The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery maintains the Art Collection, organizes on-campus and touring exhibitions for the entire campus and the general public, and provides research access to the collection to the Faculty of Fine Arts. The Collection is one of the most significant in Canada with over 13,000 objects including work from Canada, America, and Europe, as well as media ranging from drawing, printmaking, and painting to photography, sculpture, and installation. The majority of works span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but does include earlier periods and continues to grow with twenty-first century additions.
The Gallery programs are an integral part of the teaching program in the Department of Art. The collection was founded with the goal of providing students with an experience of original works of art on their own terms. Students have incomparable opportunities for research access to works in the Collection and to information associated with these works. Students and faculty are able to view individual works on request.