Benalla Art Gallery 50th Anniversary Celebration

The iconic building that is home to the Benalla Art Gallery celebrates its 50th birthday this year. The organisation itself was established in 1968 with considerable community backing and significant donors. With this support, noted architects Philip Sargeant and Colin Munro were appointed to design the purpose-built Benalla Art Gallery, perched on the banks of Lake Benalla and the Benalla Botanical Gardens . The new Gallery opened in its picturesque setting in 1975, and has since provided the foundation of Benalla's artistic and creative culture.

Benalla Art Gallery welcomes the community to join together and celebrate this milestone anniversary, while looking forward to the next 50 years as the Gallery prepares to embark on its Stage 1 redevelopment designed by Williams Boag architects.

Honouring the past we acknowledge and pay tribute to our supporters and look forward to bringing many more years of enjoyment to residents and visitors.

The event will feature:

• Music

• Complimentary refreshments

• Community drawing activity

• Postcards for you to share your favourite memory from the Gallery's first 50 years.

RSVP essential.

Image: Mr Laurence Ledger MBE making a speech on the front deck at the opening of the new Art Gallery building 18th April 1975 - view from crowd seated below. Photo courtesy of Sue Clark.