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This month

Three persons looking at a large artwork in a red room.
Tours

3 to See

30 minutes, one theme, three artworks: discover new-to-you spaces and artists with 3 to See, a selection of three artworks connected by one theme.
Dec 18, 2025
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Dec 20, 2025 — Dec 21, 2025
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Dec 22, 2025 — Dec 26, 2025
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Dec 27, 2025 — Dec 28, 2025
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Dec 29, 2025 — Jan 2, 2026
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
Three persons looking at a large artwork in a red room.
Tours

3 to See

30 minutes, one theme, three artworks: discover new-to-you spaces and artists with 3 to See, a selection of three artworks connected by one theme.
Jan 1, 2026
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Jan 3, 2026 — Jan 4, 2026
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
Three persons looking at a large artwork in a red room.
Tours

3 to See

30 minutes, one theme, three artworks: discover new-to-you spaces and artists with 3 to See, a selection of three artworks connected by one theme.
Jan 8, 2026
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
A Gallery guide discusses an artwork with a group.
Tours

Guided Gallery Tour

Explore the National Gallery of Canada and its extensive art collections with a Gallery guide.
Jan 10, 2026 — Jan 11, 2026
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Scotiabank Great Hall
Jasmine Inglis (left); Darcy Niemczak (middle); Andrea Kunard (right)
Tours

Meet the Curators

Join curators Andrea Kunard, Jasmine Inglis and Darcy Niemczak for a special tour of the exhibition Camera and the City.
Jan 24, 2026
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 2)
Two visitors viewing an artwork in the Indigenous and Canadian galleries.
Tours

Guided Slow Looking Sundays

Guided Slow Looking offers visitors an opportunity to come together, slow down, and spend a bit of extra time with individual works of art.
Jan 25, 2026
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST
National Gallery of Canada
Michael Tardioli
Tours

Tour the Exhibition Camera and the City with Michael Tardioli

Enjoy a special tour of the exhibition Camera and the City, led by Michael Tardioli, co-founder and Director of Education at SPAO (School of the Photographic...
Jan 29, 2026
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 2)
Anabelle Kienle-Ponka and Jocelyn Piirainen
Tours

Meet the Experts: Anabelle Kienle Ponka and Jocelyn Piirainen

Join NGC Curators Anabelle Kienle Ponka and Jocelyn Piirainen in the exhibition space for a fascinating tour of Winter Count: Embracing the Cold.
Feb 5, 2026
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 1)
Katerina Atanassova and Wahsontiio Cross
Tours

Meet the Experts: Katerina Atanassova and Wahsontiio Cross

Join NGC Curators Katerina Atanassova and Wahsontiio Cross in the exhibition space for a fascinating tour of Winter Count: Embracing the Cold.
Feb 19, 2026
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EST
Special Exhibitions Galleries (Level 1)
Two visitors viewing an artwork in the Indigenous and Canadian galleries.
Tours

Guided Slow Looking Sundays

Guided Slow Looking offers visitors an opportunity to come together, slow down, and spend a bit of extra time with individual works of art.
Feb 22, 2026
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST
National Gallery of Canada