.jpg) Exterior facade of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's Dominion building in Halifax | |
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| Established | 1908 |
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| Location | 1723 Hollis Street Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Coordinates | 44°38′52.83″N 63°34′21.54″W / 44.6480083°N 63.5726500°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | Over 18,000 [1] |
| Visitors | 45,455 (2017)[2] |
| CEO | Sarah Moore Fillmore [4] |
| Curator | David Diviney (Senior Curator)[3] |
| Website | agns.ca |
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately 6,200 square metres (67,000 sq ft) of space. The museum complex comprises the former Dominion building and two floors of the adjacent Provincial building.
The museum was established in 1908 as the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts and was renamed the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1975. The museum moved into the Dominion building in 1988 and expanded the museum complex in 1998.
The museum's permanent collection has over 18,000 works by Nova Scotian, Canadian, and international artists. Its collection is exhibited in its main location in Halifax as well as its satellite branch in Yarmouth. In addition to exhibiting works from its permanent collection, the museum has also organized and hosted a number of travelling arts exhibitions.
- ^ "About". agns.ca. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Performance Scorecard 2016-2017" (PDF). Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Annual Accountability Report for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2017. p. 10. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Contact". artgalleryofnovascotia.ca. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Board of Governors". artgalleryofnovascotia.ca. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.