McMichael Canadian Art Collection

McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Entrance to the main building
Established	8 July 1965; 59 years ago (1965-07-08)[note 1]
Location	10365 Islington Avenue Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°50′27″N 79°37′31″W / 43.840776°N 79.625205°W / 43.840776; -79.625205
Type	Art museum
Visitors	105,208[note 2][1]
Director	Sarah Milroy (Executive Director)[2]
Curator	Sarah Milroy (Chief Curator)[3]
Architect	Leo Venchiarutti
Owner	Government of Ontario
Website	mcmichael.com

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (MCAC) is an art museum in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on a 40-hectare (100-acre) property in Kleinburg, an unincorporated village in Vaughan. The property includes the museum's 7,900-square-metre (85,000 sq ft) main building, a sculpture garden, walking trails, and a cemetery for six members of the Group of Seven.

The collection dates back to 1955, when Robert and Signe McMichael began to collect works from artists associated to the Group of Seven, exhibiting their works at their home in Kleinburg. In 1965, the McMichaels formally reached an agreement to donate their collection and their Kleinburg property to the Government of Ontario in order to establish an art museum. The institution was opened to the public as the McMichael Conservation Collection of Art in 1966. The museum was formally incorporated into the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in 1972. Although the museum was originally established with an institutional focus on the Group of Seven, the museum's mandate was later expanded to include contemporary Canadian art, and art from indigenous Canadians.

The museum's permanent collection includes over 6,500 works by Canadian artists. In addition to its permanent collections, the institution is also the custodian for the archives of works on paper by Inuit artists based in Kinngait. The museum organizes and hosts a number of travelling art exhibitions, typically focused on Canadian art.

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