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

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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