McCord Stewart Museum
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The McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal presents exhibitions and activities that explore social history and contemporary issues, featuring over 2.5 million artifacts.
Planning your visit
The McCord Stewart holds over 2.5 million objects documenting Montreal's social history, and its strengths lie in four areas: Indigenous cultures, dress and textiles, photography, and documentary art.
The photographic archive is the outstanding element. William Notman ran a Montreal studio from 1856, and his firm's surviving negatives — several hundred thousand of them — constitute one of the most complete visual records of nineteenth-century North American life anywhere, covering portraits across all social classes, industry, landscape and the building of the country.
The Indigenous collections cover peoples across Canada, and the museum has worked substantially with communities on interpretation and repatriation.
The fashion holdings trace three centuries of dress, and exhibitions frequently draw on them.
It sits on Sherbrooke Street beside McGill University. The museum has been planning a move to a larger site. Allow ninety minutes. The main booking is an entry ticket. Current availability is listed below.
Before you book
Where is McCord Stewart Museum?
McCord Stewart Museum is in Montreal, Canada. The map on this page marks its exact location.
How long should I allow for McCord Stewart Museum?
Allow ninety minutes. That is the time the collection itself takes at an unhurried pace, before any queue.
Do I need to book McCord Stewart Museum in advance?
Tickets can be bought on the door at quiet times, but booking ahead fixes the date and avoids the queue at busy ones. Live availability is shown on this page.
