Anna Leonowens Gallery

Halifax


Off the pedestrian area on Granville St, this gallery shows work by students and faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. The gallery is named for the founder of the college, who was immortalized in The King and I, the story of her relationship with the king of Siam.


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