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Art galleries in Belfast

Looking for art in Belfast, Northern Ireland? There are 10 galleries mapped here. That's 10 galleries mapped around Belfast. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Ask the gallerist what's on — they're usually delighted someone asked.

This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Belfast (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include RSUA Design Box and Wool Tower Art Gallery, plus Artcetera. If a gallery's missing from Belfast's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

Former Arches Art Gallery, Belfast (December 2014) - geograph.org.uk - 4278420
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Belfast gallery lineup

10 mapped within about 40 km:

RSUA Design Box

Art galleryRun by BT

Run by BT, RSUA Design Box is Art gallery.

Wool Tower Art Gallery

Art gallery

Wool Tower Art Gallery — Art gallery.

Artcetera

Art gallery

Artcetera is Art gallery on 43b Rosemary Street, Belfast. Artcetera also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.

43b Rosemary Street, Belfast, BT1 1QB

Website

Catalyst Arts

Art gallery

Catalyst Arts is Art gallery on 6 Joy's Entry, Belfast.

6 Joy's Entry, Belfast

Safehouse Art Gallery, Belfast, July 2010
Photograph by Ardfern (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Golden Thread Gallery

Art gallery

Golden Thread Gallery is Art gallery.

University of Atypical

Art galleryRun by University of Atypical for Arts and Disability

University of Atypical is Art gallery run by University of Atypical for Arts and Disability on 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast. University of Atypical also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30.

109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1FF

Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30

The MAC

Art gallery

The MAC — Art gallery, found on 10 Exchange Street West in Belfast. Also worth knowing about The MAC: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.

10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ

Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00

Website

Vault Artist Studios & Gallery - Marlborough House

Art gallery

Vault Artist Studios & Gallery - Marlborough House — Art gallery.

Former art gallery, Strandtown, Belfast (November 2014) - geograph.org.uk - 4262649
Photograph by Albert Bridge (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

FE McWilliam Gallery and Studio

Art gallery

FE McWilliam Gallery and Studio — Art gallery, found on 200 Newry Road in Banbridge. Also worth knowing about FE McWilliam Gallery and Studio: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.

200 Newry Road, Banbridge, BT32 3NB

Phone: +442840623322

Website

Lauryn James

Art gallery

Lauryn James is Art gallery.

Richard Henry Nibbs (1816-1893) - Cross Channel Steamer 'Belfast' off Brighton - FA000449 - Brighton Museum ^
Photograph by Richard Henry Nibbs (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

What the map tells us about art galleries in Belfast

2 of the 10 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.

3 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.

3 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.

The Belfast gallery walk

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: RSUA Design Box, Wool Tower Art Gallery, Artcetera on 43b Rosemary Street, Catalyst Arts on 6 Joy's Entry, Golden Thread Gallery, University of Atypical on 109-113 Royal Avenue, The MAC on 10 Exchange Street West, and Vault Artist Studios & Gallery - Marlborough House. That's 10 stops on the Belfast gallery walk. 2 more are listed below.

Gallery tips for Belfast

How the regulars do Belfast's galleries:

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Belfast — 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 Belfast can take a while to appear. The 10 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 10 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 Belfast: 10 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.

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