University of Calgary - Nickle Arts Museum (Closed Temporarily)

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2011 WHEN IT WILL OPEN AT A NEW LOCATION.

The Nickle Arts Museum is located on the University of Calgary Campus Campus, near the Olympic Oval. The museum contains and extensive collection of contemporary art as well as a coin collection. The art collection inlcudes prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculptures and decorative arts.

The coin collection contains Greek, Roman and Byzantine pieces. In addition to these collections, the Nickle Arts Museum houses the largest collection of rugs, most of which focuses on Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus.

The Nickle Arts Museum is also well known for its temporary exhibitions which are both national and international in scope.