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May 11, 2023

McCord Stewart Museum adds thousands of entries on its Online Collections platform

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One year after the Online Collections platform was launched by the McCord Stewart Museum with the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage, thousands of new images and descriptions have been added. As of today, you can browse bilingual descriptions of over 154,000 objects, photographs and archival documents from its collections. The site also features close to 144,000 royalty-free images that may be downloaded in the highest resolution available, free of charge, with no restrictions on their use:

  • Historical research
  • Educational program development
  • Illustrations for articles, reports, presentations, and books
  • Commercial or decorative purposes
  • And much more!

About the Online Collections

Designed for both history researchers and those who simply enjoy history, the Online Collections platform presents content on the social history and heritage of Montreal, Quebec and Canada. It targets a broad public—local and international—that includes researchers, students, professors, authors, journalists and the general public. It includes over 154,000 objects, photographs and archival documents from the Archives, Documentary Art, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, Indigenous Cultures, Material Culture and Photography collections of the McCord Stewart Museum.

Images include the work of legendary photographer William Notman and photographs from a variety of studios in Quebec, the works of several 19th century Canadian painters, Indigenous objects, clothing from the last three centuries, rare books, maps, toys, antique weapons, and scientific instruments.
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Featured New Content

THE ALLARD COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Comprised primarily of portraits, the collection comes from a variety of places in Quebec, making it an extraordinary sampling that enables us to map the photography studios active in the province during the first six decades of the medium.
→ Read the article on the Blog

8,000 of these photographs have been added to the Online Collections: discover them!

AN EXCEPTIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION

Explore the Stewart Collection of Canadian and Atlantic History and discover how documenting it involved some real detective work.
→ Read the article on the Blog

Close to 900 digitized documents have been added to the Online Collections: discover them!

ARTISTS OF FASHION

Discover the fabulous Eaton’s advertisements of Eugenie Groh and Georgine Strathy from the 1950s to 1970s.
→ Read the article on the Blog

More than 1,000 fashion illustrations have been added to the Online Collections: discover them!

THE RATTLE: A TREASURED BABY TOY

Discover a small collection of surprisingly opulent children’s toys!
→ Read the article on the Blog

More than 750 toys have been added to the Online Collections: discover them!

This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of

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