Basically, some of my users are less than tech savvy - they are tech skittish - so I wanted them to see the photos without overwhelming them.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I loaded the Gallery Display (usergallery) plugin and that should do the trick!

I'm running Serendipity for my gardening club. I'd like to have Standard Editors view the Media Gallery but with no toolbars. Is there some way to do that? Is there some other way to simply display the images in the Media Gallery?

Thanks for any suggestions....