page_title: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
section_title: Charles Baillairgé Pavilion
hierarchical_section_title: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec / Architecture / Charles Baillairgé Pavilion
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Pavillon Charles-Baillairgé, Québec.
context_page_description: The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, often abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park, and is a complex made up of four buildings. Three of the buildings in the complex were purpose-built for the museum, while the other was initially built as a provincial prison, before being re-purposed for museum use.
  The institution was opened as the Musée de la province de Québec in 1933. The museum initially served as the provincial archives, art, and natural science museum until 1962, when the natural science collection was removed. In the following year, the museum was renamed the Musée du Quebec. The provincial archives were moved from the museum in 1979, leaving it solely as an art museum. In 2002, the museum was renamed the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
  Its collection includes over 40,000 works spanning from the 16th century, to the present day. Its collection primarily includes works that were produced in Quebec, or by Quebec artist, although it does also includes works from other parts of Canada, and the rest of the world.
context_section_description: The Charles Baillairgé Pavilion is the second building that the museum occupied, although its age predates the other buildings in the museum complex. The pavilion was designed by Charles Baillairgé in 1867, and was initially used as a prison. The design was modelled after the Auburn Correctional Facility, in Auburn, New York. The building was used to house inmates until 1970.
  Shortly after acquiring the property, the museum underwent a two-year renovation beginning in 1989. The renovations led to the creation of four exhibition galleries within the pavilion, as well as a section of preserved jail cells to highlight the building's former use as a prison. Designs for the renovation were by Charles Dorval and Louis Fortin. Along with the building, Dorval and Fortin also designed the underground access that connected Gérard Morisset pavilion with the Charles Baillairgé pavilion. In an effort to maintain the Battlefield Park, the design concealed a section of the new wing under the park's natural landscaping. The museum opened the pavilion to the public in May 1991.
caption: Charles Baillairgé Pavilion was formerly a prison that was later re-purposed by the museum
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