# The Best Art Galleries in Door County _Updated July 2026 · https://www.doorcountyguide.com/best/art-galleries/_ > Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek is our top pick — a 150-artist fine-art gallery and sculpture garden that has been family-run since 1969. Plum Bottom near Egg Harbor is the other heavyweight, Popelka Trenchard Glass in Sturgeon Bay lets you watch glass being blown, and the graffiti-covered Hardy Gallery in Ephraim is the best free stop. Most run late spring through fall, so check seasons before a special trip. Door County has been an artists' colony for more than a century, and it still has the gallery density to prove it — restored barns and fruit sheds full of painting, glass, pottery, and sculpture, many with the artists working in back. These are the ones worth building an afternoon around. A few things worth knowing before you go: 1. **Most galleries here are seasonal.** The majority run roughly May through October and drop to weekends or by-appointment in winter — confirm before a special trip. 2. **A lot of them cluster.** Egg Harbor (Woodwalk, Cappaert), the Ephraim–Sister Bay line (Hardy, Fine Line, Blue Dolphin), and Fish Creek (Edgewood, Hands On) each put several within a few minutes of each other. 3. **Several are working studios.** At Popelka Trenchard and Clay Bay you can often watch the artists at the bench or wheel, not just browse the walls. ## 1. Edgewood Orchard Galleries — Best overall *Fish Creek* Family-run since 1969 and still the one to beat: a fine-art gallery in a restored 1918 fruit barn off Peninsula Players Road, showing more than 150 artists across painting, sculpture, glass, ceramics, and jewelry. The feature exhibit changes monthly, so there's always a reason to come back, and the sculpture garden on the grounds is a lovely slow lap on a nice day. It's seasonal — daily through the warm months, by appointment in winter — so confirm before a special trip. If you only have time for one gallery in Door County, make it this one. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/edgewood-orchard-galleries/) ## 2. Plum Bottom Gallery — Most artists under one roof *Egg Harbor* Chad Luberger's pottery studio grew into one of the county's biggest craft galleries: 20 acres on Plum Bottom Road representing 150-plus artists in clay, glass, metal, fiber, and jewelry, with his wheel and Angela's jewelry bench working on site. It's the widest single selection you'll find up here. Can't make it out to the farm? They've opened storefronts in downtown Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, and Sturgeon Bay, so you'll likely pass one wherever you're based. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/plum-bottom-gallery/) ## 3. Popelka Trenchard Glass — Best working glass studio *Sturgeon Bay* Not just a gallery — a working hot shop. Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard have made and shown glass in downtown Sturgeon Bay since 1997: he works in the Venetian murrini tradition, she casts figures into her pieces, and it's all made right there. Time it right and you can watch the furnace going. They teach glassblowing classes too, if you want to leave with something you made yourself. This is the pick if seeing art get made matters as much as buying it. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/popelka-trenchard-glass/) ## 4. Woodwalk Gallery — Best setting *Egg Harbor* A renovated dairy barn on ten wooded acres south of Egg Harbor, showing 75-plus makers in painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, and locally built furniture. The setting does half the work — it's worth the short drive off the main road just to stand in the space. It doubles as a venue, hosting Midsummer's Music concerts, farm-to-table dinners, and off-season winter markets, so check the calendar; you might catch a show along with the art. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/woodwalk-gallery/) ## 5. Cappaert Contemporary Gallery — Best contemporary *Egg Harbor* The county's contemporary corner, set in an 1873 log cabin above the bay in Egg Harbor. Owner Ginnie Cappaert shows her own abstracted-landscape paintings alongside 40-some regional and national artists working in glass, clay, encaustic, and mixed media, with a sculpture path outside and her studio on site. If the folksier barn galleries aren't quite your taste, this is the one that leans modern. It's seasonal, so confirm the current-year opening before you go. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/cappaert-contemporary/) ## 6. Fine Line Designs Gallery — Best sculpture garden *Ephraim* Ninety-plus artists inside, and the reason to come is what's outside: a two-acre sculpture garden you can walk, with bronze, stone, metal, and ceramic pieces set among the plantings. Original paintings, photography, glass, and custom wood furnishings fill the gallery itself. It opens for the season around May 1 and hosts the long-running Townline Art Fair each summer. It sits on the Ephraim–Sister Bay line, so it pairs easily with Hardy and Blue Dolphin. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/fine-line-designs-gallery/) ## 7. Clay Bay Pottery & Gallery — Best pottery *Ellison Bay* David and Jeanne Aurelius have thrown pots in Ellison Bay since 1976, and they still make the functional stoneware and tiles that fill the shelves — landscapes, water, birds, florals, the kind of pieces you'll actually use. They show a few printmakers and jewelers alongside their own work. Come Thursday afternoons in summer for a throwing demonstration. It's at the quiet north end of the peninsula, an easy stop if you're headed toward Gills Rock or the ferry. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/clay-bay-pottery/) ## 8. Hardy Gallery — Best free stop *Ephraim* The most photographed gallery in the county, and it's free: a nonprofit in a 1915 warehouse on Ephraim's Anderson Dock, its weathered walls covered in generations of visitor and sailor graffiti. Inside, juried and invitational shows rotate all summer, opening with the Wall-to-Wall exhibit where the public votes People's Choice. It's right on Eagle Harbor with parking by the dock — an easy, no-cost add to any Ephraim afternoon. Seasonal, roughly late May through mid-October. [Full details](https://www.doorcountyguide.com/places/hardy-gallery/) Want to make art instead of just look at it? **Hands On Art Studio** near Fish Creek is the make-your-own option — throw a pot, fuse glass, or paint a canvas, no experience needed. **Blue Dolphin House** in Ephraim is a lovely gallery-in-a-garden with 100-plus artists, and **TR Pottery** in Fish Creek is another working studio worth a stop. Out on Washington Island, the **Art & Nature Center** pairs exhibits with trails. ### A few tips from us - **Go seasonal-aware.** Most of these run late spring through fall; a few keep winter weekends or open by appointment. Call ahead in the off-season. - **Cluster your stops.** Egg Harbor, the Ephraim–Sister Bay line, and Fish Creek each have several galleries within minutes of each other. - **Catch the makers at work** at Popelka Trenchard (glass) and Clay Bay (pottery, with Thursday demos in summer). Planning a broader day out? See our [best-of lists](/best/) for where to eat and what else to do nearby.