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GAL-uh-ree/ˈɡæləri/

A gallery shows art: an art gallery, a photo gallery, visit a gallery. Museum often has history or science as well as art. Shop is for buying; a gallery may sell work but is mainly for looking. Corridor is not a gallery. Online, a gallery can be a set of photos. Capital letters for names: the National Gallery.

Meaning

A building or room for showing art.

Examples

• “We spent an hour in the art gallery.”
• “The class visited a gallery in the city centre.”
• “There is a small gallery above the harbour.”

Good to know

an art gallery / visit a gallery. Contrast: museum (wider), shop (buying).

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