News
January 9, 2025
The Rossy Foundation Learning Centre
Press Release
Renovated facilities for group activities at the McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, January 9, 2025. – The McCord Stewart Museum is pleased to unveil its brand-new education space, featuring three bright and welcoming multipurpose rooms. Made possible by the generous support of the Rossy Foundation and designed by Montreal firm KANVA, these facilities embody the Museum’s values of openness and inclusion. They host daily activities that encourage connection, dialogue, transmission and co-creation. Since the opening of the Rossy Foundation Learning Centre, groups of all ages and backgrounds have enjoyed a warm learning environment that enriches their museum experience.
Spaces adapted to the needs of the Museum’s visitors
Reflecting the Museum’s commitment to the well-being of its visitors and staff, the facilities include:
- A circular room for discussion workshops
- A multipurpose room with a modular layout
- A rest and nursing area
“The Rossy Foundation is pleased to help the McCord Stewart Museum improve its educational spaces and welcome 50% more students for enriching learning activities each year. This project will not only allow more children and youth to benefit from the Museum’s resources but will also improve the quality of their visits to the Museum, creating an environment that nurtures curiosity and promotes academic engagement.”– Sara Pedersen, Chief Program Officer, The Rossy Foundation.
These rooms are also available to rent.
Key facts 2023-2024
- More than 25,500 people took part in group tours and workshops in 2023-2024, including students from preschool to university and French learners.
- In 2023-2024, the Museum welcomed 1,475 members of Indigenous communities for group tours.
- In addition to the Rossy Foundation’s major contribution to the refurbishment, we would like to highlight the support of the Macdonald Stewart Foundation and Solotech.
For more information on group programs: www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/groups/.
Learn more about the Museum’s educational and community programming: www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/activities-menu/ .
The McCord Stewart Museum
About
A landmark in the heart of Montreal for over 100 years, the McCord Stewart Museum bears witness to the history of Quebec’s metropolis as well as its influence in Canada and around the world, celebrating the vitality, creativity and diversity of the communities that make it up.
The Museum amplifies their voices by interpreting and disseminating the remarkable heritage under its custody: six expansive collections of 2.5 million images, objects, documents and works of art that make it one of North America’s leading museums.
In keeping with its commitment to decolonization and sustainable development, it creates stimulating exhibitions and educational, cultural and community-engagement activities that look at the social history and contemporary issues affecting its audiences through a critical and inclusive lens, inspiring them to take action for a fairer society.
Information and interview requests
Marc-André Champagne
Officer, Public Relations
514 861-6701, ext. 1239
marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca
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