 Mendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory | |
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| Established | October 16, 1964 |
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| Dissolved | June 7, 2015 |
| Location | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Coordinates | 52°08′05″N 106°38′56″W / 52.1348°N 106.6490°W |
| Type | Art museum and conservatory |
| Collection size | 7,500 |
| Visitors | 180,000 (2010) |
| Director | Gregory Burke, Executive Director & CEO |
| Curator | Sandra Fraser, Acting Chief Curator |
| Website | www |
The Mendel Art Gallery was a major creative cultural centre in City Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Operating from 1964 to 2015, it housed a permanent collection of more than 7,500 works of art.[1] The gallery was managed by the city-owned Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, which also managed the Mendel's sister institution, the Saskatoon Civic Conservatory. In 1999, it was the 16th largest public art gallery in Canada by budget size and had the sixth highest overall attendance in the country.[2] By 2010, it had more than 180,000 visitors.[3]
Plans to expand the Mendel Art Gallery began in the 2000s, although they were later abandoned by the City of Saskatoon government in favour of establishing a new art museum. The Mendel Art Gallery was closed on 7 June 2015, with its assets divided between the City of Saskatoon government and the new art museum. The permanent collection of the Mendel Art Gallery was transferred to the new art museum, the Remai Modern, after its opening in October 2017.
- ^ "History". Mendel Art Gallery. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Ring, Dan (2006). "Mendel Art Gallery". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "About the Mendel Art Gallery". Mendel Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-02-04.