Best Art Galleries in Burlington
Burlington, Vermont — updated August 22, 2026
Burlington's art spaces run from a Pine Street studio building to a free university museum on the hill. Four places worth planning a visit around, with hours and what sets each apart.
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Burlington's gallery scene splits neatly between two streets and one hill: Pine Street in the South End, where studio buildings host rotating shows, Church Street downtown, and the University of Vermont campus above it all. Most of these spaces keep short afternoon hours and close at least two days a week, so a walk-in on a Monday will often find locked doors. First Friday openings are when the South End actually fills up.
1. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery
This is the most gallery-like gallery on the list: a Pine Street exhibition space attached to roughly a dozen artist studios, running shows that turn over every several weeks. Openings are timed to First Friday and run into the evening, with an annual members exhibition that draws submissions from across the local artist community. Regular hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 5pm, or by appointment, which is worth using if you want time with the work rather than the crowd. At 4.8 from 40 reviews, the rating is high but the sample is small, so treat it as promising rather than proven. Find it at 266 Pine Street, Suite 105.
2. Fleming Museum of Art
The most settled reputation here: 4.5 across 130 reviews, the largest count of any art space in the city. The Fleming has been on the UVM campus at 61 Colchester Avenue since 1931, and admission is free and open to all, which makes it an easy stop rather than a planned outing. Collections installations sit alongside rotating exhibitions, and the museum allows food and drink in the galleries. The one catch is the academic calendar: it closes for summer recess and reopens for the fall term, so check before making the walk up the hill in July or August.
3. Burlington City Arts @ The BCA Center
The downtown contemporary space, at 135 Church Street in the middle of the Marketplace, with the Roth Gallery on the second floor and exhibitions that run in long seasonal blocks rather than short turnarounds. Hours favor evening visitors on two days: Wednesday and Saturday from noon to 8pm, with Thursday and Friday noon to 5pm. That Wednesday evening window is the quietest reliable time to go. The rating is 4.6, but from just 27 reviews, the thinnest evidence base of anything on this list. The location makes it the simplest gallery in Burlington to fold into an afternoon on Church Street.
4. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center
Less a white-cube gallery than a juried showcase of Vermont fine art and craft, which is why it sits last on a gallery list rather than first. It is also the most accessible: 85 Church Street, open seven days, with the longest hours of the four, including Friday until 6pm and Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Artist receptions punctuate the calendar. The 4.3 rating comes from 109 reviews, a large enough sample to be reliable, and the mixed marks likely reflect that visitors expecting a museum find a retail craft center. Go for the makers, not for a curated exhibition.
What we left off
An earlier version of this guide carried entries that have nothing to do with art galleries. JCPenney at 155 Dorset Street is a national chain department store and is out on both counts. Kountry Kart Deli on Main Street is a sandwich counter, and Smart Suites on Shelburne Road is a hotel in South Burlington. Neither exhibits art, so neither belongs in a gallery guide.