Musée de la Banque de Montréal

Frommer's Review

Facing the Basilique Notre-Dame and Place d'Armes is Montréal's oldest bank building, with a classic facade beneath a graceful dome, a carved pediment, and six Corinthian columns. The outside dimensions and appearance remain largely unchanged since the building's completion in 1847. Pop in for 10 minutes to see the small museum just inside and to the left featuring a replica of the bank's first office, gold nuggets from the Yukon, a collection of 100-year-old mechanical banks, and a display on how to spot a forged bill. Take a look at the sumptuous interior, too: It was renovated from 1901 through 1905 by the famed U.S. firm McKim, Mead, and White, and features Ionic and Corinthian columns of Vermont granite, walls of pink marble from Tennessee, and a counter of Levanto marble.

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