| Are you a member of a book club, art club, or any other kind of group that might enjoy a series of visits at the Gallery? Come for guided visits of new special exhibitions and thematic tours of the permanent collection. Book a single visit or come for a series!
Groups must be a minimum of 15 people. Tours last 60 minutes.
Cost per person:
Members: $6 per tour
Non-members: $11 for the permanent collection tours (PC), $13 for the Prints and Drawings galleries (P&D galleries) and $16 for special exhibition tours (SpEX).
Groups must book their tour at least three weeks in advance by phoning (613) 990-4888 or faxing: (613) 990-8075.
New loans from the British Museum in Art of this Land
Available any time (PC)
In honour of the National Gallery of Canada's 125th anniversary this year, the British Museum has loaned 21 prestigious works of Canadian Aboriginal art including several pieces from the collection of the Marquis of Lorne, who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883, founder of the National Gallery, and Queen Victoria's son-in-law. A side gallery that includes a beaded shirt and beaded suit by 19th century Plains Indians is dedicated to works acquired by, or presented to Lorne. Other galleries display objects as varied as an Innu caribou coat from northern Quebec, an Athapaskan doll from the 1880s, and 18th century wooden slat armour from the Northwest coast.
Inuit Art from the Permanent Collection
Available any time (PC)
This new installation of Inuit art presents a chronological survey of the Gallery’s permanent collection from the 1940s to the 1990s and considers the relationships between art and life in the north over these changing times.
Asian Art
Available any time (PC)
This tour introduces over thirty sculptures from the Gallery’s rich collection of Asian art and focuses on Indian and Nepalese works from the 1st to the 19th centuries. Representing both Hindu and Buddhist subjects, these works feature the important deities of these beliefs, and cover a wide range of styles from the simple to the richly complex. While most of the works have been carved from various indigenous sandstones, sculptures in wood, bronze and ivory are also included.
20th century Canadian Decorative Arts
Available any time (PC)
Beginning with the importance of the British Arts and Crafts movement in Canada at the turn of the 20th century, this tour examines the context for George Reid’s piano and painted cabinet and introduces new acquisitions such as Thoreau MacDonald’s suite of pine furniture in the Group of Seven galleries. Other new acquisitions such as coffee services, candelabra and fruit-stands by some of the most outstanding silversmiths working in Canada between 1910 and the 1950s, will also be discussed. |
