Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art museum in Halifax, Canada

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia occupies the former Dominion Building, an 1867 Italianate stone structure by David Stirling and William Hay, plus two floors of the adjacent Provincial Building, joined by Ondaatje Court and an underground exhibition room. Its permanent collection holds over 18,000 works by more than 2,000 Nova Scotian, Canadian and international artists, shown in about 1,810 square metres of exhibition space.

The gallery was founded in 1908 as the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts, to house 200 works of the Crown of Nova Scotia, and was renamed the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1975. Its collection moved between several sites, including the gunpowder magazine on Citadel Hill, before settling in 1988 in the Dominion Building, opened in 1867 and designed by David Stirling and William Hay. A 1998 expansion added two floors of the adjacent Provincial Building, linked by Ondaatje Court and an underground exhibition room.

The Maud Lewis gallery is the museum's most visited space, holding 55 works by Lewis as of June 2017, the largest public collection of her art, along with her small painted house, moved into the museum in 1996. In 2013 the Mintz family donated 2,070 images by photographer Annie Leibovitz, acquired for C$4.7 million.

The gallery is open daily and offers guided tours as well as educational programs for schools and families. Visitors find orientation guides at the entrances, and most areas are easily accessible.

The museum holds the world's largest public collection of works by Maud Lewis, 55 pieces as of June 2017, and in 1996 took possession of her small painted house, moved into the building and restored. In 2013 the Mintz family donated 2,070 Annie Leibovitz images, acquired for C$4.7 million.