Monday

Closed

Tuesday

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday

9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Holiday Hours – Open 

Dec. 23 (Winter Break)

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve)

9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dec. 26 (Boxing Day)

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dec. 30 (Winter Break)

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jan. 1 (New Year's Day)

12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed 

Dec. 25 (Christmas Day)

Jan. 6 to 10, 2025 (Annual Maintenance)

A woman painting with watercolours in front of her laptop.

Online Studio is Back!

Explore various art techniques with Online Studio, starting in January 2025. Our free workshops feature artists from across the country, working in a range of mediums.

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Events and Activities

Guests in the Scotiabank Great Hall under purple and pink lights.
Join us for this year’s Glow Party. Enjoy art making, visits to exhibitions, and lots of special surprises!
Jan 2, 2025
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
Three Spark! program participants laugh together, enjoying a moment of art appreciation.
SPARK!@Home is a friendly, conversation-based, free program designed for individuals living with dementia, and their care partners.
Jan 13, 2025
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
A group of people walking towards the Scotiabank Great Hall
The Winter Walking Group is a free, safe and social indoor walking program designed to encourage physical activity among people of all ages and abilities.
Jan 17, 2025
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EST
Main Entrance
A smiling older woman weaves on a small floor loom.
Tour the exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, then try your hand at weaving with experts from the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum.
Jan 25, 2025
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
Studio and Special Exhibitions Galleries
Sonia Del Re and Kirsten Appleyard.
Join exhibition curators Sonia Del Re and Kirsten Appleyard for a tour of Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault.
Jan 30, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries

oN VIEW

The Governor General’s Awards
in Visual and Media Arts 2024

Celebrating the exceptional careers of artists in Canada.

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Plan your visit

Take in new exhibitions, enjoy artist talks, make some art, take a tour, and so much more. 

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Gift
Membership

Give the gift of inspiration, creativity and art with a membership to the National Gallery of Canada.

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Highlights from
the Collection

Janet Cardiff, Forty-Part Motet, 2001, 40-track audio installation, installation dimensions variable.

Forty-Part Motet

This brilliant sound sculpture by Canadian artist Janet Cardiff is a reworking of Spem in Alium, a piece by 16th-century English composer Thomas Tallis. 

James Wilson Morrice, Landscape, Trinidad, c. 1921, oil on canvas.

New on View

Each year, hundreds of works from the Gallery's collection are presented in a wide range of installations and special exhibitions, some of which are showcased here.

Louise Bourgeois, Maman, 1999, cast 2003. Bronze, stainless steel, and marble.

Inspired Words

Listen to leading authors speak about key artworks in the Gallery's collection.