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Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū - number 2

The previous public art gallery, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery opened on 16 June 1932 and closed on 16 June 2002. It was located in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, adjacent to Canterbury Museum where the building still stands unused, as of 2019

Christchurch City Council committed funds to buying land for a new gallery in 1995 and purchased the Christchurch Art Gallery site in 1996, in Montreal Street

 

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Uploaded on October 21, 2019