The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)
About the place
- Country : Canada , Montreal
- Address : 1380 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, QC H3G 1J5, Canada
- Category : Museums
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)
Overview:
"Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal" is the art museum in Montreal, Quebec. It is one of Montreal's largest and most prominent museums in Canada. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street.
The museum is spread across five pavilions, and occupies an area of 53,095 square meters, 13,000 square meters of which are displaying spaces. With the 2016 inauguration of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace, the museum campus ranked the eighteenth largest art museum in North America.
The permanent collection included approximately 44,000 works in 2013. The original reading room of the Art Association of Montreal was the precursor of the museum's current library, the oldest art library in Canada.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a member of the International Group of Organizers of Large-scale Exhibitions. It is also known as the Bizot Group, a forum which allows the leaders of the largest museums in the world to exchange works and exhibitions. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, and Virtual Museum of Canada.
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