{{Short description|Art gallery in Victoria, Australia}} alt=entrance to gallery building|thumb|Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery entrance {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{use Australian English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox museum |name = Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |coordinates = {{ coord | -38.237014 | 145.051875 }} |website = {{url|https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Home}} }}
'''Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery''' (MPRG) is a public art gallery on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne, Australia. The gallery opened in 1971, and holds both traditional and contemporary Australian art.<ref name="About">{{cite web|url=http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ABOUT_US/About_MPRG|title=About MPRG|publisher=Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref> The gallery is host to the National Works on Paper (NWOP) acquisitive art competition, established in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ABOUT_US/National_Works_on_Paper|title=National Works on Paper 2014|date=2013|publisher=Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery|accessdate=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717060217/http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ABOUT_US/National_Works_on_Paper|archive-date=17 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Exhibitions == In 2013 the gallery hosted an exhibition of Archibald Prize paintings, setting a gallery attendance record of 48,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/bayside/archibald-prize-exhibition-draws-thousands-at-mornington-peninsula-regional-gallery/story-fngnvli9-1226679689832|title=Archibald Prize exhibition draws thousands at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery|last=Tatman|first=Christian|date=16 July 2013|work=Mornington Peninsula Leader|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref> The Archibald Prize Touring Exhibition returned to the gallery in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize 2023 tour {{!}} Art Gallery of NSW |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/touring-exhibitions/archibald-prize-2023-tour/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
In November 2023, the gallery was the first stop for the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name: Australian Women Artists touring exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Know My Name: Australian Women Artists |url=https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/know-my-name-australian-women-artists/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=National Gallery of Australia |language=en}}</ref>
== Collection == Artists whose work is held by the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery include Constance Stokes.<ref>{{cite book|last=McCulloch|first=Alan |author2=Susan McCulloch |author3=Emily McCulloch Childs|title=The new McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art|publisher=Aus Art Editions in association with The Miegunyah Press|location=Fitzroy, Victoria|year=2006|isbn=0-522-85317-X|page=911}}</ref>
== National Works on Paper == The National Works on Paper (NWOP) biennial acquisition award for contemporary Australian artists is open to works in drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Works on Paper |url=https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions/National-Works-on-Paper |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 National Works on Paper call for entry – ArtsHub Australia |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/2024-national-works-on-paper-call-for-entry-2689131/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=www.artshub.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>
The gallery is a member of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |url=http://pgav.org.au/member-galleries/post/mornington-peninsula-regional-gallery/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014113445/http://pgav.org.au/member-galleries/post/mornington-peninsula-regional-gallery/ |archive-date=14 October 2013 |accessdate=6 October 2013 |work=Member galleries |publisher=Public Galleries Association of Victoria}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Authority control}} Category:Art museums and galleries in Victoria (state) Category:1971 establishments in Australia Category:Buildings and structures in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula