Floorplan
The Gallery’s magnificent building opened to the public in 1988.
Designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, it boasts over 12,000 square metres of exhibition space.
Ground Level
- Main Entrance
- Boutique
- Happy Goat Coffee
- Group Entrance
- Group Coat Check
- Foyer
- Auditorium
- Lecture Hall
- Studio
- Sketches
- Seminar Rooms A & B
- Inspiration Space
- Plaza (outside)
- Amphitheatre (outside)
Level 1
- Indigenous and Canadian
- A101 Indigenous
- A102 New France to Confederation
- A106 Group of Seven
- A108 Early 20th Century
- A110 Modern Canadian and Inuit
- A112 a-b
- Lower Contemporary
- B107, B109 – Sylvia Safdie: TERRA
- Special Exhibition 1 – Winter Count: Embracing the Cold
- Scotiabank Great Hall
- Cafeteria
- Fred and Elizabeth Fountain Garden Court
- Rideau Chapel – Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet
- Michael and Sonja Koerner Family Atrium
Level 2
- European and American
- C201 Renaissance
- C204 Baroque
- C208 18th Century
- C213 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
- C214 American 1945-1990
- C216 20th Century
- C218
- Upper Contemporary
- B203, B204 – 2025 Sobey Art Award Exhibition
- Special Exhibition 2 – Camera and the City
- Library and Archives – In Relief: The Work of Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1913–2008)
Explore the Sensory Map and additional resources on the Accessibility page.