The art gallery is a type of lot and also a lot assignment in The Sims 3.
Gameplay descriptions
- Attracts
- Sims with the Artistic trait.
- Deters
- Sims with the Can't Stand Art trait.
- Encourages NPCs to learn
- NPCs are encouraged to use the Painting skill on this lot.
Every time a Sims learning the Painting skill sells a painting directly from the easel there is a 20% chance that painting will replace a wall decoration item in the local art gallery.
Art galleries generate the following dark blue map tag in-game:
Varieties
Sunset Valley art galleries
Sunset Institute of Modern Art
Sunset Institute of Modern Art
The Sunset Institute of Modern Art in Sunset Valley.
The Sunset Institute of Modern Art is the default art gallery lot for Sunset Valley. It is a large glass-fronted building, featuring a collection of strangely colored sculptures and paintings.
Riverview art galleries
Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery
Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery
Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery in Riverview.
Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery is Riverview's default art gallery lot. It bears no description text. It has a very quaint and pleasant appearance compared with the modern art-focused gallery in Sunset Valley.
Champs Les Sims art galleries
La Gallerie d'Art
La Gallerie d'Art
La Gallerie d'Art in Champs Les Sims.
The La Gallerie d'Art is the default art gallery lot for Champs Les Sims, and it was the only new premade art gallery introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures. It contains tombs. It is a very large building, acting more a museum than an art gallery. It holds numerous rare items like the Cursed Sarcophagus of the Kings. It may be a parody of the real life Louvre Museum in France, although it lacks a Pyramid court.
Twinbrook art galleries
Curios Memorial Museum
Curios Memorial Museum
Curios Memorial Museum in Twinbrook.
The Curios Memorial Museum is the default art gallery lot for Twinbrook. The museum showcases a lot of the new sculptures available via the Sculpting skill. The urn of Tina-Patricia Copper is kept near a sculpture on the third floor.
Barnacle Bay art galleries
Goldbeard Galleon Gallery
Goldbeard Galleon Gallery
The Goldbeard Galleon Gallery in Barnacle Bay
Goldbeard Galleon Gallery is the art gallery from Barnacle Bay. It is named after the Goldbeard family and is mentioned in Coral Goldbeard's bio. The building is near the Goldbeard estate and the two look very much alike.
Bridgeport art galleries
The True Modern Art Gallery
The True Modern Art Gallery
The True Modern Art Gallery in Bridgeport
The True Modern Art Gallery is the art gallery from Bridgeport. This gallery places a strong emphasis on minimalism. It features a bar for mixologists.
Appaloosa Plains art galleries
Appaloosa County Historical Society
Appaloosa County Historical Society
Appaloosa County Historical Society in Appaloosa Plains
The Appaloosa County Historical Society is the art gallery from Appaloosa Plains.
Starlight Shores art galleries
Urbane Center for the Arts
Urbane Center for the Arts
Urbane Center for the Arts in Starlight Shores
The Urbane Center for the Arts is the art gallery from Starlight Shores.
Dragon Valley art galleries
Heart and History Art Gallery
Heart and History Art Gallery
Heart and History Art Gallery for the Arts in Dragon Valley
The Heart and History Art Gallery is the art gallery from Dragon Valley.
Midnight Hollow art galleries
Avant-Garde Gallery
Avant-Garde Gallery
Avant=Garde Gallery for the Arts in Midnight Hollow
The Avant-Garde Gallery is the art gallery from Midnight Hollow.
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