The Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador (AGNL) is a wholly-owned corporation of Memorial University of Newfoundland. It is run by a Board of Directors appointed from the general community and the university. The corporate structure and new name were established in 1994, replacing Memorial University Art Gallery, established by the university in 1961 as part of its community outreach activities. The AGNL is the largest public gallery in the province. It is the de facto provincial art gallery and is an active member of the national network of approximately 120 public and university galleries and 1700 museums. The AGNL's primary focus, in exhibiting, touring, collecting and publishing, is on contemporary Canadian art, with a specific commitment to the visual art of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Between December 1997 and March 1998, the AGNL and the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site Project were partnered through an Industry Canada Digital Collections contract. The project involved the digitization of over 400 works of art in the AGNL's permanent collection, as well as a digital representation of the Shaped by the Sea exhibition.

• Major cyber-gallery unveiled
  by Mark Vaughan-Jackson. The Telegram,
  April 16, 1998.
• New web site to feature Newfoundland art
  The Express,
  April 15-21, 1998.
• People with a computer link can now view some of the Province's Best Art Works
  Interview with Christine Davis. CBC Radio,
  April 16, 1998.
• Web gives art higher profile
  by Craig Welsh. The Telegram, May 1, 1998.

Some of the information on this page was taken from the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador (AGNL) Web Site. Reproduced by permission of the AGNL.