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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Art through the ages & across the globe

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Among its museums the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, or Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, is the city's really big hitter.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)

A visit here can last pretty much all day – and that's just the permanent collection; temporary exhibits in sizeable halls ensure there's always something to come back for.

Masks

The museum's forte is Canadian and European fine art, though a trove of Asian, African and South American antiquities and treasures ensure truly global coverage.

One oddity to look out for is the Ben Weider collection, a local bodybuilding guru who had a fetish for all things Napoleonic.

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Art

Books, Music & Art

The Golden Square Mile

Mt Royal & Downtown In-A-Day

Above & below the skyscrapers

Text © Christian Williams

Images by Andrea Wright, Isabelle Acatauassú Alves Almeida, Jason Raia, Owen Byrne