About National Art Gallery of Canada
Review of National Art Gallery of Canada
Located in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, the National gallery of Canada is one of the premier art galleries of Canada. The Gallery is placed in granite and glass apartment on Sussex Drive with spectacular view of the parliament building on Parliament Hill. This amazing structure was the creation of famous Architect Moshe Safdie which was opened during the year 1654. The former director of the gallery Jean Sutherland Boggs was selected by Pierre Trudeau, the Prime minister of Canada to take care of national gallery of museums and gallery.
Initially, the gallery was formed by John Douglas, the Governor General of Canada and it was moved to 1st home on Parliament Hill in exactly same building as Supreme Court. In 1911, they moved the gallery to Victoria Memorial Museum. The National Gallery of Canada was chosen as one among top five hundred buildings in Canada which has been built in last century by Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »