National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada occupies a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive, featuring four floors with 12,400 square meters of exhibition space.

The institution opened in 1880 with a single landscape painting and moved to its current location in 1988 in a structure designed by Moshe Safdie.

The permanent collection contains 93,000 works spanning Indigenous, Canadian, European, American, and Asian art from ancient times through contemporary periods.

The museum operates Tuesday through Sunday, with extended hours on Thursdays until 20:00, and provides free storage for personal items in the cloakroom.

The Taiga Garden in the interior courtyard replicates the landscape from A.Y. Jackson's painting Terre Sauvage, which resides in the museum collection.

Location: Ottawa

Location: Ontario

Inception: 1880

Founders: John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll

Architects: Moshe Safdie

Official opening: May 21, 1988

Floors above the ground: 3

Floors below the ground: 1

Elevation above the sea: 70 m

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Website: https://www.beaux-arts.ca/

Address: 380 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 9N4 K1N 9N4

Opening Hours: May-September: Friday-Wednesday 09:30-18:00; May-September: Thursday 09:30-20:00; October-April: Tuesday,Wednesday,Friday-Sunday 10:00-17:00; October-April: Thursday 10:00-20:00

Phone: +16139901985

Website: https://beaux-arts.ca

GPS coordinates: 45.42943,-75.69839

Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:23