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The Musée d’art contemporain will undergo major renovations that will make the popular museum larger, brighter and more contemporary.

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The new look will give the museum greater visibility on Ste-Catherine St. beside Place des Arts.

The museum’s entrance will be transformed from a door that is barely visible from the street to a large, glass-filled atrium.

“The museum will feel much more welcoming and friendlier,” said John Zeppetelli, the museum’s director and chief curator. “Montreal will finally have a jewel that lives up to its ambitions, its reputation and its artistic importance.”

The renovations, which should take about two years, will cost about $47.7 million. Quebec and Ottawa are each contributing about $18.8 million and the museum’s foundation will raise the remaining amount.

The museum will be closed during renovations, scheduled to begin in March or April 2019 and finish in the fall of 2021. A temporary MAC will be opened in the spring of 2019 at a location that has not been announced.