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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Parkes Place.
Tel (02) 6240 6411.
∑ nga.gov.au
Open 10am–5pm daily.
Closed 25 Dec.
& special exhibitions.
^ 7 = 8 0 -
Blue Poles (1952) Transport
When this work by US artist Jackson Pollock @ 1, n2, n3, 81, 934, 935, 981.
was bought for $1.2 million in 1973 it outraged
Orde Poyntan conservative Australians, who claimed that it looked
Gallery like it had been painted by a child or a drunk.

. The Aboriginal Memorial (1988)
These log poles by the Ramingining
people honour all Aborigines who have
Level 1 died during white settlement.

Key to Floorplan
Australian Art
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art
Sculpture Gallery
Impressionism to Pop
Pacific Art
Melanesian Art
Temporary exhibition space
Non-exhibition space
Children’s Gallery Main entrance
East Asian Art