Library
Established by the Art Association of Montreal (now the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) in 1882 and originally known as the Reading Room, the MMFA Library is the oldest repository of its kind in Canada.
The Library’s collection has grown over the years thanks to many generous donors, annual purchases and the catalogue exchange program established with other museums throughout the world.
The collection comprises specialized art monographs, serial publications, rare books and auction catalogues. It also includes documentation files on artists and designers (listed in the Artists in Canada database).
Services
The Library is not open to the public, but reference services are offered via email.
Materials in the collection are available through interlibrary loan.
Library
Mailing address
Library
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2189 Bishop Street
Montreal, Quebec H3G 2E8
Contact
Archives
Opening hours
The Archives department is open to visitors with an appointment on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contacts
The Archives and Library section on this site is funded by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications as part of the implementation of Measure 41 of Quebec’s Plan culturel numérique and by the Ville de Montréal under the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal.
The Documentary Resources section on this site is funded by the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec as part of the implementation of Measure 41 of and by the Ville de Montréal under the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal.
