Art galleries in Abbotsford
Abbotsford, BC has 14 art galleries on the map. That's 14 galleries mapped around Abbotsford. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Many are free to enter, so the only cost of a gallery afternoon is your time.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Abbotsford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Aurora Café + Roastery and Surrey Art Gallery, plus Julie Anne's Art Supplies and Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Abbotsford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Abbotsford gallery lineup
14 mapped within about 40 km:
Aurora Café + Roastery
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Aurora Café + Roastery — Art gallery on 2615 Montrose Avenue. Also worth knowing about Aurora Café + Roastery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00.
2615 Montrose Avenue, V2S 3T5
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-17:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00
Surrey Art Gallery
Art gallery
Surrey Art Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Surrey Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off; Dec 25-Jan 01 off; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off; Dec 25-Jan 01 off; PH off
Phone: +1-604-501-5566
Julie Anne's Art Supplies and Gallery
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Julie Anne's Art Supplies and Gallery — Art gallery.
The Gallery at 3rd & Main
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The Gallery at 3rd & Main — Art gallery, found on 2046 Main Street in Ferndale. Also worth knowing about The Gallery at 3rd & Main: it has a website with more detail.
2046 Main Street, Ferndale
Voxel Gallery
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Voxel Gallery is Art gallery on 312 West Champion Street, Bellingham.
312 West Champion Street, Bellingham, 98225
Geheim Gallery
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Geheim Gallery — Art gallery.
Dakota Gallery
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Dakota Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Dakota Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
Lightcatcher
Art galleryRun by Whatcom Museum
Lightcatcher is Art gallery run by Whatcom Museum on 250 Flora Street, Bellingham. Lightcatcher also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
250 Flora Street, Bellingham, 98225
Hours: We-Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +13607788930
Valley View Pottery Gallery
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Valley View Pottery Gallery — Art gallery.
Cordata Gallery
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Cordata Gallery — Art gallery, found on 465 West Stuart Road in Bellingham. Also worth knowing about Cordata Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
465 West Stuart Road, Bellingham, 98226
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-16:00
Phone: +1-360-746-8745
Pitt Meadows Art Gallery (PMAG)
Art galleryRun by City of Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows Art Gallery (PMAG) is Art gallery run by City of Pitt Meadows on 10932 Barnston View Road, Pitt Meadows. Pitt Meadows Art Gallery (PMAG) also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 08:30-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
10932 Barnston View Road, Pitt Meadows, V3Y 0B9
Hours: Tu-Su 08:30-15:00
Nemo Gallery
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Nemo Gallery — Art gallery.
Kariton Art Gallery + Boutique
Art galleryRun by Abbotsford Arts Council
Kariton Art Gallery + Boutique is Art gallery run by Abbotsford Arts Council on 2387 Ware Street. Kariton Art Gallery + Boutique also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
2387 Ware Street, V2S 4N9
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
The Reach
Art gallery
The Reach is Art gallery on 32388 Veterans Way. The Reach also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
32388 Veterans Way, V2T 0B3
Phone: +1-604-864-8087
What the map tells us about art galleries in Abbotsford
7 of the 14 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
7 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
7 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Abbotsford gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Aurora Café + Roastery on 2615 Montrose Avenue, Surrey Art Gallery, Julie Anne's Art Supplies and Gallery, The Gallery at 3rd & Main on 2046 Main Street, Voxel Gallery on 312 West Champion Street, Geheim Gallery, Dakota Gallery, and Lightcatcher on 250 Flora Street. That's 14 stops on the Abbotsford gallery walk. 6 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Abbotsford
Gallery-going in Abbotsford? A few habits help:
- Ask what's coming next at Aurora Café + Roastery. Gallerists love talking about the next show. It also tells you when to come back.
- Check for artist talks at Surrey Art Gallery. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Note the curator's name. Good curators have taste you can follow. If you loved the show, look up what else they've put together.
- Buy local art if you can. An original from a local artist costs less than you think and means more than any print. Start with works on paper.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Abbotsford — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Abbotsford can take a while to appear. The 14 above are only as current as the community map. A art gallery that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 14 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Abbotsford: 14 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.