The Canadian Collection boasts paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures from the eighteenth century to the present, with particular emphasis on the art of Atlantic Canada. Our holdings include the work of Cornelius Krieghoff, the Group of Seven, Emily Carr, Alex Colville, Shirley Bear, Christopher and Mary Pratt, Miller Brittain, Bruno and Molly Bobak, and ceramic art of the Deichmanns. The Canadian Collection also includes wonderful examples of fine craft, folk art, Acadian art, and Indigenous art. Of special note is our stewardship of the 1820s ‘Grandfather Akwiten’ Wolastoqiyik canoe, the oldest complete birchbark canoe in the world. 

The International Collection spans 600 years of artistic practice in Western Europe and the United States. It features a wide array of objects, from paintings to drawings and sculpture to porcelain and decorative art. Reflecting both secular and religious imagery, Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch and American works provide a historical context for the sweep of Western art. Highlighted are multiple paintings by Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.