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 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, Ottawa, Ontario
- Website
- Visit the National Gallery of Canada to plan your visit.
- Fees
- Admission fees apply.
Focus series
The series is available from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. Here’s a quick look at some of the featured works and where you can see them.
Focus on the Métis
Winter fishing on the ice of the Assynoibain and Red Rivers
Peter Rindisbacher, 1821
Watercolour on paper
Library and Archives Canada, e011161354
Pictorialism
Maud Carter
Sidney Carter, before 1910
Platinum print
Library and Archives Canada, e011872097
Work is art/Art is work
Men in Storm
Albert Vandewiele (Van), ca. 1935
Silver gelatin print
Library and Archives Canada, e011872093
Points of view: Photography in the North
Leah Panikpakochok, Kunukuttuk, and Mary Panirusiq Kyak Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), Nunavut
Barbara Heslop, 1949
Silver gelatin print
Library and Archives Canada, e002213334
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.