Permanent Exhibitions


Napoleon

Gift of the Ben Weider Collection
to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts


free Free Admission
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
Level 3

Today, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is inaugurating new permanent
galleries devoted to Napoleon and the arts under the First Empire, thanks
to a major gift – the collection of works assembled by the late Ben Weider,
for whom “Napoleon was a giant of history, one of the most influential
figures of the nineteenth century, who helped to define the modern age.”

According to Nathalie Bondil, the Museum’s Director, “This outstanding
gift and Mr. Weider’s philanthropic desire to raise the profile of Napoleon
have enabled us to acquire a group of works on long-term loan and have
sparked offers of further gifts, so that the Museum can, at last, open
an Empire gallery. Not only Montreal’s heritage but also that of Canada
will be enriched, for this magnificent period in the arts was hitherto poorly
represented for obvious historical reasons. We will always be extremely
grateful to Mr. Weider.”

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