With locations in downtown Halifax (K’jipuktuk) and Yarmouth (Malikiaq), the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is the largest art museum in Atlantic Canada. Since 1908, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has been a gateway for the visual arts in Atlantic Canada and has set a course that matches the diversity and ambition of the province. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is responsible for acquiring, preserving and exhibiting works of art, and for providing education in the visual arts.