Art Gallery - the main cultural institution in the city of Geelong. Today, the gallery is stored in the funds of about 5000 pieces of art. The building is part of the Gallery of the Cultural District adjacent to the Geelong Performing Arts Center, the courthouse, the city library and cultural center.

In 1895, members of the League of Progress Geelong sent a petition to the State Government on the establishment of the city art gallery. Their request was granted in May 1900, when the Association of Art Galleries has received permission to use the three walls of City Hall for hanging paintings. Thus began the life of the gallery. Among the first acquisitions in the collection was a painting by Frederick McCubbin 1890 "The grave in the bush", bought for $ 210. Soon the gallery moved into the building a free library on Murabul Street.

The current building Art Gallery was officially opened in 1915. It is located next to the park Johnstone between City Hall and the former fire station (now the Regional Library). Initially, the building has an indoor gallery and lobby overlooking the park, and Hitchcock Gallery. In 1928, the gallery was opened by Henry Douglas, and in 1937 - Richardson Gallery. With the opening in 1938 Galleries MakFillimi main entrance to the building moved to the street Little Melop Street.

Today, the collection of the Art Gallery - a remarkable collection of works by Australian and European art of the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to paintings and watercolors, you can see the china 18th and 19th century, artistic ceramics, silverware colonial period, works by contemporary Australian artists, prints, sculptures and ceramics. Of particular interest is the collection of paintings, which depict Geelong mid-19th century.