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A fixture in the heart of the city for over 100 years, the McCord Stewart Museum sheds light on life in Montreal, both past and present. It bears witness to the history, vitality, creativity and diversity of the communities that make up the city. In keeping with its commitment to decolonization and sustainable development, it creates exhibitions and educational, cultural and community-engagement activities that look at social history and contemporary issues through a critical and inclusive lens. 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 and one of North America’s leading museums.

Current exhibitions:

Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal by Andrew Jackson

From February 21 to September 28, 2025

Andrew Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal is a foray into this south-western district of the city. Over a two-year period, the photographer documented important landmarks for the Black community and met people who grew up there, live there or still have ties to the area. The result is an exhibition featuring 61 photographs of the individuals and sites that bear witness to the urban and social transformations that have impacted Little Burgundy. Three hard-hitting yet touching short films capture local residents’ lived experiences.

https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/exhibitions/andrew-jackson-evolving-montreal/

Costume Balls – Dressing Up History, 1870-1927

From November 14, 2024, to August 17, 2025

A century and a half ago, extravagant costume balls and skating carnivals were the pinnacle of society entertainments, bringing forth a kaleidoscopic array of fanciful costumed characters. But, beneath all the anachronistic exuberance, these balls reinforced core myths of colonial destiny and imperial futures.This exhibition captures the splendour of entertainments where, for just one evening, guests transformed themselves into characters inspired by history or fantasy. The invitation to reimagine oneself as an alter ego was no less than an opportunity of a lifetime, occasioning study, expense, and a trip to the photographer’s studio. Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927 tells an extraordinary story, showcasing some of the most extraordinary objects in the Museum’s collections.

https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/exhibitions/costume-balls/

Manasie Akpaliapik. Inuit Universe

From October 4, 2024, to March 9, 2025

Conceived and produced by the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and featuring 40 sculptures from the late Raymond Brousseau’s remarkable collection of Inuit art, the exhibition offers a unique look at the work of Manasie Akpaliapik. Considered one of the most gifted artists of his generation, he teases creations representing oral tradition, cultural values, the supernatural world, Arctic wildlife and the environment out of his preferred materials, stone, whale bone and caribou antlers.

 https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/exhibitions/manasie-akpaliapik-inuit-universe/

Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience

Permanent exhibition

The Museum’s new permanent exhibition gives a voice to indigenous peoples through some one hundred objects accompanied by more than 80 textual and video testimonies collected from people from the 11 indigenous nations in Quebec.
Directed by huron-wendat curator Elisabeth Kaine, the exhibition invites the public to come and meet the indigenous peoples and their points of view through a three-part journey that highlights their still little-known knowledge, the deep wounds they bear and their incredible resilience.