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Press releases

April 16, 2025

Pounding the Pavement. Montreal Street Photography

From April 18 to October 26, 2025, the McCord Stewart Museum is presenting the exhibition Pounding the Pavement: Montreal Street Photography. This project explores street photography as it has been practiced in Montreal from the 19th century to the present.
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February 19, 2025

Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal by Andrew Jackson

From February 21 to September 28, 2025, the McCord Stewart Museum presents Andrew Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal, 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.
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January 9, 2025

Montreal Photography, the City’s Gastronomy, and African Fashion - The McCord Stewart Museum unveils its captivating 2025 exhibitions

The coming year at the McCord Stewart Museum will be filled with exciting programming that reflects the city’s diversity. In winter and spring 2025, discover the spirit of Montreal, its neighbourhoods’ transformation and its communities’ evolution as captured by street photographers from the 19th century to today.
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November 14

Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927

Beginning November 14, 2024, the McCord Stewart Museum presents Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870–1927, a unique introduction to the world of fancy dress balls, some dating back 150 years. Over 40 dazzling costumes from the Museum’s collection, as well as photographs of costumed ball-goers, souvenir publications and programs, capture all the scope and pageantry of these prestigious occasions.
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Institutional news

January 14, 2025

New “Pay What You Can” Day Every First Sunday of the Month at the McCord Stewart Museum

Culture will remain affordable for all at the McCord Stewart Museum every first Sunday of the month thanks to the new “Pay What You Can” model.
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January 9, 2025

The Rossy Foundation Learning Centre - Renovated facilities for group activities at the McCord Stewart Museum

The McCord Stewart Museum is pleased to unveil its brand-new education space, featuring three bright and welcoming multipurpose rooms.
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For any press requests (mailing lists, press releases, press kit, or interviews), please contact:

Marc-André Champagne
Officer, Public Relations
514 861-6701, ext. 1239
marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca

If you wish to register for the press list of the Museum and receive all communications towards media, please contact Marc-André Champagne

For reproduction of images from the collections, please visit our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Use of images and videos

The distribution, publication or reproduction of the images and videos presented on this page is reserved for media and non-commercial use and must be directly related to the McCord Stewart Museum’s collections, exhibitions, activities or news. Any other use is subject to prior authorization.*

*Unless otherwise specified, images from our collection available in the Online Collection and marked “public domain” are free of copyright. You are therefore free to copy, modify and distribute these images, even for commercial purposes. To find out more about licensing an image, visit the Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Photographic works made available to the media under the “Objects” tab are works of art. These images must therefore be reproduced in their entirety, without cropping, bleeding, overprinting or any other modification that would alter their condition. Full credit must be associated with the work in all publication types and formats.

Q&A

Interview requests

All interview requests should be sent to Marc-André Champagne (marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca). Please indicate in your email the name of the media outlet, the subject, the type of article or report and the deadline for the interview.

Media visits

Journalists with a press card can visit the Museum’s exhibitions free of charge during normal opening hours on presentation of the card.

If, for any reason, you would like to visit the Museum outside opening hours, please contact Marc-André Champagne (marc-andre.champagne@mccord-stewart.ca).

Current exhibition
Temporary exhibition

Pounding the Pavement. Montreal Street Photography

Pounding the Pavement celebrates the practice of street photography in our city, from the 19th century to today. The 400-plus images featured in the exhibition shed light on the history, neighbourhoods and atmosphere of Montreal. The exhibition features 30 bodies of work captured by photographers who have endeavoured to document Montreal’s social fabric, each in their own way.
Photos Press release Exhibition page
Temporary exhibition

Costume Balls: Dressing up History, 1870-1927

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 and providing a unique opportunity to reinvent oneself as a historical figure. But, beneath all the anachronistic exuberance, these balls reinforced core myths of colonial destiny and imperial futures.
Photos Press release Exhibition page

6 collections

For over one hundred years, the Museum has been building its rich collections of objects, images and documents that bear witness to the social history of Montreal, the city’s place within Quebec and Canada, and the vitality of Indigenous cultures.

Online collection
The site also features approximately 144,000 royalty-free images that may be downloaded in the highest resolution available, free of charge, with no restrictions on their use. Created to provide unparalleled access to the McCord Stewart Museum’s collections, the project is a first for the institution.
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