Nearly 8,000 works and more than 1,800 artists are documented in this dataset from the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC). It also includes data on over 2,000 events and more than 800 publications produced since the museum's founding in 1964. The dataset is published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze the evolution of the museum's collection based on the documented works and artists since 1964.
- Study trends in cultural programming based on the over 2,000 events (exhibitions, performances, conferences).
- Explore the relationship between museum publications and its collection or events based on the over 800 publications.
Strengths
- Includes nearly 8,000 documented works.
- Covers more than 1,800 artists.
- Contains data on over 2,000 events and more than 800 publications.
- Provides data spanning from 1964 to the present.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to a single museum's collection.
Provenance
- Source
- Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC)
- Collection Method
- Likely gathered from museum collection records, event archives, and publication catalogs.
- Time Range
- 1964 to present
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:47:44.686459; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada, primarily Montreal