Acknowledgments

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a private institution that must generate up to fifty percent of its annual budget. To reach this goal and pursue its mission, the Museum depends on the generosity of its partners and government agencies.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts would like to thank the following organizations for their ongoing support:

Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec
Each year, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec provides the Museum with essential funding. The Museum has benefited from this support since December 21, 1972, when the National Assembly passed Bill 68, which established an association between the Museum and the Ministry. This association marked a watershed in the Museum’s history, as it brought permanent, concrete solutions to the Museum’s chronic problems of underfunding and lack of space. From this time on, the Quebec government has appointed twelve of the twenty-seven Trustees on the Museum’s Board.

Canadian Heritage
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is able to host exhibitions and present works of art of great value with the support from the Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Through this programme, the federal government assumes the financial responsibility for loss or damage to works of art presented in travelling exhibitions. The Museum would like to thank the Department of Canadian Heritage for enabling the Museum to make world heritage available to Montrealers and Canadians.

Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts supports the Museum’s production of temporary exhibitions featuring contemporary art and the acquisition of contemporary Canadian art.

Volunteer Association of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum’s Volunteer Association raises monies for new acquisitions and exhibition sponsorships through various fund-raising events, like the prestigious annual Museum Ball.

Air Canada
Airbus and Air Canada are the presenting co-sponsors of the prestigious exhibition Édouard Vuillard, on view at the Museum from May 15 to August 24, 2003.

METRO
METRO is a faithful Museum partner. Over the past few years, METRO has been the associate sponsor of the exhibitions Hitchcock and Art, Aluminum by Design and Richelieu: Art and Power. The exhibition Global Village: The 60s, on view at the Museum from October 2, 2003, to March 7, 2004, also benefits from METRO’s support.

Paul G. Desmarais Fund
Like other major North American museums and universities, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has established funds for designated purposes in order to fund its major exhibition programme and enrich its collections. The Museum’s International Exhibition Programme benefits from the financial support of the Paul G. Desmarais Fund.

Exhibition Fund of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
In order to fund its major exhibition programme and enrich its collections, the Museum has established funds for designated purposes The Museum’s International Exhibition Programme benefits from the financial support of the Exhibition Fund of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation.

Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
Chawkers Foundation
For school programmes that have been offered to elementary and secondary school students and to CEGEP and university students for decades. These programmes are essential to the cultural development of future generations.

Imperial Oil Limited
For family-oriented programmes that introduce new and young visitors to the world of art. An ambitious programme of entertaining educational activities for families has been developed to attract growing numbers of participants.

The Molson Foundation
Great-West Life
London Life
Canada Life
Fortune Hill Holdings
Guillevin International
The Henry and Berenice Kaufmann Foundation
The Drummond Foundation
The Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Foundation
The Felix Furst Fund
The Malouf Family Fund at the Foundation of Greater Montreal
The Blairmore Foundation and
The Hylcan Foundation
For "Sharing the Museum", a programme intended for community organizations that work with underprivileged groups. Thanks to the generosity of its benefactors (listed above), the Museum can provide enriching educational and cultural activities to open up new horizons for these visitors.

Merlin Fund
Anonymous donor
Gives underprivileged children interested in the world of art an opportunity to attend the Museum Day Camp free of charge.

René Malo and Marie Gagnon
For the programme of cultural activities aimed at giving visitors an experience of the environment, era and cultural energy that sparked the creation of works exhibited at the Museum.

TD Canada Trust
Families and first-time visitors are invited to take advantage of the expo-workshop A Whole World of Objects. Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. an educator is there to lead explorations into art and activities linked to the objects on display in the StudiO. No reservation is necessary, but in the event that too many visitors show up, numbers may have to be restricted. This workshop receives financial support from TD Canada Trust.

FRAME
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is now an associate member of the FRAME network.

Conseil des arts de Montréal
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts would like to thank the Conseil des arts de Montréal for providing support through its General Financial Assistance Program for Arts Organizations Multi-year Operating Grant for 2008 to 2012. This purpose of this funding is to finance the Museum’s many activities.

Press Release

The Conseil des arts de Montréal has been providing support to the Museum for many years.