Canberra Museum and Gallery
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Established | 1998 |
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Location | City Centre, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Website | [1] |
Canberra Museum and Gallery, an art gallery and museum in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Located on London Circuit, in Civic in the centre of the city. The gallery was opened on 13 February, 1998.
The museum houses a permanent collection called Reflecting Canberra which opened on 14 February, 2001, which is regularly updated with changing events. Among other things the exhibition includes works on display about the Canberra bushfires of 2003.
There are several art galleries located on two floors of the building, which have different exhibitions of paintings, photography or other works of art. In its first five years the gallery had held 158 exhibitions. Entry to the gallery is free. There is also a Resource Centre located in the building.