Exhibits

Current Exhibits

How Do I Look? Ways of Understanding Art

Date: ongoing
Where: Level 4 Colonnades Art Gallery

Tekweywinen tel weljesultiek (Be With Us in Our Joy)

Date: September 21, 2024 - April 6, 2025
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Billy Gauthier: The Earth, Our Mother

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 4 Art Gallery

BEAUMONT-HAMEL AND THE TRAIL OF THE CARIBOU

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 2 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery

Fantastic Finds: Archaeology in Newfoundland and Labrador

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 2 Atrium

Louis Koenig: Dead Calm but Torrential Rain

Date: On Now
Where: Level 2.5

A Dog's Age

Date: On until April 30, 2025
Where: Level 3 - Archives Entrance

Disappearing Ice – Changing Seascapes

Date: March 3, 2022 - Ongoing
Where: 3M Alcove

To the Boys Who Went West: The National War Memorial in St. John’s

Date: Ongoing
Where: Archives Reference Room

Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 3, Connections Gallery
Here, We Made A Home

Here, We Made A Home

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 4, The Elinor Gill Ratcliffe Gallery

Talamh an Éisc: The Fishing Ground

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 4

From This Place: Our Lives on Land and Sea

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 4, The Cenovus Energy Gallery

Upcoming Exhibits

Denyse Thomasos: just beyond

October 12, 2024 - January 19, 2025
Level 3 Main Art Gallery

Past Exhibits

Witness: Canadian Art of the First World War

Witness: Canadian Art of the First World War

Date: September 19, 2015 – January 17, 2016
Where: Level 3, Main

Truth or Myth?

Date: October 22, 2016 - November 11, 2016
Where: Level 4

Newfoundland and Labrador from A to Z

Date: May 2017 to March 2018
Where: Level 2

Gretzky is Everywhere

Date: May 27 - September 24
Where: Level 4

jerry ropson: to kiss a goat between the horns

Date: May 27 - September 24
Where: Level 4

Photography in Canada: 1960 - 2000

Date: January 27 - April 22, 2018
Where: Level 3

Future Possible: Art of Newfoundland & Labrador to 1949

Date: May 12 - September 3
Where: Level 3

Up The Pond: The Royal St. John's Regatta

Date: July 2018 - June 2019
Where: Level 3

Ned Pratt: One Wave

Date: September 22, 2018 - January 20, 2019
Where: Level 3

Manfred Buchheit: Corners

Date: January 12 - June 2019
Where: Level 2.5

Nelson White: Eymu’tiek (We Are Here)

Date: January 19 to June 30, 2019
Where: Level 4 Museum

Pepa Chan: Brush

Date: January 19 to April 14, 2019
Where: Level 4 Media Room

Philippa Jones: Suspended

Date: January 19 to April 14, 2019
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

At Full Tilt: Colette Urban in Western Newfoundland

Date: February 9 - April 28, 2019
Where: Level 3

Mohau Modisakeng: Passage

Date: February 9 - April 28, 2019
Where: Level 3

The Museum of Longing and Failure: MOLAF XX

Date: February 9 - April 28, 2019
Where: Level 3

Aishen Antene: 1946 – February 5th, 2019

Date: On now
Where: Level 3 Atrium

A Piece of Home: Newfoundland Trigger Mitts and Mittens

Date: February 15, 2019 - April 7, 2019
Where: Level 3 Atrium

From Far and Wide

Date: March 8, 2019 - April 30, 2019
Where: Level 3

Classics in Newfoundland: An Unexpected Presence

Date: March 26, 2019 - May 31, 2019
Where: Level 4 Atrium

A Cup of Tea? Antique Teacups and Saucers

Date: April - June 2019
Where: Level 4

An Afghan Wedding Outfit

Date: April - June 2019
Where: Level 3

Rodney LaTourelle and Louise Witthöft: First We Take the Museum

Date: May 18 - September 22, 2019
Where: Level 3

Billy Gauthier: Saunituinnaulungitotluni | Beyond Bone

Date: June 1 - September 2, 2019
Where: Level 4

Logan MacDonald: Bæōdut / Hidden Histories

Date: June 11 - January 12, 2020
Where: Level 2.5

Boarder X

Date: September 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

Fantastical Threads: Costumes at The Rooms

Date: October 1 - November 3, 2019
Where: Level 2-4

Marlene Creates: Places, Paths and Pauses

Date: October 12, 2019 - February 2, 2020
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

Buddy the Puffin

Date: December 10, 2019 - January 28, 2020
Where: Level 3 Atrium

Loops to Live By

Date: December 17 - 2019 - January 27, 2021
Where: Level 4 Colonnade

Jon Sasaki: A Day Becomes a Sunrise

Date: Ongoing
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Of Myths and Mountains

Date: February 1, 2020 - September 29, 2020
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

Melissa Tremblett: Reprise

Date: February 29, 2020 - September 7, 2020
Where:

John Akomfrah: Vertigo Sea

Date: February 29, 2020 - July 26, 2020
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

What Carries Us: Newfoundland and Labrador in the Black Atlantic

Date: February 29, 2020 - September 7, 2020
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

Michelle MacKinnon: Pandemic Portraits

Date: September 3 – November 1, 2020
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Adad Hannah: Glints and Reflections

Date: September 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Where: Level 3 Main Gallery

Adad Hannah: Social Distancing Portraits

Date: September 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Where: Level 3 Harbour

In Their Own Words: Life for Labrador Students at Residential School

Date: September 30, 2020 - October 2021
Where: Level 3

Curtis Talwst Santiago: Infinity Series

Date: October 20, 2020 – May 9, 2021
Where: Level 4

Rae Perlin: Whatever I Wanted Was Out There, In the World, Somewhere

Date: October 24, 2020 – May 9, 2021
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

Malin Enström: Inversion

Date: November 5, 2020 – January 17, 2021
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Outdoor installation: Shelley Miller’s Trade

Date: November 2020
Where: Level 2, Balcony

One-Hundred Years of NONIA: A Proud Legacy

Date: December 1, 2020 - October 31, 2021
Where: 4M Museum Galleries Entranceway Case

Tanea Hynes: WORKHORSE

Date: January 23 - September 26, 2021
Where: Level 3 Harbour Gallery

Helloland! Art, War and the Wireless Imagination

Date: January 23 to September 26, 2021
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

In The Making

Date: April 8, 2021 - September 24, 2023
Where: LEVEL 4 Colonnades

AUDREY FELTHAM: THE INNER LANDSCAPE

Date: April 20, 2021 - July 18, 2021
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Cabinets of Curiosity

Date: April 23, 2021 - Winter 2022
Where: Level 2 Atrium

in/play: Cuppetelli + Mendoza

Date: June 7, 2021 - September 6, 2021
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

José Luis González: Long Ways

Date: July 20 to October 24, 2021
Where: Level 2.5

Rising to the Occasion: Our Community Responds to COVID-19

Date: July 23, 2021 - December 2021
Where: Level 4 Museum

Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me

Date: September 25, 2021 - January 4, 2022
Where: Level 4 Main Gallery

Lauren Hodder: Oxeye, Aster

Date: October 23, 2021 - February 7, 2022
Where: Level 3 Harbour

Me < -- > You

Date: October 23, 2021 - February 7, 2022
Where: Level 3 Main Gallery

Eldred Allen: Resemblance

Date: October 26, 2021 - April 24, 2022
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Tours of Duty: Stories of Service from Contemporary Veterans

Date: November 9, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Where: 4M Museum Gallery Entranceway Case

SOUNDINGS: AN EXHIBITION IN FIVE PARTS

Date: February 5, 2022 - April 10, 2022
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

The Loss of the Ocean Ranger

Date: February 8, 2022- June 19, 2022
Where: Outside Level 4 Entrance to the Museum

Couzyn van Heuvelen: Avataq / ᐊᕙᑕᖅ

Date: February 22-June 5, 2022
Where: Level 3 Harbour, Art Gallery

Arts & Letters

Date: April 23 - May 15, 2022
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

One in Five

Date: May 3 to July 24, 2022
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Sarah Wendt + Pascal Dufaux: The Mountain Moves While My Fingernails Grow

Date: June 4, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Tara Bryan: Unfolding Horizon

Date: June 25 – October 2, 2022
Where: Level 3 Harbour Gallery, Art Gallery

At Home: Too Far, Too Close

Date: June 29, 2022 - June 18, 2023
Where: Level 2 Atrium

30 YEARS ON – THE COD COLLAPSE

Date: June 30, 2022 - June 4, 2023
Where: Level 4 Museum Entrance

Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art

Date: June 25, 2022 - January 15, 2023
Where: Level 3 Main Art Gallery

Don Wright: Gathering Tides

Date: July 25, 2022 to January 22, 2023
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Tangible: Crafting the Future on the 50th Anniversary of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador

Date: September 30, 2022 - January 2, 2023
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Kelsey Street: Weaving Back & Forth

Date: October 15, 2022 – January 22, 2023
Where: Level 3 Harbour Art Gallery

The House of Wooden Santas

Date: November 22, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Where: Level 3 Entrance to the Reference Room

Nelson White: Tukien (Awaken)

Date: January 14, 2023 – April 4, 2023
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Chun Hua Catherine Dong: At the Edge of Two Worlds

Date: February 11, 2023 – April 25, 2023
Where: Level 3 Natural Light Art Gallery

Let’s Connect Tomorrow

Date: February 11 - May 28, 2023
Where: Level 3 Main Art Gallery

Alex Antle: Njiknam (My Younger Brother)

Date: February 21 - August 14, 2023
Where: Level 2.5 Vitrines

Reviving Mi’kmaw Art

Date: March 10-21, 2023
Where: Level 3 Entrance to the Reference Room

Arts & Letters

Date: April 15 - May 8, 2023
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision: Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk

Date: June 16 – November 19, 2023
Where: Level 3 Main Art Gallery

Jerry Evans: Weljesi

Date: May 27, 2023 – December 30, 2023
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Nicholas Aiden: Otherside

Date: June 16 – September 18, 2023
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

Glenn Gear: Ivaluk Ullugiallu | Sinew & Stars

Date: July 5, 2023 - January 21, 2024
Where: Level 3 Harbour Art Gallery

Tying the Knot: Weddings in Newfoundland and Labrador

Date: July 2023 - October 2023
Where: Level 3 - Archives Entrance

Lighting the Way: Newfoundland and Labrador Lighthouses

Date: August 21, 2023
Where: Level 4 Museum Entrance

Making Home Here

Date: September 23, 2023 – January 16, 2024
Where: Level 3 High Security Gallery

Kim Morgan: Blood and Breath, Skin and Dust

Date: December 9, 2023 - April 28, 2024
Where: Level 3 Main Art Gallery

50 Years of the Sports Hall of Fame

Date: October 13 – November 19, 2023
Where: Level 3 – Archives Entrance

Out of the Vault: Creepy Collections

Date: October 18th – October 31st, 2023
Where: Level 3

Daze Jefferies: Stay Here Stay How Stay

Date: January 20 - April 7, 2024
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

Sheilagh O’Leary: A Sea Change

Date: February 10 - April 28, 2024
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

Jenny Yujia Shi: The End of a Line

Date: February 10 - April 28, 2024
Where: Level 3 Harbour Gallery

Arts & Letters

Date: April 20 - May 18, 2024
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery

BURNOUT: HOT 4 THE MOMENT (GEORGIA DAWKIN AND DREW PARDY)

Date: May - September, 2024
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

Gather: A Year of the Arts Exhibition

Date: May 18 - September 22, 2024
Where: Level 3 Main Art Gallery

Max Streicher: AltoCumulus

Date: June 1 - September 2, 2024
Where: Level 4 Main Art Gallery