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McCord Stewart Museum explores Canadian social history, especially Montreal, across from McGill University in downtown Montreal.
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Exposition temporaire
26 Nov – 6 Sep 2027
Installation
Until 10 Jan 20272 USD
Why go
- UNESCO added the Notman Photographic Archives to its Memory of the World International Register in May 2025.
- The textile collection holds North America’s oldest known patchwork quilt, dated 1726.
- The Dress, Fashion and Textiles collection contains 27,000 garments and accessories, including work by Montreal designers.
- The former McGill Union building was designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs in the Arts and Crafts style in 1906.
Opening hours
Today10:00 – 17:00Show all
MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 21:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 17:00
Sunday10:00 – 17:00
Don't miss
- Voix autochtones d’aujourd’huiThe museum’s permanent exhibition has been on view since 2022.At the museum
- EncycloFashionQCThe museum’s online encyclopedia of Quebec fashion has over 500 entries.Online
- Totem urbain / histoire en dentellePierre Granche’s public sculpture allegorically represents Montreal’s history.Outside, at the junction of the old building and extension by rue Victoria.
What's inside
- The Indigenous collection includes over 8,500 archaeological objects dating from about 10,000 years ago to the 16th century.
- The Indigenous Cultures collection includes historical objects dating from the early 1800s to 1945.
- The clothing and textiles collection has been assembled since 1957.
- The photography collection spans images from 1840 to the present, early photographic processes, family albums and equipment.
- The Archives preserve records from families, notable individuals, companies and associations.
- The Material Culture collection includes furniture, ceramics, sports equipment and 19th-century toys.
- The Documentary Art collection includes paintings, miniatures, silhouettes, prints and caricatures.
Interesting facts4
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1840
The William Notman & Son studio collection includes over 400,000 images, including 200,000 glass negatives, mostly from 1840 to 1935.
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16,000 objects
The Indigenous Cultures collection has over 16,000 objects relating to First Nations, Inuit and Métis lifeways and traditions.
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92,000 works
The Documentary Art collection has 92,000 works documenting people, places and events in Montreal, Quebec and Canada.
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346 linear
The archives include 346 linear metres of material and 3,670 rare books on Canadian history from the 18th century onward.
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Shorts
History
Mary Dudley Muir, his secretary, became the museum's director.
- 1878David Ross McCord began expanding his family's collection and planned a national history museum.
- 1919McGill University accepted McCord's gift of the collection.
- 1921The McCord National Museum opened on 13 October in Jesse Joseph's former house.
- 1936The museum closed to the public; it would reopen in 1971.
- 1971It reopened to the public on 13 October in the former McGill Union building.
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- 1988The museum became independent after more than 60 years under university management.
- 1992A major renovation and expansion added exhibition space and temperature-controlled storage.
- 2013The museum merged with the Musée Stewart, whose collection included about 27,000 artefacts on European presence in New France and North America.
- 2018The Musée de la mode merger supported the preservation and promotion of Quebec and Canadian costume, fashion and textiles.
- 2019The museum launched EncycloFashionQC, an online encyclopedia of Quebec fashion.
- 2022On 31 August, it took the McCord Stewart Museum name after the Stewart Museum closed and its collection joined the museum.
How to get there
- 15 minOn footEntrance address: 690 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, at rue Victoria
- 16 minTrainMcGill metro station is nearby
Sources: McCord Stewart Museum - Wikipedia · Montreal/Downtown - Wikivoyage (see) · McCord Stewart Museum - Wikipedia · Musée McCord Stewart - Wikipedia · checked 4 Oct 2026
Where
690 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal
- Website
- musee-mccord-stewart.ca/
- Phone
- +1 514-861-6701
Questions and answers
What subjects do McCord Stewart Museum’s collections cover?
Medicine, war, politics, culture, family life and exploration.
Which historical organisations and figures are represented at McCord Stewart Museum?
Its holdings include material related to the North West Company, Hudson’s Bay Company, the First World War and Louis Riel.
How large is McCord Stewart Museum’s Material Culture collection?
It contains over 63,000 objects.
Where was the Stewart Museum before its merger with McCord Stewart Museum?
On Île Sainte-Hélène.
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