Guided Tours
Walk through foreboding jail cells. See messages scratched into the stone by inmates and the iron rings used to chain them to the floor. Then browse the books in the charming Victorian library, housing unique masterpieces dating from 1613 up to the present day. Join our professional tour guides and unlock the stories hidden in the bones of this historic building.
Cost
$6 per visitor
$4 for children 10 years old or younger
Group tours please contact us.
Free for tour guides, teachers, supervisors and bus drivers.
Duration
Tours last 45 minutes on average.
Hours May 31-September 5: Guided tours from Monday to Saturday: 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in French and 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in English and on Sunday: 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. in French and 1:30 p.m. in English.
Rest of the year: By reservation only, minimum 8 people, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. from
Monday to Friday. Reserve by phone at (418) 694-9147 or at info@morrin.org.
Customize your Tour (for tour planners)
You are a tour leader with little time who wishes to show our prison cells to your group? You'd like to stop for a 15-minute tea break and hear the
story of our mysterious General Wolfe statue? Get in touch with us today!
You work in the field of cultural tourism and would like to have access to a longer presentation on incarceration in the 19th century, the evolution
of the local English-speaking community, or Scottish military traditions? Call the number below.
Want to spend more time in the old city? Ask us about programs at partner organizations and spend a day exploring culture and heritage with your students.