Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Metropolitan art gallery in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery is a museum in central Dunedin that houses artworks created by regional artists spanning more than 150 years. The collection extends to European paintings and Japanese woodblock prints, displayed alongside material from the local artistic heritage.

The institution was founded in 1884 and became the first art museum of its kind in the country. Since its opening, it has grown to become one of four major art venues that shape the nation's cultural landscape.

The gallery began collecting decorative arts in the 1920s, following the model of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and now holds ceramics, glass, metalwork, furniture and textiles that are unmatched in New Zealand. A piece to look for is William De Morgan's Dragon Charger. The name of the gallery reflects its public ownership and its home in the city's Octagon.

The gallery occupies the refitted D.I.C. building on The Octagon, beside the public library, Town Hall and Regent Theatre. Enter from The Octagon; the building has been the gallery's home since 1996. Allow time for the decorative arts rooms as well as the painting galleries.

The gallery's British watercolours came as a single gift from F.H.D. Smythe and number over 1300 works, a group described as outstanding in New Zealand. The same bequest line also brought a notable collection of Japanese woodblock prints, held among the overseas prints and drawings.