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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.

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

Saturday

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

Sunday

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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

Paper Weaving
Workshop

Online Studio – Paper Weaving

This workshop is inspired by works of art in the exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction.
Jan 15, 2025
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
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Special Event

Winter Walking Group

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.
Special Event

Weaving Workshop with the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

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.
Tour

Meet the Experts

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
The Ottawa Baroque Consort
Performance

Curse and Caution. Tales from the Gathered Leaves Vault

Join the Ottawa Baroque Consort and David Brennan for a dramatic fusion of music, storytelling and art.
Feb 8, 2025
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST
Auditorium
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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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Discover

Luke Anguhadluq Family, 1971, colour stonecut and stencil on laid japan paper
Your Collection

These Beautiful Markings: Tattoos in Inuit art

A selection of works by Inuit artists examines traditional tattoos in art, along with their significance and use.
January 8, 2025
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Wellbeing and Community Programs

The Gallery’s Wellbeing and Community Programs offer art-based experiences adapted to a wide range of needs and interests.
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycles, 2014. 1254 Bicycles. Stainless steel.
National Engagement

Ai Weiwei and Forever Bicycles

Ai Weiwei's Forever Bicycles, a monumental archway, is reminiscent of the traditional Chinese paifang or commemorative gate found in Chinatowns around the world.

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. 

Salon wall in the Canadian and Indigenous Galleries at the National Gallery of Canada.

Indigenous and Canadian Art

In these galleries the parallel and, at times, interrelated stories of Indigenous and Canadian art in Canada are brought together in one unforgettable display.

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.