Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art museum in Montreal, Canada
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Montreal, Canada, that spans five interconnected buildings and houses more than 47,000 works from several centuries. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, and decorative objects that guide visitors through spacious galleries and thematically organized halls.
Founded in 1860, the museum began in a room at Phillips Square and moved to its current location on Sherbrooke Street West in 1912, where a building in the Beaux-Arts style was erected. Over the decades the site expanded through the construction of additional pavilions that blend modern and historic architecture.
The institution takes its name from a group of art enthusiasts who gathered over a century and a half ago to preserve collections for the city. Today it displays Canadian artists alongside European masters, and works by Indigenous communities receive dedicated rooms where visitors experience traditional and contemporary creations side by side.
The museum opens Wednesday through Sunday between 10:00 and 17:00, and all pavilions are accessible to wheelchairs. The nearest metro station is Guy-Concordia, from which you can reach the main entrance in a few minutes on foot.
The Bourgie Hall, a concert hall within the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion, connects music and visual arts through regular performances that visitors can experience during their visit. The hall sits beside the galleries and allows sound and image to come together in one place.
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