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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Montreal Downtown

Public Building

Montreal Museum of Fine Art is one of the oldest institutions in the city. It was founded in 1860 under the name Art Association of Montreal. Of course, at this time the building was much smaller. See this page to see the old building on the edge of Phillips Square.

Since it is located on Sherbrooke Street, the museum has been expanded three times. The first extension in the back of the building is a modern realization of the architectural firm Arcop and Associates conducted in 1976. A second expansion come the other side of the street with the new building Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion built in 1991. Recently (2007), the purchase of Erskine church that expanded the exhibition space.

This building is classic renewal architectural style. See original plan and drawings for this building on Edwards Maxwell Archive on McGill website.

Architect: Edward and W.S. Maxwell

Constructor and other companies involved in construction: Norcross Marble Co.

Downtown

2075, rue Bishop

2016

4 storey

Downtown

1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest

1991

5 storey

Downtown

3410, rue du Musée

1976

2 storey

Downtown

This building has neo-roman architectural style.

1894

4 storey

Downtown Square Phillips

1879

3 storey

Location / address: 3410 du Musée Street Avenue / rue Sherbrooke ouest | Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Near subway station Peel. Bus: 24

This building is...

1 : please destroys this building!

2 : ugly: need major restoration, otherwise…

3 : not very beautiful.

4 : common.

5 : ok but Just for saying that this building is not common.

6 : beautiful building but not very original.

7 : pleasant, elegant building which improves its immediate environment

8 : among most beautiful building of its category.

9 : among most beautiful building of Montreal.

10 : a master peace and should be known across the world.

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162.73 / 10 - 70 votes

This building is in the top hundred most beautiful buildings of Montreal ranked by our users. Rank: 30

Building’s name: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Other name: MBAM

Architect: Edward and W.S. Maxwell

Others companies: Norcross Marble Co.

Borough: Downtown, Arrondissement Ville - Marie, Centre de l’Île

4 floors (overground)

Year of completion: 1912

Building type: Public Building