The museum receives funding from the City of Sherbrooke, the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications and from its members.

[1] It is the main institution in the Estrie region for the display and conservation of art.

It was accredited by the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications in March 1990.

[1] In 1996, it relocated to the former head office of the Eastern Townships Bank, a building constructed in 1876.

On the third floor is a permanent exhibit entitled "Spaces and Landscapes", and is dedicated to the work of Frederick Simpson Coburn as well as a contemporary art collection donated by Luc LaRochelle.