The Redpath Museum Tour

Join us on April 6th when we will visit the Redpath Museum, a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University. It was built in 1882 by Canada's foremost Victorian naturalist, Sir William Dawson, as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath​ and is the oldest building built specifically to be a museum in Canada. We will return to the Club following the guided tour for cocktails and canapés!

Meeting Time: 3:00 p.m.

Meeting Location: Redpath Museum

Address: 859 Sherbrooke Street West

Ticket Price: $50.00 + taxes and service. Canapés Chef's choice and one glass of wine (white or red), or beer are included after the visit including the entrance fees to the Museum.

Please note that any participant (registered or not) touring with the University Club of Montreal group will be charged in full.

About the Museum

The mission of the Redpath Museum is to collect, preserve, study and display material pertaining to natural history and cultural heritage at McGill University. The Museum oversees the protection of the collections it houses through preservation, conservation, and research. The museum's natural history and world cultures collections, as well as the knowledge derived from them, are made publicly available to foster positive changes in the perception and appreciation of nature, for future generations. In addition to its public service role, the core of the Museum's mission is to provide university students training in museology, in the highest standards of collections management, research, exhibition, and public education.

The Redpath Museum is an independent unit of the Faculty of Science at McGill University. Its mission is to foster an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of our biological, geological and cultural heritage through scientific research, collections study and education. It has its own faculty and offers courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as a minor in natural history.

Research projects at the Museum focus on evolution, whether it's detailing some 3.5 billion years of life on the planet or examining how creatures and systems are changing today. Scientific research at the Museum is based on a total collection of over half a million objects, including fossil, animal and mineral specimens, as well as artefacts from various cultures. This material is used daily in a multitude of university courses and research projects, and many specimens are loaned to other institutions to contribute to research.

Not a member? Email your name and the name of the member you will be accompanying to info@ucmontreal.ca to register.

For more information about the history of the museum and its architecture: Tea and Fossils | Redpath Museum - McGill University​