National gallery

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A national gallery is a country's major public art gallery. Among the galleries which have this name are:

• Australia:
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Bermuda: Bermuda National Gallery
• Bulgaria: National Art Gallery (Bulgaria) (Национална художествена галерия), Sofia
• Canada: National Gallery of Canada (Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), Ottawa
• Ireland: National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
• New Zealand: National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington (now defunct)
• Singapore: National Art Gallery of Singapore
• South Africa: South African National Gallery, Cape Town
• Thailand: National Art Gallery (Thailand)
• Indonesia: Galeri Nasional, Jakarta
• United Kingdom:
  • National Gallery, London, England
  • National Gallery of Scotland
  • National Museum Cardiff, formerly the National Museum and Gallery, Wales
• United States: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Galleries whose name can be translated into English as "National Gallery" or something similar include:

• Armenia: National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan
• Czech Republic: Národní galerie v Praze, Prague (National Gallery in Prague)
• Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Art, Kopenhagen), Copenhagen
• Finland: Valtion Taidemuseo/Statens Konstmuseum (Finnish National Gallery), Helsinki
• Germany:
  • Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
  • Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
• Greece: National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum
• Hungary: Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest
• Iceland: Listasafn Íslands (National Gallery of Iceland), Reykjavik
• Jordan: Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
• Liechtenstein: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
• Norway: Nasjongalleriet (National Gallery of Norway)
• Slovakia: Slovenská Národná Galéria (Slovak National Gallery), Bratislava
• Slovenia: Narodna Galerija (National Gallery of Slovenia)

[edit] See also

• National archive
• National library
• National museum

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