Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts

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1379 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2T9(514) 285-1600

Description: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is one of Canada’s oldest and most well-known museums. The museum complex is split into three pavilions connected by underground passages, with building...Read More

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Fine Arts in Montreal

by tvordj

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

November 11, 2009

The Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal is a lovely museum with exhibits spread across two buildings linked by an underground throughway. There is a very good collection of Canadian art including First Nations artwork and they have collections of ...Read more

From journal November in Montreal

An essential part of the Montreal Experience...

by meadowzephyr

Newport News, Virginia

June 4, 2009

A coffee at Starbucks would began our day. But as we sipped away discussing what musicians were currently being played we were unaware of the delights that would await. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is essential visit for any art lover. What is ...Read more

Museé des Beaux-Arts

by artslover

Calgary, Alberta

May 9, 2006

Best of IgoUgo Montreal's Museé des Beaux-Arts is housed in two buildings connected by an underground passage way. The main entrance is in the newer building. Adult admission of $15 gets you into all the special exhibits as well as a visit to the permanent ...Read more Montreal's Museé des Beaux-Arts is housed in two buildings connected by an underground passage way. The main entrance is in the newer building. Adult admission of $15 gets you into all the special exhibits as well as a visit to the permanent collection.Despite having two buildings, at any given time, the Museé is only able to display part of its collection devoted to Canadian and international artists. Like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museé's collection ranges from contemporary to ancient artworks from North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is worthwhile to make repeated visits as the exhibitions change.The older neoClassical building houses special exhibits. When I visited, the treasures from the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg were on display. The special exhibit emphasized Catherine the Great's artistic interests and the opulence of her court. The ground floor has a grand staircase in the center. At the top of the staircase, sat her gold carriage making a very impressive start to the exhibit. Audio guides were offered as part of the exhibit but there were plenty of descriptive cards for the art and artifacts, and how they connected to Catherine the Great and her court. Viewing the number of works painted by famous artists at Catherine the Great's request tells you a lot about the wealth of the Russian court at that time and the connection Catherine the Great had to artists and thinkers. The exhibit was very popular. I went on a Tuesday at lunchtime and it was very crowded.Luckily, the permanent collection was not crowded with people. The newer building is very visitor friendly with low rise stairs which gently slope between the floors and a floor plan that takes you in a roughly circular tour through the collection. There are some old masters works in the upper levels and more contemporary Canadian works in the lower levels, but the Museé is not strictly organized according to culture and era. For example, works by contemporary Canadian artist, Nicolas Baier, were scattered throughout making an interesting opportunity to compare and contrast.The second level of the new building also houses a gift shop with lots of lovely items, and an extensive selection of art books and prints. There is also a cafe which gets good reviews and was full of contented looking diners during the lunch hour and afternoon I was there.The Museé can be viewed in a couple of hours, making it a pleasant visit for anyone interested in art. It is closed on Mondays. If you want to check the website to see what is currently on display: http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/musee/index.html
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From journal Business in Montreal

Musee de Beux Arts

by funkipickle

Ystradgynlais, United Kingdom

April 1, 2002

Best of IgoUgo The musuem is free, however the special exhibits which was at the time of my visit Herbert List cost $9.00. The museum is split into Two buildings (Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavillion and Michael & Renata Hornstein Pavillion/Liliane and David M. ...Read more

From journal Lonely Winter in Montreal?-Highly unlikely!

Museum of Fine Art

by DT

LOS ANGELES, California

July 12, 2001

Well the good thing about the permanent exhibits is that they are free. The bad thing is they don't have much art - hardly any big name. A few Rodins and some Montreal artists.

From journal Montreal Getaway

The Fine Arts Gallery

by Mary Porcher

New Haven, Connecticut

November 13, 2000

We skipped the modern and Canadian section and went straight to the Levels 3 and 4. These exhibits were 19th and 20th century European Art and Masterprints of the Fifteenth through the Seventeenth Century. There were some excellent Italian, ...Read more

From journal Incredible Weekend for Two in Montreal

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