Art gallery

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:



Sunset Institute of Modern Art
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.



Octagon House: Historical Museum and Art Gallery
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.



La Gallerie d'Art
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 hold numerous rare items like the Cursed Sarcophagus of the Kings.



Curios Memorial Museum
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.