Art Gallery of Hamilton
The Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) is an art museum located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The museum occupies a 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) building on King Street West in downtown Hamilton, designed by Trevor P. Garwood-Jones. The institution is southwestern Ontario's largest and oldest art museum.
Art Gallery of Hamilton from King Street West | |
| Established | 31 January 1914 |
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| Location | 123 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43.2575°N 79.872222°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Tobi Bruce |
| President | Shelley Falconer |
| Architect | Trevor Garwood-Jones Bruce Kuwabara (renovations) |
| Website | artgalleryofhamilton.com |
The museum was established as the Municipal Gallery of Hamilton in January 1914, and was opened to the public in June 1914, at a Hamilton Public Library building on Main Street West. The museum continued to operate from that location until 1953, when the museum relocated to a new building in the neighbourhood of Westdale. In 1977, the museum moved to its present King Street West location. The museum building was renovated with designs by Bruce Kuwabara from 2003 to 2005.
The Art Gallery of Hamilton's permanent collection has over 10,000 works by artists from Canada, and around the world. In addition to exhibiting works from its collection, the museum has also organized, and hosted a number of travelling exhibitions.