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 five-year partnership with the NGC and the Canadian Photography Institute, LAC is presenting original works and reproductions in the spectacular Indigenous and Canadian Galleries.
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- Address:
- 380 Sussex Drive
Visit the NGC website to plan your visit. Admission fees apply.
Here’s a quick look at some of the featured works and where you can see them
Focus Series – Staging in the Studio
August 2023, to May 2024
A103 Corridor

Sports, Pastimes and Pursuits of Canada, Cariboo Hunting: Returning
William Notman, 1866
Albumen print
Library and Archives Canada, e011538181
Focus Series – Pulling Their Weight: Dog Teams in Indigenous and Canadian Art
August 2023 to May 2024
Gallery A103a

Wearied miner taking a rest after mushing 60 miles, Nome Alaska
From the Edward Martin Kindle album
O.D. Goetze, ca. 1890-1910
silver gelatin print
Library and Archives Canada, e011303081-061
Focus Series – Pictorialism
August 2023 to May 2024
Gallery A104a

Maude Carter
Sydney Carter, 1906
Platinum print
Library and Archives Canada, e0114808994
Focus Series – Photography and Inuit Tattoos
November 2023 to May 2025
Gallery A111A

Kukilukak, Cecile Nelvana Kamingoak’s “Anana” (stepmother)
Richard Harrington, 1949–50
Black and white negative
Library and Archives Canada, a145007
Focus Series – Work is Art/Art is Work
May 2023 to May 2024
Gallery A109A

Man sleeping inside the Post Office during the Post Office and Art Gallery strike, Vancouver, B.C.
Unknown photographer, May or June 1938
Silver gelatin print
Library and Archives Canada, e011313815
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.
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