Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (French: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is a major museum in Montreal, Canada. It was founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution.
It is the city's largest museum and is among the most prominent in Canada. The museum is partitioned into two pavilions: the 1912 Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, a marble-encrusted building in the classical style, and the modernist Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion across the street, built in 1991.
While the Desmarais Pavilion houses works of art from around the world, the Hornstein's focus is specifically Quebec's history. Together, the edifices house about 30,000 pieces. The Museum is located on the historic Golden Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street, famous for the opulent mansions which once lined it. Many of these historic buildings were torn down and replaced by high rise office towers in the second half of the 20th century; however, today the area's historic significance is more highly appreciated thanks to the growth of Montreal grassroots conservationist movements in the 1990s.
On February 14th, 2007, the museum's administration board announced its project to convert the Erskine and American church, located on Sherbrooke West street, into a Canadian art pavilion. This new building will allow the museum to double the display surface currently dedicated to Canadian artists. The Erskine and American church, dating from 1894, is renowned as a national historic site.
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