*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
8 September 1992 to 28 February 1993
Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
14 October 1983 to 11 December 1983
The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 1990 to 28 October 1990
Sighting the Université de Montréal: Photographs by Gabor Szilasi
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Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
29 March 2025, 1:30pm to 4pm
archives
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CD013
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La collection documentaire porte sur le travail de Roger Taillibert pour l'installation d'un toit retractable en 1987 pour le Stade Olympique de Montréal avec un croquis du Stade Olympique dédicacé par Taillibert.
1987
Roger Taillibert (Montreal Olympic Stadium) collection
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CD013
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La collection documentaire porte sur le travail de Roger Taillibert pour l'installation d'un toit retractable en 1987 pour le Stade Olympique de Montréal avec un croquis du Stade Olympique dédicacé par Taillibert.
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CD013
1987
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Fonds
AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
1975-1997
Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds
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AP051
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The Groupe de recherche sur Montréal fonds, 1975-1997, documents the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal’s (GRM) extensive research on the development of pre and post-industrial Montreal’s built environment. In addition to this extensive collection of research materials, the fonds also includes administrative files relating to the GRM’s everyday administration and management. Materials found in this fonds consist of approximately 40 l.m. of textual documentation, approximately 2000 maps and 1 model.
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Fonds
1975-1997
archives
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ARCH400806
1966-1968
drawings, textual records
ARCH253481
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correspondence, reports, plans
1961-1963
Old Montreal - Montreal City Planning Dept.
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ARCH253481
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correspondence, reports, plans
drawings, textual records
1961-1963
textual records, photographs
Photographs of Montreal, and reference materials related to article "The Montrealness of Montreal"
DR2012:0012:103:008
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File containing documents in English, including negatives, photographs of Monteal, and reference materials related to Melvin Charney's article, "The Montrealness of Montreal". Original inscribed in graphite: 1980 IMAGES: "THE MONTREALNESS of MONTREAL"
1973
Photographs of Montreal, and reference materials related to article "The Montrealness of Montreal"
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DR2012:0012:103:008
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File containing documents in English, including negatives, photographs of Monteal, and reference materials related to Melvin Charney's article, "The Montrealness of Montreal". Original inscribed in graphite: 1980 IMAGES: "THE MONTREALNESS of MONTREAL"
textual records, photographs
1973