National Gallery - Definition and Overview

National Gallery is a common name for a country's major public art gallery. Among the galleries which have this name are:

• Australia:
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Bermuda: Bermuda National Gallery
• Canada: National Gallery of Canada (Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), Ottawa
• Ireland: National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
• South Africa: South African National Gallery, Cape Town
• Thailand: National Gallery of Art, Bangkok
• United Kingdom:
  • National Gallery, London
  • National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
  • The National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
• United States: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Galleries whose name can be translated into English as "National Gallery" or something similar include:

• Armenia: National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan
• Czech Republic: Národní galerie v Praze, Prague (National Gallery in Prague)
• Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Art, Kopenhagen), Copenhagen
• Finland: Valtion Taidemuseo/Statens Konstmuseum (Finnish National Gallery), Helsinki
• Greece: National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum
• Iceland: Listasafn Íslands (National Gallery of Iceland), Reykjavik
• Jordan: Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman
• Norway: Nasjongalleriet (National Gallery, Oslo)
• Slovakia: Slovenská Národná Galéria (Slovak National Gallery), Bratislava
• Slovenia: Narodna Galerija (National Gallery, Ljubljana)