National Gallery of Canada Reviews

Beautiful place if you love painting and sculptures

Pretty cool place. The store is pretty good. I thought I was going to see more first nation art but it was very scarce to my liking.
The building is awesome specially the huge glass structure.

You can not miss not going to the National Gallery. An amazing experience.

Great place to visit if you are from Ottawa or visiting! Wonderful display and pride in First Nations art and artists. Very interesting architecture in the building. The cafe has nice food, a little bit pricey, but the museums affordable admission off sets this. Also! Students get a near 50% discount on admission fees! Great brain food! I can't wait to go again!

I went without expectation and was overwhelmed by the scale. The amount of work is enormous. Good works were also able to meet. Shop also had many good things.

Pricing for gauguin exhibit was not clear. Was disappointed to have to pay extra during the "free" period on Thursday evening.

A fantastic place to spend the day. We visited during the Impressionist exhibition. Wonderful works of art

An excellent gallery to visit once off, but it gets even better with frequent visits. The cafe is an underappreciated treasure. (The food is just decent, but the views and natural lighting more than make up for any shortcomings.) You can visit the cafe without paying for admission, too, which is handy.

Had a wonderful afternoon with my son here on Friday! So many beautiful pieces of art to share with him!

Vety well done. Great variety of art from Canada and beyond

A very nice place for having an overall knowledge of European and North American art. On Thursday after 5pm you can enter for free. A very good plan.

Very beautiful architecture but yet pretty conservative art.

Huge collection if Canadian art by Native artists, Group of Seven in addition to modern artists. The building architecture is also very impressive with inner courtyards and glass atrium. The building has also a coffee shop, gift shop and some areas for kids activities.

Collection of Impressionist Masters was worth the trip to Magog !!

I try and visit as often as possible. I'm going to be honest and say that I think that the spider is weird. Most of the other art is amazing, especially the church room

We had a wonderful time. It's a beautiful building filled with excellent art and the staff were teriffic

Good museum with a wide range of art. Been to a few national museums and didn't know what to expect. Was surprised by the range and quality of the materials. Good range of art from Canada, from very early aboriginal to modern artists. Spent about five hours and didn't see it all.

Never stopped in but walked by its many times very nice spider statue and surroundings

I've always had a thing for modern buildings with fancy art work hanging on the walls. The Impressionist display was outstanding. We will be going back

This gallery really is worth multiple visits! I really enjoyed spending time in there. There are so much to learn!

They have 4 Van Gogh's, a Degas, a Klimt, and beautiful Indigenous art!!!

I think this ranks amongst the best of Ottawa museums. With the exception of temporary exhibitions the gallery is free to enter and still with every penny. It's great to see so many great at works help in trust of the Canadian people. Good for a minimum of a two hour visit, though three is better, and one is possible if you're in a hurry. If you're visiting Ottawa for some time then make some time to go.

The James Wilson Morrice exhibition is incredibly beautiful. And many thanks to A.K. Prakash for his insightful and well expressed video. That itself is a gem. Thankfully. New member. Marlene.

I appreciate art, but it's not what you would think.... the lay out is just not well thought out, perhaps it's architecture at its finest......

Student admission was pretty cheap, like 8$ if I recall correctly. The art was great (there was a Klimt) and the contemporary sections were breathtaking. The gift shop had a good variety of things (art socks!) and the building itself had nice architecture.

Wonderful art gallery, with permanent and temprory exhibits

Love the gallery , you need at least 4 hrs to see whole gallery

There is Giant Spider Maman in front of the Museum, a work of art made of black copper and stainless steel. Very strange! Like watching horror movies!

A wide-ranging and varied collection of western and indigenous art including some Canadian works, with interesting temporary exhibits. Also home to the Canadian Photography Institute, but very limited displays. Don't miss the chapel.

The best part of the gallery is the building itself. The architecture utilizes its windows like paintings to capture the best of its surrounding views. The sunroof over the long entrance hall and garden atrium are also fantastic.

Very nice museum with a beautiful location. Many varieties each month.

If your interest is in international art, perhaps you will remain on your hunger since the works presented are mainly Canadian. Local works are located in interactive rooms. You can also enjoy a magnificent collection of native artists.

Interesting gallery, I enjoyed alot of the classic paintings, the photography gallery and some of the modern art exhibits.

Make sure wearing comfy shoes awhile you walking around here. It s pretty big space with lovely stuff. I visited on the weekdays and it was quite enough to enjoy the stuff.

So much to see! From Canadian art to Rembrandt and Van Gogh. With a great choice of the Group of Seven painters. One walks a lot and the architecture is not it s forte. But worth every minute you spend there.

Must visit gallery when you are in Ottawa. I wish in had a section for small children (2-5 yrs of age). The architecture bus beautiful as well. The gallery is free on Thursday evenings as well. There was construction going on when we visited but it did not deter from the experience. They are also currently running a special exhibition for impressionism.

Good place to bring kid over for to spend the weekend. Not crowded, and cost is low.

Great art gallery with a lovely well stocked and reasonably priced gift shop. Well worth a visit. ?;-{-

Nietzsche's death mask. Not a popular activity anymore. Weird.

Great selection of art, and amazing architecture all around the building!

We thought 3 hours would be plenty of time to view the entire gallery - we were very wrong! Please set aside an entire day to view this gallery in its entirety. There is so much beautiful art! And the security staff are abundant and very helpful. Even the gift shop was awesome, with tons of gorgeous merchandise. There is also a coat check which was helpful.

Lots of artwork by native Indians. Very informative and interesting pieces of art from other contemporary artists from around the world.

This structure is stunning! Just walking through the building you are awed by the space. The collections are diverse, well displayed and interesting. They have a few talks each day, causal and interesting so ask for this information if you like that sort of thing. It is a huge space so there is a lot of walking. The audio guild was easy and worth while for $5. If you plan to eat or drink at the cafe it is small so avoid peak lunch hour when there could be a line up. Parking (underground and very clean and well lite) is $14 for the day and worth it if you don t want to walk far. we spent the better part of the day here.

The gallery has everything from extremely well done renaissance paintings to abstract art.

I love the NGC! I would spend days in it! Great architecture and facilities! Very nice collection of Art!

It was lots of fun, first time in q long time that I've been to a gallery. I liked that it was set up with a clear way to walk through the exhibits.

The 40 voice motet sound landscape which is part of the gallery's permanent installation is phenomenal and worth multiple visits.

Always love the Gallery on a cold sunny day in January, view of Parliament Hill is unmatched.

Couldn't see the whole thing, but I had El Greco, so awesome

Very good art gallery, not big, can be read once or twice, update speed is not fast, suitable for the surrounding look

This place was so amazing and it is sooooo big, you'll be able to find something everybody likes here and the art is exquisite. They also have a great cafeteria is you get hungry!

Lots of interactive things for kids to do and we'll set up for families. Good exhibits and friendly staff.

Really enjoyed the visiting and permanent exhibits. Great to see some Canadian art and photography

Beautiful building. Friendly people. Nice pictures.

Incredible Gallery in Ottawa and Canada. Great collection and lovely space. Take advantage of free nights on thursdays from 5-8!

Really cool architecture. Good collection of mostly Canadian and international art. Reasonable admission price