gallery

Gallery

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art. We love to visit art galleries.
2. A establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art. We bought a seascape in a San Francisco gallery.
3. Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall or auditorium. We sat in the gallery.
4. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side. We admired the beautiful flowers as we walked down the gallery
5. As a whole, the spectators of an event. The gallery applauded at the end of the performance.

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Shown is a wall in an art gallery