Gallery vs. Exhibition — What's the Difference?

A room or building for the display or sale of works of art

An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition hall, or World's fairs.

A balcony or upper floor projecting from an interior back or side wall of a hall or church, providing space for an audience or musicians

The act or an instance of exhibiting.

A long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade.

Something exhibited; an exhibit.

A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.

A large-scale public showing, as of art objects or industrial or agricultural products.

A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.

Chiefly British A grant given to a scholar by a school or university.

A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.

An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, generally marked by a colonnade or arcade.

A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave. Also called tribune2.

A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative, a shameful exhibition or a disgusting exhibition

Southwestern Gulf States See veranda.

A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.

An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.

(UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.

The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.

(sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.

The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.

That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.

A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.

Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension.

The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication

The act of administering a remedy.

A building, room, or website for the exhibition of artistic work.

The act of exhibiting;

An establishment that displays and sells works of art.

A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

A photographer's studio.

A collection; an assortment

An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.

A tunnel or series of tunnels made by an animal.

(Nautical) A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.

A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.

An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.

An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.

The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.

The spectators of an event, collectively.

(legal) The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.

A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side

(computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

(fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.

(mining) A level or drive in a mine.

(automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.

(television) The production control room.

A part of a monocle, a projection off the ring holding the lens, which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.

(entomology) The boring trails produced by an insector only beetles? in wood.

(Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.

A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; - sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.

A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, - seldom found in vessels built since 1850.

Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.

A working drift or level.

Spectators at a golf or tennis match

A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose;

A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;