Located on the outskirts of picturesque Regina Wascana Centre Park, eight galleries with a total area of 2,200 square meters hide under the roof of a magnificent modern building of a peculiar design. It is the main attraction of the city, the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery.

A few years ago, renowned art collector Norman MacKenzie generously donated his priceless art collection to Regina College. As a token of vast gratitude, the college immortalized MacKenzie by naming the art gallery after him. It happened in 1953, and since then, the small private collection has turned into a luxurious one. Currently, it numbers more than 5,000 rare exhibits telling the history of Canada, starting from the fourth millennium BC.

Relatively recently, in 1990, the museum acquired spacious, fresh air and soft light-filled halls of the modern building. In addition to the exhibition halls, the museum has restoration rooms and those for the exhibits conservation, a conference room, and a gift shop. There is also a unique theater for 185 spectators, designed for various performances as part of temporary modern art exhibitions.

Much of the gallery’s fine art collection is represented by works of contemporary Canadian artists and sculptors, including real artworks by David Thauberger and Joe Fafard. In the museum, you can often see the masterpieces of world-class art legends like Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Auguste Rodin.

Besides, the MacKenzie Art Gallery is the first Canadian museum to showcase indigenous art to the general public. And in 1998, a native Canadian was appointed the main guardian of the priceless gallery treasures, causing a lot of buzz in the art world.

The sculpture garden of the open-air museum deserves your special attention. The central place in the garden is occupied by the chief treasure of the gallery, the bronze sculptural composition “Mother and Child II” by talented cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz.