Art galleries in Erfurt

Looking for art in Erfurt, Thuringia? There are 9 galleries mapped here. That's 9 galleries mapped around Erfurt. 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 Erfurt (within about 20 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Atelier Rolf Lindner and Kunsthaus Erfurt, plus Galerie Waidspeicher. If a gallery's missing from Erfurt's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Erfurt gallery lineup

9 in Erfurt, plus 2 more around Erfurt below:

Galerie Rothamel Erfurt

Art gallery0.9 km from ErfurtRun by Dr. Jörk Rothamel

Run by Dr. Jörk Rothamel, Galerie Rothamel Erfurt is Art gallery, found on 1a Kleine Arche in Erfurt. Also worth knowing about Galerie Rothamel Erfurt: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; open "with Appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.

1a Kleine Arche, Erfurt, 99084

Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-16:00; open "with Appointment"

Phone: +49 361 5623396

Website

What the map tells us about art galleries in Erfurt

5 of the 9 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.

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

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

The Erfurt gallery walk

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Atelier Rolf Lindner on 21b Moritzstraße, Kunsthaus Erfurt on 34 Michaelisstraße, Galerie Waidspeicher, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Gallery by TR on 34a Marktstraße, Galerie Rothamel Erfurt on 1a Kleine Arche, Galerie Cardemil on 43 Lange Brücke, and Galerie am Hirschgarten on 4 Regierungsstraße. That's 9 stops on the Erfurt gallery walk. 1 more are listed below.

Gallery tips for Erfurt

Gallery-going in Erfurt? A few habits help:

• Small galleries take risks at Atelier Rolf Lindner. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
• Ask about the artists at Kunsthaus Erfurt. Local, emerging, mid-career — the gallerist can tell you who's who and why this show matters.
• Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
• Ask what's coming next. Gallerists love talking about the next show. It also tells you when to come back.

Good to know

We searched about 20 km around Erfurt — 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 Erfurt can take a while to appear. The 9 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 9 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.

Worth the trip: more art galleries around Erfurt

2 more within about 20 km of Erfurt, nearest first: