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Welcome to the Art Gallery of South Australia
Founded in 1881, the Art Gallery of South Australia is home to one of Australia's great art
collections, housed in one of Adelaide's most beautiful buildings. Located at the heart of
Adelaide's cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of
Adelaide, the Gallery welcomes more than half a million visitors each year. We hope you will enjoy
your visit - whether real, or virtual.
Opening Hours
The Gallery is open daily 10am to 5pm (closed 25 December).
A printable map of the gallery is available
here.
Admission
General admission to the Gallery is free. Charges apply for some
exhibitions.
Contact Us
Friendly staff are available to assist you with your visit to the Gallery. For
enquiries, telephone 08 8207 7000 or
email the Gallery.
Elder Wing
The Elder Wing of Australian Art is now open to the public after being
beautifully refurbished to celebrate the Gallery’s 130th anniversary. New displays of Australian
pre-colonial, colonial and early twentieth-century art have been unveiled including twenty
spectacular new, multi-million dollar works gifted to the Gallery in honour of its anniversary.
Melrose Wing Closure
The Melrose Wing is currently closed to visitors. It is planned that the Melrose Wing
will undergo a major refurbishment and will remain closed to visitors in 2012.
During the closure, the Gallery will take the opportunity to clean and conserve a number of
European paintings from its collection and plan fresh collection displays.
Throughout the Melrose works program selected works from the European collection will be on
display in Gallery's 9, 10 and 11. Visitors to the gallery can also enjoy the
Aboriginal, Australian, Asian and contemporary collections as well as special exhibitions, the
bookshop and restaurant.
The Collection
The Gallery's outstanding collection of 38,000 works of art comprises Australian,
European, North American and Asian works including paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings,
photographs, textiles, furniture, ceramics, metalwork and jewellery.
The comprehensive collection of Australian art from the time of European settlement in
the early nineteenth century to the present day, including one of the most important collections of
Indigenous art.
The European collection spans the Renaissance to today, and the Asian collection covers
twelve countries with galleries dedicated to the art of Southeast Asia, India, Japan and the
only dedicated Islamic gallery space in Australia.
We invite you to visit our permanent collection at the Gallery or to view collection
highlights in our
Online Gallery.
Public Programs
In addition to our permanent collection displays we have a dynamic program of
exhibitions,
educational programs and
events many of which are free. Our activities
are greatly supported by our
Members, and development of our collections by
our
Foundation and our
Contemporary Collectors.
Restaurant & Bookshop
The award-winning
Art Gallery Restaurant is open every day from
10am to 4.30pm. Make a booking by telephoning 08 8232 4366.
The
Bookshop is open from 10am to 4.45pm every day. For
enquiries telephone 08 8207 7029.
Parking
Parking is available opposite the Gallery in the Wilson’s Carpark on North Terrace.
Access
Wheelchair and pram access is available to all areas of the Gallery. Just ask at the
Information Desks for assistance. Wheelchairs can also be borrowed while visiting the Art Gallery
and are available from the North Terrace Desk. Please telephone 08 8207 7000 in advance of your
visit for more information or to reserve a wheelchair.
Car Parking for Disabled
A number of parking spaces reserved for the disabled and within proximity to the Gallery are
located in the North Terrace precinct. Access to these parking spaces is via the Morgan Thomas
laneway - enter from Kintore Avenue (immediately behind the State Library). To arrange access
through Morgan Thomas Lane, please telephone 08 8207 7000.
Disability Access around Adelaide
The DIRC (Disability Information & Resource Centre SA) website lists disability access,
toilets and floor plans to public buildings in Adelaide.
Click here to visit the DIRC website.
Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
T 61 8 8207 7000
F 61 8 8207 7070
Email the Art Gallery
Open daily 10am to 5pm
(closed 25 December)
Free Admission
(Entry fees apply to some special exhibitions.)