The National Museums of Canada Corporation (NMC) absorbed the National Gallery of Canada in 1968.[13] During the 1970s, the NMC diverted funds from the National Gallery to form regional galleries.[13] The museum completed renovations to the Lorne building in 1976.[10] By 1980, it had become apparent that the National Gallery would need to relocate, given the poor condition of the building, historic use of asbestos there, and inadequate exhibition areas that provided only enough space for two per cent of the collection to be exhibited at any given time.[10]