Canberra Museum and Gallery, Art museum and gallery in Civic, Canberra, Australia
The Canberra Museum and Gallery is an art museum and regional museum in the city center of Canberra, Australia, displaying local paintings, photographs, and historical objects from the surrounding region. The building has two floors and holds both permanent collections and temporary exhibitions that change throughout the year.
The museum opened in 1998 as a space dedicated to Canberra's art and regional history, filling a gap that had long existed in the city's public life. Over the following years it built up its collections and became a regular venue for exhibitions focused on the capital's past.
The museum focuses on Canberra and the surrounding region, showing art and objects that reflect how the city grew from a planned settlement into a living community. Local photographers, painters, and collectors are well represented throughout the rooms.
The museum is located in the city center and easy to reach on foot from many nearby points of interest. Since exhibitions rotate regularly, it is worth checking what is currently on show before planning your visit.
The permanent exhibition Reflecting Canberra opened on 14 February 2001 and includes works about the Canberra bushfires of 2003. In its first five years the gallery held 158 exhibitions. CMAG is one of the assets managed by the Cultural Facilities Corporation, set up under the Cultural Facilities Corporation Act 1997.
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