McCord Stewart Museum

McCord Stewart Museum
The McCord Stewart Museum
McCord Stewart Museum is located in Montreal
McCord Stewart Museum
Location in Montreal
EstablishedOctober 13, 1921[1]
Location690 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1E9
Coordinates45°30′16″N 73°34′25″W / 45.5044°N 73.5737°W / 45.5044; -73.5737
TypeHistory museum
Collection size2,5 million objects, images and manuscripts[2]
Visitors150 000 indoors (2022)[3]
PresidentAnne Eschapasse[4]
Public transit access at McGill
Websitewww.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/

The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. It is located directly across the street from McGill University, in the downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[5]

  1. ^ "Its History". McCord Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The Collection". McCord Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Annual Reports". McCord Stewart Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Museum Staff".
  5. ^ "McCord Museum". The Canadian Encyclopedia.