Images & Buildings of Montréal 
3410 du Musée Street Avenue / rue Sherbrooke ouest | Montréal
Quebec, Canada
Montreal Museum of Fine Art is one of the oldest institutions in the city. It was founded in 1860 under the name Art Association of Montreal. Of course, at this time the building was much smaller. See this page to see the old building on the edge of Phillips Square.
Since it is located on Sherbrooke Street, the museum has been expanded three times. The first extension in the back of the building is a modern realization of the architectural firm Arcop and Associates conducted in 1976. A second expansion come the other side of the street with the new building Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion built in 1991. Recently (2007), the purchase of Erskine church that expanded the exhibition space.
This building is classic renewal architectural style.
See original plan and drawings for this building on Edwards Maxwell Archive on McGill website.
Constructor and other companies involved in construction:
Norcross Marble Co.
Downtown
This building has neo-roman architectural style.
The architecture of Edward & W. S. Maxwell 
, 1991
Architecture de Montréal, guide des styles et bâtiment
François Rmillard et Brain Merrett, 1990
L'Architecture de Montréal
Pierre-Richard Bisson, 1990
Répertoire d'architecture traditionnelle: Les Édifices Publics , 1981
Near subway station Peel
Bus : 24Other name
MBAM
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Architecture - public building
Building achieved the same year (1912)
DowntownSaint-Henri / Petite-BourgogneWestmountSaint-LaurentAhuntsic / CartiervilleLachineNDGCentre-SudOld MontrealOutremontMile-endPlateau Mont-RoyalRosemontVilleray / Saint-MichelHochelaga-Maisonneuve Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1912) See History of Montreal Section
Facts about Montreal
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