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Art Museums in Australia and Oceania

AUSTRALIA

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra – The most important Art Museum in Australia, exhibiting a large and good group of European paintings, including Pollock’s masterpiece “Blue Poles”

Museum of contemporary Art, Sydney – This Museum, opened in 1991, is one of the most important contemporary art collections in Australia

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney – Exhibits an interesting collection of Art, the Gallery is specially strong in Asian Art

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane – Exhibits a very good collection of Aboriginal Art, as well as Asian Art and contemporary Australian Art

Queensland Gallery of contemporary Art, Brisbane – Part of the Queensland Art Gallery, it houses one of the best collections of contemporary Art in Australia

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne – Opened in 2006, holds one of the best collections of contemporary Art in the Southern Hemisphere

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth – focuses on the art of Australia, both indigenous and 19th and 20th century artists.

FIJI

Fiji Museum, Suva – Fiji’s National Museum exhibits a large collection of Oceanic artifacts, from the prehistory to the contemporary artists

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland – Houses a large Art collection, from Maori artifacts to an interesting selection of European paintings and drawings

Museum of New Zealand, Wellington – This large Museum exhibits a good selection of New Zealand paintings, as well as Aboriginal and Native Art

Adam Art Gallery – Te Pataka Toi, Wellington – An interesting collection of modern and contemporary New Zealand art

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