Library and Archives Canada on display at the National Gallery of Canada

Library and Archives Canada on display at the National Gallery of Canada

If you’re visiting the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in the National Capital Region, you’ll probably notice that some works are from Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) collection. Thanks to a five-year partnership with the NGC and the Canadian Photography Institute, LAC is presenting original works and reproductions in the spectacular Indigenous and Canadian Galleries.

Details

Address:
380 Sussex Drive

Visit the NGC website to plan your visit. Admission fees apply.

Here’s a quick look at some of the featured works and where you can see them

Focus Series – Al Fresco

June 2024 to May 2025

Tea Party, Ottawa, Ontario

Tea Party, Ottawa, Ontario
Reproduction
James or May Ballantyne, 1892
Glass plate negative
Library and Archives Canada, e011505082

Focus Series – Pulling Their Weight: Dog Teams in Indigenous and Canadian Art

June 2024 to May 2025

In the Klondike

In the Klondike
From the Klondike Views album
Larss & Duclos, ca. 1898
silver gelatin print
Library and Archives Canada, e011505073

Focus Series – Photography and Inuit Tattoos

November 2023 to May 2025
Gallery A111A

photography and inuit tattoos

Kukilukak, Cecile Nelvana Kamingoak’s “Anana” (stepmother)
Richard Harrington, 1949–50
Black and white negative
Library and Archives Canada, a145007

Focus Series – Pictorialism

June 2024 to May 2025

The Japanese Lantern

The Japanese Lantern
Arthur D. Chapman, 1917
Platinum print
Library and Archives Canada, e011413999

Focus Series – Work is Art/Art is Work

June 2024 to May 2025

Windmill Point, Montreal

Windmill Point, Montreal
Ernst Neumann, 1946
Etching
Library and Archives Canada, e010963540

Virtual experience available on the NGC website

Discover photographs from the original installation Constant Companions: Pets in Nineteenth Century Photography,
co-produced by Library and Archives Canada and the National Gallery of Canada.