gallery
noun
[ ˈɡal(ə)ri ]
• a room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
• "an art gallery"
• 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.
• "in the minstrels' gallery, a string orchestra plays themes from film soundtracks"
• a long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade.
Origin:
late Middle English (in gallery (sense 3)): via Old French from Italian galleria ‘gallery’, formerly also ‘church porch’, from medieval Latin galeria, perhaps an alteration of galilea (see galilee).
