Experience the National Collection

See modern and contemporary art from around the world at the National Gallery. Comprising almost 160,000 works, the Gallery is home to Australia’s largest collection of art.

Many of the items on display are free to access including The Aboriginal Memorial is an installation by Ramingining artists from Central Arnhem land that commemorates those who, since 1788, have lost their lives defending their land. It comprises 200 hollow log coffins situated according to where the artists’ clans live along the Glyde River and its tributaries.

On the lower ground floor is Women and Clay in the Water Gallery draws together ceramic works by Australian women active during the 1960s and 1970s, including Thanakupi and Joan Campbell.

For more information visit the NGA website