Art galleries in Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario has 18 art galleries on the map. That's 18 galleries mapped around Cambridge. 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 Cambridge (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Art Gallery of Hamilton and Necromances Gallery, plus The People's Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Cambridge's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cambridge gallery lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
Art Gallery of Hamilton
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Art Gallery of Hamilton — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Art Gallery of Hamilton: the map lists its hours as Th 11:00-21:00; Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Th 11:00-21:00; Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-905-527-6610
Necromances Gallery
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Necromances Gallery — Art gallery on 171 King Street East.
171 King Street East
The People's Gallery
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The People's Gallery is Art gallery.
RARE BOOK & PRINT GALLERY
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RARE BOOK & PRINT GALLERY is Art gallery.
Chrysalides House, School of Fine Art and Gallery
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Chrysalides House, School of Fine Art and Gallery is Art gallery on 619 Wild Ginger Avenue. Chrysalides House, School of Fine Art and Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
619 Wild Ginger Avenue
Phone: +1-519-208-5961
You Me Gallery
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You Me Gallery is Art gallery.
The Galtway
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The Galtway — Art gallery.
Carnegie Gallery
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Carnegie Gallery is Art gallery on 10 King Street West, Dundas. Carnegie Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 00:00-16:00; Mo off.
10 King Street West, Dundas, L9H 1T7
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 00:00-16:00; Mo off
Maria Pezzano
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Maria Pezzano is Art gallery on 163 Alice Street, Guelph. Maria Pezzano also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
163 Alice Street, Guelph, N1E 3A2
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00
Interarts Matrix
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Interarts Matrix is Art gallery. Interarts Matrix also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
PWD Art Gallery and Design Studio
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PWD Art Gallery and Design Studio is Art gallery. PWD Art Gallery and Design Studio also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
KWSA Gallery
Art galleryRun by Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists
KWSA Gallery is Art gallery run by Kitchener Waterloo Society of Artists.
Yoni Mudra Art Gallery
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Yoni Mudra Art Gallery — Art gallery on 241 Duke Street West. Also worth knowing about Yoni Mudra Art Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
241 Duke Street West
27 Studio
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27 Studio — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about 27 Studio: it has a website with more detail.
Artist McNaught Galleries
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Artist McNaught Galleries — Art gallery on 191 James Street South.
191 James Street South
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
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Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery — Art gallery, found on 25 Caroline Street North in Waterloo. Also worth knowing about Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, N2L 2Y5
Phone: +1-519-746-1882
Art Gallery of Guelph
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Art Gallery of Guelph — Art gallery, found on 358 Gordon Street in Guelph. Also worth knowing about Art Gallery of Guelph: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
358 Gordon Street, Guelph, N1G 1Y1
Hours: Tu-Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1-519-837-0010
Stadium
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Stadium is Art gallery on 68 Wyndham Street South, Guelph.
68 Wyndham Street South, Guelph, N1E 5R4
What the map tells us about art galleries in Cambridge
4 of the 18 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
9 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
9 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Cambridge gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Necromances Gallery on 171 King Street East, The People's Gallery, RARE BOOK & PRINT GALLERY, Chrysalides House, School of Fine Art and Gallery on 619 Wild Ginger Avenue, You Me Gallery, The Galtway, and Carnegie Gallery on 10 King Street West. That's 18 stops on the Cambridge gallery walk. 10 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Cambridge
A few things worth knowing before you work through Cambridge's art galleries:
- Go to opening nights at Art Gallery of Hamilton. Free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that wants to talk about the work. The best gallery experience there is.
- Small galleries take risks at Necromances Gallery. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
- Bring a curious friend. Art is better with someone to argue with about it. The disagreement is the point.
- Buy the catalogue. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Cambridge — 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 Cambridge can take a while to appear. The 18 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 18 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 Cambridge: 18 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.