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