Ottawa - National Gallery of Canada 
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The National Gallery of Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie, is an architectural masterpiece, a highly successful, ultra-modern building that, with its prism-like glass towers, echoes the lines of the nearby Parliament Buildings, and while strongly contrasting with their Neo-Gothicism and the mock medieval Château Laurier nevertheless fits very well into Ottawa's cityscape.
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From Europe come Hans Memling's "Virgin and Child with St Antony", Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus", and El Greco's "St Francis of Assissi", together with "The Mechanic" (1920) by Fernand Léger; also works by Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Claes Oldenbourg, George Segal and Andy Warhol.
The rooms of Inuit art are on the lower level under the glassed in Great Hall.
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Address:
National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Box 427, Station A, Ottawa, ON K1N9N4, Canada
Phone: 1 (613) 990-1985, Fax: 1 (613) 993-4385
Phone: 1 (613) 990-1985, Fax: 1 (613) 993-4385
Hours:
May 1 to September 30: 10am-5pm; Thu: 10am-8pm
October 1 to April 30: 10am-5pm; Thu: 10am-8pm; Closed: Mon
Always opened on: Family Day - Alberta (3rd Monday, February ), Thanksgiving - Canada (2nd Monday, October ), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Easter Monday - Christian, Easter - Christian
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Good Friday - Christian
Tips: Free admission on Thursdays after 5pm.
The Bookstore closes a half hour after the Gallery; exceptionally open Monday before Christmas from 10 am to 5:30 pm.
The Cafeteria follows the Gallery hours; kitchen closes at 3 pm.
The Cafe l'Entree is open daily from 11:30 am to 4 pm; afternoon tea served from 1:30 pm.
Subject to change.
Discount: Thursday
Parking: Pay
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service
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View of National Gallery in Ottawa.
Great Hall of the National Gallery in Ottawa.
Night lights of the National Gallery in Ottawa.
The National Gallery of Canada and Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa.
