Established | October 13, 1921[1] |
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Location | 690 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E9 |
Coordinates | 45°30′16″N 73°34′25″W / 45.5044°N 73.5737°W |
Type | History museum |
Collection size | 2,5 million objects, images and manuscripts[2] |
Visitors | 150 000 indoors (2022)[3] |
President | Anne Eschapasse[4] |
Public transit access | at McGill |
Website | www |
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]