Burnaby Art Gallery
Art museum in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Burnaby Art Gallery (abbreviated as BAG) is an art museum in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The museum is located on the northern periphery of Deer Lake Park, situated off of Deer Lake Avenue. The museum occupies Fairacres Mansion, designated as a historic site by the municipal and provincial governments.
Established | 1967 (1967) |
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Location | 6344 Deer Lake Avenue Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 49.2410°N 122.9713°W / 49.2410; -122.9713 |
Type | Art museum |
Director | Jennifer Cane |
Chairperson | Lauren Lavery |
Architect | Robert Percival Sterling Twizell |
Owner | City of Burnaby |
Website | www |
The institution was established in 1967 by the Burnaby Art Society, who partnered with the City of Burnaby to exhibit its collection in the publicly owned Fairacres Mansion. The association continued to manage the museum until 1998, when the municipal government of Burnaby assumed control of the museum's collection, operations and governance.
The museum's permanent collection holds more than 6,500 artworks. It is the only public art collection in Canada dedicated to works on paper.[1]