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Backlit Gallery Nottingham Exhibition Space Hire

A very raw, but beautiful, light-filled former industrial space.” — Simon Starling, Turner Prize Winner

Key Info

BACKLIT offers a range of spaces from our galleries, project and learning spaces, and screening rooms that provide a unique and inspiring backdrop perfect for exhibitions, photoshoots, filming locations, product launches, film screenings or special events.


Originally a flourishing textile company established in 1872 by Samuel Morley, our building has a rich past of creativity, manufacturing and production. Today, BACKLIT is an internationally renowned independent public gallery and cultural organisation housed across three floors in Alfred House, a significant Nottingham landmark full of heritage and history.