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Press releases

Norman Parkinson: Always in style

On view from April 19 to September 2, 2024, Norman Parkinson: Always in Style is the first of two exhibitions devoted to fashion and portrait photography making their North American premieres at the McCord Stewart Museum this spring.

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WINTER-SPRING 2024 PROGRAMMING

Three exhibitions will make their North American premiere at the McCord Stewart Museum during the first months of 2024.

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2024 FALL CULTURAL PROGAMMING

Programming coming soon

Institutional news

THREE NEW TRUSTEES JOIN THE MCCORD MUSEUM FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The McCord Museum Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Michèle Bernier, Jiad Ghoussoub and Félix Rhéaume to its board of trustees.

FRANÇOIS VALLÉE, NEW HEAD, EXHIBITIONS, RECEIVES THE PRIX RELÈVE 2023 FROM THE SMQ

The McCord Stewart Museum is pleased to announce that François Vallée, Project Manager, Exhibitions, has been awarded the Prix Relève 2023 by the Société des musées du Québéc (SMQ).

USE OF IMAGES AND VIDEOS

The distribution, publication or reproduction of the images and videos presented on this page is reserved for media and non-commercial use and must be directly related to the McCord Stewart Museum’s collections, exhibitions, activities or news. Any other use is subject to prior authorization.*

*Unless otherwise specified, images from our collection available in the Online Collection and marked “public domain” are free of copyright. You are therefore free to copy, modify and distribute these images, even for commercial purposes. To find out more about licensing an image, visit the Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Photographic works made available to the media under the “Objects” tab are works of art. These images must therefore be reproduced in their entirety, without cropping, bleeding, overprinting or any other modification that would alter their condition. Full credit must be associated with the work in all publication types and formats.

Q&A

Interview requests

All interview requests should be sent to Marc-André Champagne (marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca). Please indicate in your email the name of the media outlet, the subject, the type of article or report and the deadline for the interview.

Media visits

Journalists with a press card can visit the Museum’s exhibitions free of charge during normal opening hours on presentation of the card.

If, for any reason, you would like to visit the Museum outside opening hours, please contact Marc-André Champagne (marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca).

Current exhibition

Temporary exhibition

Becoming Montreal

Take a trip back in time via the remarkable watercolours of James Duncan. Chronicler of his time, artist James Duncan documented Montreal’s development over a period of five decades, from 1830 to 1880.

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Temporary exhibition

Presence of the past

For its first collaboration with the Contemporary Native Art Biennial, the Museum will host Kanien’kehà:ka artist MC Snow. In two original works, the artist explores the messages and emotions conveyed by the Kanien’kehá:ka objects in the Museum’s Indigenous Cultures collection.

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Permanent exhibition

Indigenous voices of today: knowledge, trauma, resilience

The exhibition bears witness to the still unrecognized knowledge of Indigenous peoples in Quebec and Canada as well as the deep wounds they carry and their incredible resilience.

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Exhibition page

Upcoming exhibitions

Temporary exhibition

Norman Parkinson: always in style

Press visit: April 16 at 11 a.m.

Norman Parkinson: always in style presents 79 of his best-known images, as well as recent discoveries from his remarkable photographic portfolio.

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Exhibition web page

Temporary exhibition

Portraits and Fashion – Quebec Photographers Beyond Borders

Portraits and Fashion – Quebec Photographers Beyond Borders brings together prints by 17 photographers who are shining a spotlight on Quebec talent on the international stage

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6 collections

For over one hundred years, the Museum has been building its rich collections of objects, images and documents that bear witness to the social history of Montreal, the city’s place within Quebec and Canada, and the vitality of Indigenous cultures.

Online collection
The site also features approximately 144,000 royalty-free images that may be downloaded in the highest resolution available, free of charge, with no restrictions on their use. Created to provide unparalleled access to the McCord Stewart Museum’s collections, the project is a first for the institution.

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