diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15fa974..9708fb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@ make down
 
 See `values.yaml` for all configuration options. The chart wraps the [JupyterHub Helm chart](https://z2jh.jupyter.org/) - all `jupyterhub.*` values are passed through.
 
+## Gallery
+
+Set `singleuser.gallery.enabled=true` and populate `singleuser.gallery.exhibits`
+to surface curated starter notebooks/tutorials in JupyterLab's launcher. Each
+exhibit is a Git repo that clones into the user's home on first open:
+
+```yaml
+singleuser:
+  gallery:
+    enabled: true
+    title: "Examples"
+    destination: "/home/jovyan/gallery"
+    exhibits:
+      - title: "Tutorials"
+        git: "https://github.com/your-org/tutorials"
+        description: "End-to-end tutorial notebooks"
+      - title: "Starters"
+        git: "https://github.com/your-org/starter-notebooks"
+```
+
+The [jupyterlab-gallery](https://github.com/nebari-dev/jupyterlab-gallery)
+extension is baked into the singleuser image; the values block above is the
+only deploy-time configuration needed. See the extension README for the full
+per-exhibit schema (icons, private-repo auth, etc.).
+
 ## Shared Storage
 
 Per-group shared directories (`/shared/<group>` in every user pod) need a
diff --git a/templates/singleuser-config.yaml b/templates/singleuser-config.yaml
index 88bccf3..f2f1bd8 100644
--- a/templates/singleuser-config.yaml
+++ b/templates/singleuser-config.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ data:
     c.TerminalManager.cull_interval = {{ .Values.singleuserCuller.terminal.cullInterval }}
 
     c.ServerApp.shutdown_no_activity_timeout = {{ .Values.singleuserCuller.server.shutdownNoActivityTimeout }}
+    {{- if .Values.singleuser.gallery.enabled }}
+
+    # jupyterlab-gallery: curated notebook exhibits surfaced in the launcher.
+    # GalleryManager is the traitlet config namespace from
+    # https://github.com/nebari-dev/jupyterlab-gallery
+    c.GalleryManager.title = {{ .Values.singleuser.gallery.title | quote }}
+    c.GalleryManager.destination = {{ .Values.singleuser.gallery.destination | quote }}
+    c.GalleryManager.exhibits = {{ .Values.singleuser.gallery.exhibits | toJson }}
+    {{- end }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index ede006e..e71abd8 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,33 @@ singleuser:
     gatewayName: nebari-gateway
     gatewayPort: 10443
 
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # jupyterlab-gallery — curated notebook exhibits surfaced in the JupyterLab
+  # launcher. The extension is baked into the singleuser image
+  # (images/jupyterlab/pixi.toml); this block controls whether it is
+  # configured and which exhibits show up. Disabled by default so existing
+  # deploys see no behavior change.
+  # https://github.com/nebari-dev/jupyterlab-gallery
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  gallery:
+    enabled: false
+    # Launcher card title.
+    title: "Gallery"
+    # Where exhibit repos are cloned in the user's home. The extension creates
+    # one subdirectory per exhibit, named after exhibit.title.
+    destination: "/home/jovyan/gallery"
+    # List of exhibits. Each entry produces one launcher card. Minimum
+    # fields: `title` and `git` (a public repo URL). Optional fields:
+    # `description` (subtitle), `icon` (URL to a thumbnail), `account` and
+    # `token` for private repos (typically templated from a Secret via
+    # singleuser.extraEnv rather than hard-coded here). See the extension
+    # README for the full per-exhibit schema. Example:
+    #   exhibits:
+    #     - title: "Tutorials"
+    #       git: "https://github.com/your-org/tutorials"
+    #       description: "End-to-end notebooks"
+    exhibits: []
+
 # =============================================================================
 # Singleuser Idle Culler
 # =============================================================================