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{{Short description|Museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada}}
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|location= 690 [[Sherbrooke Street]] West next to [[McGill University]], in downtown [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].
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The '''McCord Museum''' (in [[French language|French]], '''''Musée McCord''''') is a public research and teaching [[museum]] dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of [[Canadian history]]. The museum, whose full name is '''McCord Museum of Canadian History''', is located at 690 [[Sherbrooke Street]] West, next to [[McGill University]], in downtown [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. <ref> [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009460 The Canadian Encyclopedia] </ref>
The '''McCord Stewart Museum''', formerly known as the '''McCord Museum of Canadian History''', is a public research and teaching [[museum]]. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. It is located directly across the street from [[McGill University]], in the [[Downtown Montreal|downtown core]] of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mccord-museum/ "McCord Museum"]. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''.</ref>

==History==
[[File:Granche-totem.jpg|thumb|''Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle'', a [[Pierre Granche]] sculpture, museum exterior.]]
On October 13, 1921, the McCord National Museum, as it was then called, moved to the former McGill Union building, designed by [[Percy Erskine Nobbs]] in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] tradition.<ref>{{cite book| last=Wagg | first=Susan | title=Percy Erskine Nobbs Architect, Artist, Craftsman|url=http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cac/Nobbs/wagg-e-chapter2.htm|access-date=2008-11-19|year=1982| publisher=McCord Museum, [[McGill University]], [[Queen's University Press]] | location=Kingston and Montreal | isbn=0-7735-0395-1 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127064402/http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cac/Nobbs/wagg-e-chapter2.htm | archive-date=2009-11-27}}</ref> The collection was based on the McCord family collection. Since 1878, [[David Ross McCord]] had been adding to the already considerable collection assembled by his family since their arrival in Canada. Over the years, he developed the plan of founding a national history museum in Montreal, at that time Canada's metropolis.<ref>{{Cite book|title=La famille McCord : une vision passionnée = The McCord family : a passionate vision|last=Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne.|date=1992|publisher=Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne = McCord Museum of Canadian History|isbn=1-895615-05-4|pages=109|oclc=231858616}}</ref>

The building that now houses the museum was administered by McGill University for over sixty years, when it was the seat of the student government. After riots targeted at the [[Students' Society of McGill University]] (SSMU) led to the building's storming and several executives being taken hostage, McGill University set out to build a more secure building, University Centre, the current seat of SSMU. Leading members of the community lent their support to the museum over the years. Today, the McCord Museum is supported by the governments of Canada, Quebec and Montreal, and by a large network of members, donors and sponsors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/history/|title=History|website=Musee McCord|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>


==Collection==
==Collection==
The museum was founded in 1921 by [[David Ross McCord]], based on his own family collection of objects. Since then the museum's holdings have increased substantially, and now counts:
The museum was founded in 1921 by [[David Ross McCord]], based on his own family collection of objects.<ref name="fodor">{{cite book|title=Compass American Guides: Montreal|publisher=[[Fodor's]]|isbn=978-1-4000-1315-9|pages=132–135|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bpxmNNnjBQoC&pg=PA132|author=Patricia Harris, David Lyon|access-date=5 December 2011|chapter=Golden Square Mile|date=2 November 2004}}</ref> Since then, the museum's holdings have increased substantially.


===Indigenous Cultures===
* 13,200 [[ethnology|ethnological]] and [[archaeology|archaeological]] objects
This collection of more than 16,000 objects that documents many aspects of the ways of life, arts, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous Cultures in Quebec. It also includes a number of objects from communities living in Alaska and the northern United States.
* 16,600 objects in the [[costume]] and [[textile]]s collection
* the [[Notman Photographic Archives]], originally collected by photographer [[William Notman]], which contains over 450,000 photographs taken between 1840 and 1935.
* 65,000 [[painting]]s, [[Printmaking|print]]s and [[drawing]]s
* 28,000 objects in the [[decorative art]]s collection
* 4,000 documentary files.


In this collection, there are more than 7,300 historical indigenous objects, dating from the early 1800s to 1945 (clothing, accessories, headgear, domestic tools, baskets, hunting weaponry, etc.) and more than 8,500 archaeological objects dating from about 10,000 years ago to the 16th century (stone tools, potsherds).<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/indigenous-cultures/]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>
The museum's exterior features the sculpture ''Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle'', an allegorical representation of Montreal history, by [[Pierre Granche]].


==History==
[[Image:Granche-totem.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Pierre Granche sculpture, museum exterior.]]
On [[October 13]], [[1971]] the McCord National Museum, as it was then called, moved to the former McGill Union building, designed by [[Percy Erskine Nobbs]] in the [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] tradition.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wagg |first=Susan |title=PERCY ERSKINE NOBBS Architect, Artist, Craftsman |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url=http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/cac/Nobbs/wagg-e-chapter2.htm |format=HTML |accessdate=2008-11-19 |year=1982 |publisher=McCORD MUSEUM, McGill University by McGILL - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS |location=Kingston and Montreal |isbn=0-7735-0395-1}}</ref> The collection was based on the McCord family collection. Since 1878, David Ross McCord had been adding to the already considerable collection assembled by his family since their arrival in Canada. Over the years he developed the plan of founding a national history museum in Montreal, at that time Canada's metropolis.


===Dress, Fashion and Textiles===
The museum was administered by McGill University for over sixty years until it became a private museum. Leading members of the community, including the families of [[Walter M. Stewart]], [[Thomas H.P. Molson]] and [[John Wilson McConnell|John W. McConnell]], lent their support to the Museum over the years. Today, the McCord Museum is supported by the governments of Canada, Quebec and Montreal, and by a large network of members, donors and sponsors.
This collection of 27,000 garments and accessories consists of women's dresses, parasols, hats, fans and footwear, many created by some of Montreal's greatest 20th century designers. The menswear in the collection includes suits, coats and accessories. There is also an important selection of embroidered samplers, quilts and other textiles, including North America's oldest known patchwork quilt (1726).<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>

===Photography===
This collection of more than 2,15 million images consists vintage Canadian photographs including prints and glass negatives, stereograms, composites, painted photographs, daguerreotypes and other types of early photographic processes, family albums, vernacular photographs, documentary photographs, artist portfolios, cameras and photographic equipment from 1840 to the present day.<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/photography/]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>
===Notman Photographic Archives===
{{main|Notman Photographic Archives}}
This collection includes 400,000 photographs and various items of early photographic equipment and accessories. It provides a visual history of [[Montreal]] and Canada from the 1840s to the present.

The collection contains the [[William Notman]] & Son Photographic Studio fond constituting more than 400,000 photographic images (including 200,000 glass negatives) dating mostly from 1840 to 1935. The collection also includes approximately 700,000 images taken by other photographers.<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/photography/]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>

<gallery class="center">
Stormy day, St. Catherine Street, Montreal, QC, 1901.jpg|Photography by Wm. Notman & Son: Stormy day, [[Saint Catherine Street]], Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Peter Redpath 1871.jpg|Photography by [[William Notman]]: portrait of [[Peter Redpath]], 1871
L'avenue McGill College en direction sud depuis la rue Sherbrooke, Montréal, QC, 1869.jpg|Photography by [[Alexander Lamont Henderson|Alexander Henderson]]: [[McGill College Avenue]], looking south from Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, 1869
</gallery>

===Documentary Art===
This collection of 92,000 iconographical pieces illustrates the personalities, places and events that made the history of [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]] and [[Canada]], from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

It includes paintings (oils, acrylics and watercolours, mostly from the 19th century), miniatures, silhouettes, prints (maps, plans, portraits, mostly from 1751 to 1900) and caricatures from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries (John Collins, [[Serge Chapleau]] and [[Terry Mosher]] alias Aislin).<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>

===Material Culture===
The 18,860 objects included in this collection documents the material environment within which Montrealers, Quebeckers and Canadians lived in past centuries.

This collection consists of furniture, glassware, ceramics, ironware, sculpture, hunting equipment, sports equipment, items of folk art and a major collection of 19th century toys.<ref>[https://collections.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections] from the [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/ McCord Museum]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.</ref>

===Archives===
This collection, which total 340 linear meters, and 3,500 rare books includes manuscripts, correspondence, personal journals and other documents showing the history of Canada from the 18th century to the present.

The documents come from families (the Dessaulles, [[David Ross McCord|McCord]], Armstrong-Deligny-Philips and Bacon families); from well-known individuals (Sir [[George-Étienne Cartier]], Maurice-Régis Blondeau, [[Hélène Baillargeon]] Côté); from companies and associations (Women's Art Society of Montreal, [[Victoria Rifles of Canada]], Gibb & Co.); and from collections ([[New France]], [[British Empire]], Concert and Theatre Programs, Valentines).<ref>[https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/collections/]. Retrieved on October 06, 2023.</ref>

The museum's exterior features the sculpture ''Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle'', an allegorical representation of Montreal history, by [[Pierre Granche]].


==Affiliations==
==Affiliations==
The Museum is affiliated with: [[Canadian Museums Association|CMA]], [[Canadian Heritage Information Network|CHIN]], and [[Virtual Museum of Canada]].
The museum is affiliated with the [[Canadian Museums Association|CMA]], [[Canadian Heritage Information Network|CHIN]], and [[Virtual Museum of Canada]].


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==Bibliography==
* {{in lang|en}} {{Cite book| last=Exhibition Catalogue |title=Wrapped in the Colours of the Earth.Cultural Heritage of the First Nations| publisher=McCord Museum| year=1992| isbn=1-895615-07-0}}
* {{in lang|en}} {{Cite book| last=Exhibition Catalogue |title=Form and Fashion. Nineteenth-Century Montreal Dress| publisher=McCord Museum| year=1992| isbn=1-895615-00-3}}
* {{in lang|en}} {{Cite book| last=Exhibition Catalogue |title=The McCord Family. A Passionate Vision| publisher=McCord Museum| year=1992| isbn=978-0-7735-6373-5}}
* {{in lang|en}} {{Cite book| last=Exhibition Catalogue |title=Eclectic Tastes. Fine and Decorative Arts from the McCord| publisher=McCord Museum| year=1992| isbn=1-895615-02-X}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/ McCord Museum]
* [https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en// McCord Stewart Museum]

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Latest revision as of 21:16, 8 October 2024

McCord Stewart Museum
The McCord Stewart Museum
McCord Stewart Museum is located in Montreal
McCord Stewart Museum
Location in Montreal
EstablishedOctober 13, 1921[1]
Location690 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1E9
Coordinates45°30′16″N 73°34′25″W / 45.5044°N 73.5737°W / 45.5044; -73.5737
TypeHistory museum
Collection size2,5 million objects, images and manuscripts[2]
Visitors150 000 indoors (2022)[3]
PresidentAnne Eschapasse[4]
Public transit access at McGill
Websitewww.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/

The McCord Stewart Museum, formerly known as the McCord Museum of Canadian History, is a public research and teaching museum. The Museum’s Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections, containing 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art, position it as the custodian of a remarkable historical heritage. It is located directly across the street from McGill University, in the downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[5]

History

[edit]
Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle, a Pierre Granche sculpture, museum exterior.

On October 13, 1921, the McCord National Museum, as it was then called, moved to the former McGill Union building, designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs in the Arts and Crafts tradition.[6] The collection was based on the McCord family collection. Since 1878, David Ross McCord had been adding to the already considerable collection assembled by his family since their arrival in Canada. Over the years, he developed the plan of founding a national history museum in Montreal, at that time Canada's metropolis.[7]

The building that now houses the museum was administered by McGill University for over sixty years, when it was the seat of the student government. After riots targeted at the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) led to the building's storming and several executives being taken hostage, McGill University set out to build a more secure building, University Centre, the current seat of SSMU. Leading members of the community lent their support to the museum over the years. Today, the McCord Museum is supported by the governments of Canada, Quebec and Montreal, and by a large network of members, donors and sponsors.[8]

Collection

[edit]

The museum was founded in 1921 by David Ross McCord, based on his own family collection of objects.[9] Since then, the museum's holdings have increased substantially.

Indigenous Cultures

[edit]

This collection of more than 16,000 objects that documents many aspects of the ways of life, arts, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous Cultures in Quebec. It also includes a number of objects from communities living in Alaska and the northern United States.

In this collection, there are more than 7,300 historical indigenous objects, dating from the early 1800s to 1945 (clothing, accessories, headgear, domestic tools, baskets, hunting weaponry, etc.) and more than 8,500 archaeological objects dating from about 10,000 years ago to the 16th century (stone tools, potsherds).[10]


Dress, Fashion and Textiles

[edit]

This collection of 27,000 garments and accessories consists of women's dresses, parasols, hats, fans and footwear, many created by some of Montreal's greatest 20th century designers. The menswear in the collection includes suits, coats and accessories. There is also an important selection of embroidered samplers, quilts and other textiles, including North America's oldest known patchwork quilt (1726).[11]

Photography

[edit]

This collection of more than 2,15 million images consists vintage Canadian photographs including prints and glass negatives, stereograms, composites, painted photographs, daguerreotypes and other types of early photographic processes, family albums, vernacular photographs, documentary photographs, artist portfolios, cameras and photographic equipment from 1840 to the present day.[12]

Notman Photographic Archives

[edit]
Main article: Notman Photographic Archives

This collection includes 400,000 photographs and various items of early photographic equipment and accessories. It provides a visual history of Montreal and Canada from the 1840s to the present.

The collection contains the William Notman & Son Photographic Studio fond constituting more than 400,000 photographic images (including 200,000 glass negatives) dating mostly from 1840 to 1935. The collection also includes approximately 700,000 images taken by other photographers.[13]

Documentary Art

[edit]

This collection of 92,000 iconographical pieces illustrates the personalities, places and events that made the history of Montreal, Quebec and Canada, from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

It includes paintings (oils, acrylics and watercolours, mostly from the 19th century), miniatures, silhouettes, prints (maps, plans, portraits, mostly from 1751 to 1900) and caricatures from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries (John Collins, Serge Chapleau and Terry Mosher alias Aislin).[14]

Material Culture

[edit]

The 18,860 objects included in this collection documents the material environment within which Montrealers, Quebeckers and Canadians lived in past centuries.

This collection consists of furniture, glassware, ceramics, ironware, sculpture, hunting equipment, sports equipment, items of folk art and a major collection of 19th century toys.[15]

Archives

[edit]

This collection, which total 340 linear meters, and 3,500 rare books includes manuscripts, correspondence, personal journals and other documents showing the history of Canada from the 18th century to the present.

The documents come from families (the Dessaulles, McCord, Armstrong-Deligny-Philips and Bacon families); from well-known individuals (Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Maurice-Régis Blondeau, Hélène Baillargeon Côté); from companies and associations (Women's Art Society of Montreal, Victoria Rifles of Canada, Gibb & Co.); and from collections (New France, British Empire, Concert and Theatre Programs, Valentines).[16]

The museum's exterior features the sculpture Totem urbain / histoire en dentelle, an allegorical representation of Montreal history, by Pierre Granche.

Affiliations

[edit]

The museum is affiliated with the CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

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  1. ^ "Its History". McCord Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The Collection". McCord Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Annual Reports". McCord Stewart Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Museum Staff".
  5. ^ "McCord Museum". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  6. ^ Wagg, Susan (1982). Percy Erskine Nobbs Architect, Artist, Craftsman. Kingston and Montreal: McCord Museum, McGill University, Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-0395-1. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
  7. ^ Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne. (1992). La famille McCord : une vision passionnée = The McCord family : a passionate vision. Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne = McCord Museum of Canadian History. p. 109. ISBN 1-895615-05-4. OCLC 231858616.
  8. ^ "History". Musee McCord. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  9. ^ Patricia Harris, David Lyon (2 November 2004). "Golden Square Mile". Compass American Guides: Montreal. Fodor's. pp. 132–135. ISBN 978-1-4000-1315-9. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  10. ^ [1]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  11. ^ [2]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  12. ^ [3]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  13. ^ [4]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  14. ^ [5]. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  15. ^ [6] from the McCord Museum. Retrieved on October 6, 2023.
  16. ^ [7]. Retrieved on October 06, 2023.

Bibliography

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  • (in English) Exhibition Catalogue (1992). Wrapped in the Colours of the Earth.Cultural Heritage of the First Nations. McCord Museum. ISBN 1-895615-07-0.
  • (in English) Exhibition Catalogue (1992). Form and Fashion. Nineteenth-Century Montreal Dress. McCord Museum. ISBN 1-895615-00-3.
  • (in English) Exhibition Catalogue (1992). The McCord Family. A Passionate Vision. McCord Museum. ISBN 978-0-7735-6373-5.
  • (in English) Exhibition Catalogue (1992). Eclectic Tastes. Fine and Decorative Arts from the McCord. McCord Museum. ISBN 1-895615-02-X.
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