But for the Stewart Museum, located inside the old fort on Île Sainte-Hélène, the reprieve comes too late. Closing a museum, and an institution such as the Stewart Museum, is not an easy decision but it's inevitable in a way, because of the economic context and the uncertain future we have ahead of us," said Suzanne Sauvage, president and CEO of the McCord Stewart Museum. Despite the closure of the Stewart Museum, the collection of 27,000 artifacts, archival documents and rare books will be integrated into the planned McCord Stewart Museum complex when it's built. The expanded McCord Stewart Museum will be about double the size of the existing McCord Museum on Sherbrooke Street. A museum with many namesThe Stewart Museum was founded by philanthropist David M. Stewart in 1955, originally as the Montreal Military Museum.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2021 23:37 UTC