diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
index a8ccb96cd..37a10c9a6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -2282,6 +2282,7 @@
     "drop_images_here": "Drop Images Here",
     "back_to_parent": "Back To Parent",
     "image_count": "{{count}} image",
-    "image_count_other": "{{count}} images"
+    "image_count_other": "{{count}} images",
+    "empty_gallery": "This gallery is empty. Upload images to make them appear."
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.css
index 043a34aa6..b948e67e1 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.css
@@ -223,3 +223,18 @@
     font-size: 0.85em;
     opacity: 0.7;
 }
+
+.gallery-empty-help {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    text-align: center;
+    padding: 48px 24px;
+    margin: 24px;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    background-color: var(--accented-background-color);
+    border: 2px dashed var(--main-border-color);
+    color: var(--muted-text-color);
+    font-size: 14px;
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.tsx
index d0b0aedf0..5349e7c84 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/gallery/index.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import server from "../../../services/server";
 import toast from "../../../services/toast";
 import tree from "../../../services/tree";
 import ActionButton from "../../react/ActionButton";
+import Alert from "../../react/Alert";
 import { FormFileUploadActionButton } from "../../react/FormFileUpload";
 import type { ViewModeProps } from "../interface";
 import { useFilteredNoteIds } from "../legacy/utils";
@@ -232,6 +233,8 @@ export default function GalleryView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds }: ViewMo
         }
     };
 
+    const isEmpty = sortedNotes.length === 0;
+
     return (
         <div class="note-list gallery-view">
             <GalleryToolbar
@@ -247,6 +250,12 @@ export default function GalleryView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds }: ViewMo
                 onDeleteSelected={handleDeleteSelected}
             />
 
+            {isEmpty && (
+                <Alert type="info" className="gallery-empty-help">
+                    {t("gallery.empty_gallery")}
+                </Alert>
+            )}
+
             <div class="note-list-wrapper">
                 <div class="gallery-container">
                     {displayedNotes.map(childNote => (
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Book.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Book.tsx
index 5a56b84f2..98cddff3e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Book.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/Book.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useNoteLabelWithDefault, useTriliumEvent } from "../react/hooks";
 import RawHtml from "../react/RawHtml";
 import { TypeWidgetProps } from "./type_widget";
 
-const VIEW_TYPES: ViewTypeOptions[] = [ "list", "grid", "gallery", "presentation" ];
+const VIEW_TYPES: ViewTypeOptions[] = [ "list", "grid", "presentation" ];
 
 export default function Book({ note }: TypeWidgetProps) {
     const [ viewType ] = useNoteLabelWithDefault(note, "viewType", "grid");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
index e6fa04b11..0b293f499 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
+++ b/apps/server/src/assets/translations/en/server.json
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@
     "list-view": "List View",
     "grid-view": "Grid View",
     "calendar": "Calendar",
+    "gallery": "Gallery",
     "table": "Table",
     "geo-map": "Geo Map",
     "start-date": "Start Date",