diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 57d1a4e0..78f33d70 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ gem 'bootstrap-switch-rails', '~> 3.0.0'
 
 gem 'ruby-oembed'
 
+# for zoom in images
+gem 'fancybox2-rails'
+
 # Use guard and spring for testing in development
 group :development do
   # rspec Guard rules
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f604c9ce..92993997 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ GEM
     factory_girl_rails (4.6.0)
       factory_girl (~> 4.5.0)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
+    fancybox2-rails (0.2.8)
+      railties (>= 3.1.0, < 5.0)
     faraday (0.9.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     ffi (1.9.3)
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise
   devise_ichain_authenticatable
   factory_girl_rails
+  fancybox2-rails
   font-awesome-rails
   formtastic (~> 2.3.0.rc3)
   formtastic-bootstrap
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 6c6c8e9a..83eff2be 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@
 //= require osem-switch
 //= require osem-bootstrap
 //= require osem-commercials
+//= require fancybox
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
     $('a[disabled=disabled]').click(function(event){
         return false;
     });
 });
+
+$(document).ready(function() {
+  $("a.fancybox").fancybox();
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 9a771225..324cc1c7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
  *= require bootstrap-datetimepicker
  *= require leaflet
  *= require bootstrap3-switch
+ *= require fancybox
 */
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-splash.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-splash.css.scss
index 717c9ab4..c0e21de5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-splash.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-splash.css.scss
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   #program {
     h3 {
       padding-left: 5px;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       background-color: #F0FFFF;
     }
   }
-  
+
   #callforpapers {
     .timer-box{
       width: 130px;
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@
       border:4px solid #989797;
     }
   }
-  
+
   #venue {
     padding-top: 0px;
-    padding-bottom: 0px;
   }
 
   #lodging {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   #sponsors {
     .img-sponsor {
       max-height: 100px;
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  
+
   .scroll-top-wrapper {
     position: fixed;
     opacity: 0;
@@ -169,4 +168,4 @@
       color: white;
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/venue_photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/venue_photos_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b25b2a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/venue_photos_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Admin
+  class VenuePhotosController < Admin::BaseController
+    load_and_authorize_resource :conference, find_by: :short_title
+    load_and_authorize_resource :venue, through: :conference, singleton: true
+
+    def destroy
+      photo = @venue.venue_photos.find(params[:id])
+      if photo.destroy
+        redirect_to  edit_admin_conference_venue_path(@conference.short_title), notice: 'Photo deleted'
+      else
+        redirect_to  edit_admin_conference_venue_path(@conference.short_title), alert: 'Photo not deleted'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/venues_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/venues_controller.rb
index f9efbbe1..d0e43deb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/venues_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/venues_controller.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module Admin
       @venue = @conference.build_venue(venue_params)
 
       if @venue.save
+        if params[:venue_photos]
+          create_additional_photos(@venue, params[:venue_photos])
+        end
         redirect_to admin_conference_venue_path,
                     notice: 'Venue was successfully created.'
       else
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ module Admin
 
     def update
       if @venue.update_attributes(venue_params)
+        if params[:venue_photos]
+          create_additional_photos(@venue, params[:venue_photos])
+        end
         redirect_to(admin_conference_venue_path(conference_id: @conference.short_title),
                     notice: 'Venue was successfully updated.')
       else
@@ -46,5 +52,11 @@ module Admin
     def venue_params
       params.require(:venue).permit(:name, :street, :postalcode, :city, :country, :longitude, :latitude, :description, :website, :photo, :lodgings_attributes, :conference_id)
     end
+
+    def create_additional_photos(venue, photos)
+      photos.each { |photo|
+        venue.venue_photos.create(photo: photo )
+      }
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/venue.rb b/app/models/venue.rb
index b0cd2b0e..e2e833b3 100644
--- a/app/models/venue.rb
+++ b/app/models/venue.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :conference
   has_many :rooms, dependent: :destroy
+  has_many :venue_photos, dependent: :destroy
   before_create :generate_guid
 
   validates :name, :street, :city, :country, presence: true
diff --git a/app/models/venue_photo.rb b/app/models/venue_photo.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ddf94c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/venue_photo.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class VenuePhoto < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :venue
+
+  has_attached_file :photo,
+                    styles: { thumb: '100x100>', large: '300x300>' }
+  validates_attachment_content_type :photo,
+                                    content_type: [/jpg/, /jpeg/, /png/, /gif/],
+                                    size: { in: 0..500.kilobytes }
+end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/venues/_form.html.haml b/app/views/admin/venues/_form.html.haml
index f63d34cc..bc63bf5b 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/venues/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/venues/_form.html.haml
@@ -11,4 +11,15 @@
       - unless @venue.photo.blank?
         = image_tag @venue.photo(:thumb)
       = f.input :photo
+      %label
+        Additional photos
+      - @venue.venue_photos.in_groups_of(4, false).each do |photo_group|
+        .row
+          - photo_group.each do |photo|
+            .col-md-3
+              = image_tag photo.photo(:thumb)
+              = link_to "Delete", admin_conference_venue_photo_path(@conference.short_title, photo), method: :delete, class: 'btn btn-default', data: { confirm: 'really delete this photo ?' }
+      %br
+      = file_field_tag "venue_photos[]", type: :file, multiple: true
+      %br
       = f.action :submit, as: :button, button_html: { class: 'btn btn-primary' }
diff --git a/app/views/conference/_venue.html.haml b/app/views/conference/_venue.html.haml
index b99313a2..332ede75 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/_venue.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/_venue.html.haml
@@ -60,3 +60,8 @@
           - if @conference.venue.website
             %br
             =link_to @conference.venue.website, @conference.venue.website
+    - @conference.venue.venue_photos.in_groups_of(4, false).each do |photo_group|
+      .row
+        - photo_group.each do |photo|
+          .col-md-3
+            = link_to image_tag(photo.photo(:thumb), class: 'img-rounded'), photo.photo(:large), class: 'fancybox'
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e7976f1f..ced2380b 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Osem::Application.routes.draw do
       resource :splashpage
       resource :venue do
         resources :rooms, except: [:show]
+        resources :venue_photos, only: [:destroy], as: :photos
       end
       resource :registration_period
       resource :program do
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160212231923_create_venue_photos.rb b/db/migrate/20160212231923_create_venue_photos.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa592f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160212231923_create_venue_photos.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateVenuePhotos < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :venue_photos do |t|
+      t.integer :venue_id
+      t.string :photo_file_name
+      t.string :photo_content_type
+      t.integer :photo_file_size
+      t.datetime :photo_updated_at
+
+      t.timestamps null: false
+    end
+  end
+end