Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Musée des beaux-arts de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Public gallery · Downtown Halifax
Founded 1908
1 1741 Hollis Street agns.gov.ns.ca
Art galleries in Halifax
Nova Scotia, Canada
20 listings 8 commercial galleries 4 non-profit spaces 2 public galleries 2 university galleries 1 exhibition space 3 type not confirmed
Halifax's list is short and mostly downtown: 9 of its 20 galleries are in Downtown Halifax, including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on Hollis Street and two galleries on Upper Water Street. Two university galleries add to it, the Saint Mary's University Art Gallery on Robie Street and the MSVU Art Gallery on the Bedford Highway. The Sanctuary Arts Centre shows work on Ochterloney Street in Dartmouth, and the list reaches out along the coast to the Hooked Rug Museum of North America in Hubbards. The city's artist-run centres, Eyelevel and the Centre for Art Tapes among them, are in our records without a location yet, so none appears here; 3 other spaces still need a confirmed type. Each card shows what we have confirmed and what we have not.
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Type
- Public galleries 2
- Commercial galleries 8
- University galleries 2
- Non-profit spaces 4
- Other exhibition spaces 1
- Type not confirmed 3
Admission
- By donation 1
- Free admission 1
Neighbourhood
- Downtown Halifax 9
- North End 3
- South End 2
- Downtown Dartmouth 1
- Rockingham 1
What they show
- Craft 1
Submissions
- Does not accept submissions 2
- Accepts submissions 2
Public and municipal galleries 2
Publicly funded galleries and art museums with permanent collections or a public exhibition mandate. Exhibition spaces run by a city, often in a city hall or civic building.
2 9849 St Margarets Bay Rd, Hubbards hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org
Verified 19 October 2026
University galleries 2
Galleries run by a university or art school, open to the public.
3 166 Bedford Hwy msvuart.ca
Free Open now Accepts submissions Verified 19 October 2026
4 923 Robie Street
Non-profit spaces and arts centres 4
Community and non-profit exhibition spaces that are not artist-run centres.
Halifax Circus
Non-profit space · Downtown Halifax
5 1479 Barrington Street halifaxcircus.com
Verified 19 October 2026
Lighthouse Arts Centre
Non-profit space · Downtown Halifax
6 1800 Argyle Street lighthouseartscentre.ca
Verified 19 October 2026
The Deanery Project
Non-profit space · Halifax
7 745;751 West Ship Harbour Road thedeaneryproject.com
Verified 19 October 2026
The Sanctuary Arts Centre
Non-profit space · Downtown Dartmouth
8 100 Ochterloney Street sanctuaryartscentre.com
Verified 19 October 2026
Commercial galleries 8
Galleries that represent artists and sell their work.
14 Bells
Commercial gallery · North End
9 5523 Young Street 14bells.com
Open now Verified 19 October 2026
Argyle Fine Art
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
10 1559 Barrington Street argylefineart.com
Open now Accepts submissions Verified 19 October 2026
Hermes Gallery
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
11 5682 North Street hermeshfx.com
Open now Verified 19 October 2026
Lighthouse Gallery
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
12 1869 Upper Water Street
Second Gallery
Commercial gallery · North End
13 6301 Quinpool Road
The Prow Gallery
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
14 1479 Lower Water Street, unit 185 theprowgallery.com
Open now Verified 19 October 2026
The Puffin Gallery
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
15 1869 Upper Water Street carrefouratlantic.com
Verified 19 October 2026
Zwicker's Gallery
Commercial gallery · Downtown Halifax
16 1663 Brunswick Street zwickersgallery.ca
Verified 19 October 2026
Other exhibition spaces 1
Other places that show art.
Peggy of the Cove
Exhibition space · Halifax
17 Street address not listed peggyofthecove.com
Verified 19 October 2026
Type not confirmed yet 3
Places open data lists as galleries, where we have not yet confirmed what kind of space each one is.
Artists' Quarter
Gallery · type not confirmed · North End
18 2594 Agricola Street
19 Street address not listed craft-design.ns.ca
20 109 Peggys Point Road
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Also in Halifax, not yet confirmed
Open data lists these places as galleries, but with no street address and no website on file, so they do not have a page of their own yet. If you know one of them, tell us.
- Glass in Glass Gallery · type not confirmed
- The Blue Building Gallery Gallery · type not confirmed
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Sources
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