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An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art. Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, decorative arts, furniture, textiles, costume, drawings, pastels, watercolors, collages, prints, artists' books, photographs, and installation art are also regularly shown.[1] Although primarily concerned with providing a space to show works of visual art, art galleries are sometimes used to host other artistic activities, such as performance art, music concerts, or poetry readings.
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* 1 Types of galleries
o 1.1 Galleries in museums
o 1.2 Contemporary art gallery
o 1.3 Vanity galleries
* 2 Visual art not shown in a gallery
* 3 Architecture
* 4 Cultural aspects
* 5 Notable art museums
* 6 Online museums
o 6.1 Museums with major web presences
o 6.2 Online art collections
+ 6.2.1 Folksonomy
* 7 See also
* 8 References

[edit] Types of galleries
The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, Willem van Haecht, 1628. A private picture gallery as an early precursor of the modern museum.

The term is used for both public galleries, which are non-profit or publicly owned museums that display selected collections of art. On the other hand private galleries refers to the commercial enterprises for the sale of art. However, both types of gallery may host traveling exhibits or temporary exhibitions including art borrowed from elsewhere.
[edit] Galleries in museums

The rooms in museums where art is displayed for the public are often referred to as galleries as well, with a room dedicated to Ancient Egyptian art often being called the Egyptian Gallery, for example.