Queen's University, 36 University Avenue
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Email: aeac@queensu.ca
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
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Agnes Etherington Art Centre is a research intensive art museum located on the historic campus of Queen’s University. It illuminates the great artistic traditions of the past and the innovations of the present through year-round programs of exhibitions and outreach activities staged across nine beautiful galleries, the Bieler Studio, and assorted public spaces including the gracious period rooms of the historic Etherington House. Its superb collections – numbering over 17,000 works – include cutting edge contemporary art and fine examples of Canadian historical art, Indigenous art and artifacts, and material culture including an unusual collection of Canadian Historical Dress and the Lang Collection of African Art. The Bader Collection, focusing on Rembrandt and his school, centers on more than 200 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, including one portrait and three beautiful character studies by Rembrandt.
Free admission for all, donations are welcome.