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More than 135,000 images of artifacts are accessible using the on-line database.
The McCord Museum conserves and presents over 1,375,000 objects, images and manuscripts that are irreplaceable reflections of the social history and material culture of Montreal, Quebec and Canada. Currently, the "Keys to History" digital on-line collection -- created in collaboration with seven other museums -- is made up of 135,000 artifacts. More then 117,000 artifacts held by the McCord and some 17,500 artifacts held by the partner museums are available for viewing.
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| Paintings, Prints and Drawings | 65,000 | 28,500 | |
| Paintings, miniatures, silhouettes, prints and cartoons that reflect Canada from the 18th to the 21st centuries. | |||
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| Costume and Textiles | 16,600 | 790 | |
| Women's and men's clothing and accessories, designer garments, samplers, quilts and other textiles. | |||
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| Ethnology and Archaeology | 13,000 | 5,700 | |
| Clothing, headgear, baby carriers, hunting and fishing implements that illustrate the history and art of the First Nations. | |||
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| Decorative Arts | 28,000 | 1,900 | |
| Furniture, dishes, toys and other artifacts that bear witness to the history of Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries. | |||
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| Notman Photographic Archives | 1,250,000 | 80,300 | |
| Photographs, taken from 1840 to the present, documenting the history of Canada. | |||
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| Textual Archives | 234 linear meters | 550 | |
| Manuscripts, greeting cards, letters and other documents that illustrate the history of Canada from the 18th century to the present. | |||