Galleries and Exhibition Spaces across Ireland
Galleries show visual art, photography and craft, either from a permanent collection or in exhibitions that change through the year. Entry is free at most of the galleries in this list.
15 listings
Belfast Exposed
A photography gallery on Donegall Street in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter, free to enter.
Last verified 2026-09-13
Butler Gallery
Kilkenny's contemporary art gallery, free to visit, in the restored Georgian almshouse of Evans' Home by the River Nore.
Last verified 2026-11-07
Douglas Hyde Gallery
A leading contemporary-art gallery on the Trinity College Dublin campus, showing free exhibitions of Irish and international artists.
Last verified 2026-07-10
Galway Arts Centre
A contemporary art gallery on Dominick Street Lower in Galway, with classes and youth arts.
Last verified 2026-10-13
Glebe House and Gallery
The painter Derek Hill’s house, garden and art collection at Churchill, near Letterkenny.
Last verified 2026-10-03
Golden Thread Gallery
A contemporary art gallery on Queen Street in Belfast, free to enter, open Tuesday to Saturday.
Last verified 2026-09-13
Highlanes Gallery
Drogheda’s municipal art gallery, in a converted Franciscan friary church on St Laurence Street.
Last verified 2026-08-17
Hugh Lane Gallery
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane on Parnell Square, holding modern and contemporary art including the reconstructed studio of Francis Bacon.
Last verified 2026-11-07
Limerick City Gallery of Art
Limerick's municipal gallery in the Carnegie Building on Pery Square, free to visit.
Last verified 2026-11-07
Luan Gallery
A contemporary art gallery beside Athlone Castle on the Shannon, free to visit, open Tuesday to Sunday.
Last verified 2026-09-28
National Gallery of Ireland
Ireland's national collection of European and Irish art, on Merrion Square, ranging from the Middle Ages to today, including the Yeats collection and Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ.
Last verified 2026-07-10
Photo Museum Ireland
A photography gallery on Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, free to enter, open Tuesday to Sunday.
Last verified 2026-09-28
RHA Gallery
The Royal Hibernian Academy's gallery on Ely Place, free to enter, open Tuesday to Sunday.
Last verified 2026-09-28
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
A contemporary art gallery and artists' studios in Temple Bar, showing new work by Irish and international artists and supporting a large group of resident studio artists.
Last verified 2026-07-10
Void Art Centre
Contemporary art by Irish and international artists at 10 Waterloo Place in Derry city centre, with free exhibition tours.
Last verified 2026-11-07