International Culture

The national cultural institutes and diaspora cultural centres that keep a public door in London, with the libraries, galleries, film programmes and language classes they run, and the international festivals that return to the same ground each year. Much of what they put on is free.

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Canada Gallery

Canada's own gallery on Trafalgar Square, free, inside the High Commission.

ExhibitionsFree entry

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Canada has owned the west side of Trafalgar Square since 1925, in a pair of Greek Revival buildings by Robert Smirke, who also built the British Museum. The gallery inside is free and shows Canadian work from the government's own collection and from touring exhibitions - Inuit sculpture, the Group of Seven, contemporary photography - which is the nearest thing in London to a standing display of Canadian art.

Entry is through an embassy door, so bring photograph identification. Almost nobody does, which is the other thing worth knowing about it.

Where
Canada House, Trafalgar Square, SW1Y 5BJ
Country
Canada
Nearest station
Charing Cross · 3 min walk

Monday to Saturday; bring photo ID

Airport-style security and government photo ID at the door; no children under six.

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