This museum is built on the site of an old giant insurance building. The original building was built near the water on wooden pilings copied from those in Venice, which then had stonework on top of them. As the years passed and the water ebbed and flowed around them, the pilings rotted, so that in 1949 the building was torn down because it was in danger of collapsing. 
Most of the exhibit is underground, in the remnants of the old building. There are lots of interactive exhibits, including holograms of people who talk with you about their lives in the 1700s.
There are other places where videos are projected onto walls (ruins) and many other interesting things.
When we left the underground area, we went up onto the tower. I like the picture of Notre Dame with the big insurance building in the background. It sort of looks like it grows out of it.
They also had a Beatles exhibit of when the Beatles visited Montreal in the 60s. I didn't think it would be that interesting, but it was really kind of a Iife story of the Beatles, and it was interesting. The only picture I took was of their car. 
By the time we left the museum it was 3:30. I think we went in at about 11:30 or so. Too early for dinner, but John was starving. He remembered that treat we said we were going to have before we left, which is a sort of a sweet piece of hot bread, maybe fried? where you choose a topping or two. My half was apple, John's was Nutella.
I'm posting a few generic pictures of the Old City. 
Our hotel is the one with the open window. This is the front. Our room is on the back.
We had a fabulous dinner tonight at an Italian restaurant called L'Usine
We have to leave tomorrow at 5 am for the airport. Ugh.
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