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Address:	1380 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest Montreal, QC,
District:	Downtown Montreal
Phone:	(514) 285-2000
Web Site:	www.mmfa.qc.ca

Profile

Founded in 1860, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) shows the work of Canadian and international artists. It is Montreal's largest museum.

Architectural Notes

The museum operates in several pavillions. One of them (1379 Sherbrooke Street) is housed in a 1912 Beaux Arts building by William Sutherland Maxwell. Another one (the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion), across rue Sherbrooke, was designed by Moshe Safdie and built in 1991. The Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion has the principal entrance. Visitors can access the 1912 pavilion via an underground passage.

Information last updated: 17/Sep/2008

Articles, Reviews, Updates, etc

Provence in Montreal
Posted by Ree in Montreal » Attractions on 22/Oct/2005

You no longer have to fly to Paris and take the TGV to experience your favorite Provencal views! Until January 8, 2006 you can visit Provence at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, for the exhibition "Right under the Sun. Landscape in Provence, from Classicism to Modernism"...

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