Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney · founded 1880
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia. The gallery's first public exhibition opened in 1874.
- Visitors a year
- 2.4MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1880Founded
What to see
Cymon and Iphigenia
Frederic Leighton, 1884.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
A Cavalier
Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1658.
At the museum · Photo by Frans van Mieris the Elder, CC BY-SA 4.0
Requiescat
1888.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon
Edward Poynter, 1890.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The white glove
George Washington Lambert, 1921.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Fire's on
Arthur Streeton, 1891.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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