The Tauranga Art Gallery opened on Saturday the 20th of October 2007 and was designed to meet modern art gallery standards. A key focus of the Gallery is education and aligning the exhibitions and events taking place there to fit in with the national education curriculum.
The Gallery holds exhibitions of historical and contemorary art and these include a mix of touring exhibitions from other institutions and individual artist projects. Events held incude guided tours, seminars, screening, debates, floor talks and artist residencies.