One thing is certain about living in Montreal: it is not at all like living in any other city in Canada. When you live in Windsor Ontario homes, and even in Toronto's historic areas, everything starts to look kind of the same. There is a certain mindset to the city that has defined it. There are a lot of things happening, for sure, but not many of them are truly unique. And let's face it, even the things that are unique are likely to be quite pricey.

Well, that is not true about Montreal. This is one of the most storied cities on the entire continent, and its history has been preserved in various forms over the ages. It is a meeting place of two major cultures, a meeting place and a clashing place. People living in Mississauga condos don't have easy access to nearly as many amazing places for entertainment, arts and leisure as the denizens of Montreal do. One of these great places to visit is the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The Museum is actually three different buildings, located in two separate locations. The oldest of the three is called the Hornstein Pavilion. It was built in 1912 and at that time was known as the Beaux Arts Pavilion. The original builders, who had travelled to Leaside a time or two, probably did not foresee what a popular and large attraction the building would become. It was originally intended that this pavilion would hold all of the displays and collections of the museum.

But, the Museum of Fine Arts turned into quite the popular attraction as far as residents of the eastern parts of Canada went, and grabbed the attention of several governments as well. The museum would see two new buildings added over the years in the Stewart and Desmarais Pavilions which were added in 1991 and 1995. Together these three buildings hold over 30,000 exhibits from all over the world.

While people can buy different exhibits at the museum if they want to put their Ajax home for sale, the main purpose of the site is for display. In order to make things easier for visitors, it has been designed with different themes for each pavilion. The Desmarais Pavilion is dedicated exclusively to art from around the world, while the Hornstein Pavilion is intended to house only exhibits which detail Quebec French history. The Stewart building includes the boutique and the museum of fine arts.

With expansion both rapid and relatively recent, it is a testament to the success of the Museum of Fine Arts that there is yet another plan to add another building in the near future. If there is an art property for sale in Toronto, it might be bought by the Montreal museum and displayed in the Canadian art pavilion which will added in the next five years.