Art galleries in New Westminster
New Westminster, British Columbia has 6 art galleries on the map. That's 6 galleries mapped around New Westminster. 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 New Westminster (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Amelia Douglas Gallery and The Gallery at Queen's Park, plus Deer Lake Art Gallery. If a gallery's missing from New Westminster's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The New Westminster gallery lineup
6 in New Westminster, plus 43 more around New Westminster below:
Amelia Douglas Gallery
Art gallery0.3 km from New Westminster
Amelia Douglas Gallery is Art gallery. Amelia Douglas Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
The Gallery at Queen's Park
Art gallery1.2 km from New Westminster
The Gallery at Queen's Park — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about The Gallery at Queen's Park: it has a website with more detail.
Deer Lake Art Gallery
Art gallery5.5 km from New WestminsterRun by Burnaby Arts Council
Deer Lake Art Gallery is Art gallery run by Burnaby Arts Council. Deer Lake Art Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Burnaby Art Gallery
Art gallery5.8 km from New Westminster
Burnaby Art Gallery — Art gallery on 6344 Deer Lake Avenue. Also worth knowing about Burnaby Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-16:30; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off; Dec 23 10:00-12:00; Dec 24-27,Jan 01-02 off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-16:30; Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off; Dec 23 10:00-12:00; Dec 24-27,Jan 01-02 off
Phone: +1-604-297-4422
Fairacres Mansion
Art gallery5.8 km from New Westminster
Fairacres Mansion is Art gallery on 6344 Deer Lake Avenue.
6344 Deer Lake Avenue
Surrey Art Gallery
Art gallery7.0 km from New Westminster
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
What the map tells us about art galleries in New Westminster
2 of the 6 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
5 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
5 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The New Westminster gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Amelia Douglas Gallery, The Gallery at Queen's Park, Deer Lake Art Gallery, Burnaby Art Gallery on 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Fairacres Mansion on 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, and Surrey Art Gallery. That's 6 stops on the New Westminster gallery walk.
Gallery tips for New Westminster
Gallery-going in New Westminster? A few habits help:
- Bring a curious friend at Amelia Douglas Gallery. Art is better with someone to argue with about it. The disagreement is the point.
- The bookshop corner is curated at The Gallery at Queen's Park. Gallery bookshops stock the art books the big stores don't. Worth ten minutes on the way out.
- Don't skip the project room. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Ask about the artists. Local, emerging, mid-career — the gallerist can tell you who's who and why this show matters.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around New Westminster — 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 New Westminster can take a while to appear. The 6 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 6 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 New Westminster
43 more within about 25 km of New Westminster — here are the 15 nearest:
Evergreen Cultural Centre
Art gallery12.3 km from New Westminster
Evergreen Cultural Centre — Art gallery, found on 1205 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. Also worth knowing about Evergreen Cultural Centre: the map lists its hours as We, Sa, Su 12:00-17:00; Th-Fr 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, V3B 7Y3
Hours: We, Sa, Su 12:00-17:00; Th-Fr 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 604-927-6550
East Van Tiny Gallery
Art gallery12.9 km from New Westminster
East Van Tiny Gallery — Art gallery.
East Van Tiny Gallery
Art gallery12.9 km from New Westminster
East Van Tiny Gallery — Art gallery.
Seymour Art Gallery
Art gallery13.7 km from New Westminster
Seymour Art Gallery is Art gallery. Seymour Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
Alternatives Gallery and Studio
Art gallery14.0 km from New Westminster
Alternatives Gallery and Studio is Art gallery on 1659 Venables Street. Alternatives Gallery and Studio also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1659 Venables Street
Art Works
Art gallery14.1 km from New Westminster
Art Works — Art gallery, found on 1536 Venables Street in Vancouver. Also worth knowing about Art Works: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1536 Venables Street, Vancouver, V5L 2G9
Phone: +1-604-688-3301
Sid Dickens Inc
Art gallery14.5 km from New Westminster
Sid Dickens Inc is Art gallery on 865 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver.
865 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver
Studio 580
Art gallery14.5 km from New Westminster
Studio 580 is Art gallery on 580 Clark Drive, Vancouver.
580 Clark Drive, Vancouver
Space
Art gallery14.5 km from New Westminster
Space is Art gallery on 554 Clark Drive, Vancouver. Space also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
554 Clark Drive, Vancouver
Phone: +1-778-998-9950
Gallery Jones
Art gallery15.3 km from New Westminster
Gallery Jones — Art gallery on 258 East 1st Avenue. Also worth knowing about Gallery Jones: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; PH off; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
258 East 1st Avenue
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-17:00; PH off
Phone: +1-604-714-2216
Free Little Art Gallery
Art gallery15.3 km from New Westminster
Free Little Art Gallery — Art gallery on 5425 Cambie Street.
5425 Cambie Street, V5Z 2Z9
Paul Kyle Gallery
Art gallery15.3 km from New Westminster
Paul Kyle Gallery is Art gallery on 258 East 1st Avenue. Paul Kyle Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:30-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
258 East 1st Avenue
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:30-17:30
Phone: +1-604-620-0049
Access Gallery
Art gallery15.8 km from New Westminster
Access Gallery — Art gallery, found on 222 East Georgia Street in Vancouver.
222 East Georgia Street, Vancouver
Or Gallery
Art gallery15.9 km from New Westminster
Or Gallery — Art gallery on 236 East Pender Street. Also worth knowing about Or Gallery: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
236 East Pender Street
Hours: We-Sa 12:00-17:00
Interurban Gallery
Art gallery16.3 km from New WestminsterRun by Portland Hotel Society Community Services Society
Run by Portland Hotel Society Community Services Society, Interurban Gallery is Art gallery on 1 East Hastings Street.
1 East Hastings Street
Art gallery listings for New Westminster: 6 in New Westminster and 43 more nearby 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.