Wollongong Art Gallery
A leading regional art gallery with an ongoing schedule of high quality exhibition, education and public programs. The gallery also manages an art collection of Contemporary, Aboriginal, Asian and Colonial artworks that are presented on a regular basis. The gallery is housed in an important and unique building, designed and built in the 1950s and a local landmark.
Wollongong Art Gallery would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land on which the Gallery stands, and gives respect to the Elders past, present and emerging, and extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people.
Explore the Collection
Wollongong City Council began collecting art works from local art prize exhibitions with the assistance of the Wollongong Art Purchase Committee in 1956. These works, along with the Bob Sredersas Gift, formed the city’s Art Collection when Wollongong Art Gallery was opened in 1978.
Today the Wollongong Art Gallery Collection comprises 2,969 works spanning across a diverse range of objects from Neolithic pots in the Mann-Tatlow Collection of Asian Art to Colonial and Early Australian Art from 1831, Indigenous Art from 1950 and Contemporary Art from 1960.
Wollongong Art Gallery Friends
Wollongong Art Gallery Friends is a vital part of the social life of the Gallery. The major objectives of the Friends are to stimulate, educate and sustain public interests in the Gallery.
One of the Friends key goals is to support the enhancement of the link between the Gallery and the Wollongong community.
The Friends is open to all members of the public and is a great way to enhance your gallery experience, to meet new people and make new friends. The Friends are proudly sponsored by Tyrrell Wines and the Novotel Wollongong.
“Our aim is to enhance the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts for the people of the Illawarra and visitors to the region. Our diverse program includes exhibitions and activities that highlight the unique energy and creativity of the Illawarra region, as well as those derived from partner institutions around Australia and the world.”
Facilities found here:
Conference/Convention Facilities
Public Toilet
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