The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Villa Doyle was built in the 1860s for a colonial chief justice and stood derelict for decades before it was restored and opened in 2003 as the national gallery, which makes it one of the youngest national art collections in the region. It holds Bahamian art from the eighteenth century onward, with the strength in the twentieth: Amos Ferguson, a house painter who worked in enamel on cardboard and became the best known intuitive artist in the country; Brent Malone; Maxwell Taylor's prints; and Antonius Roberts, whose carved figures also stand at Clifton. The National Exhibition, held every two years, is the main survey of contemporary work.

What you actually see

• Amos Ferguson - enamel on cardboard, the country's best known intuitive artist.
• The twentieth-century collection - Malone, Taylor, Roberts and contemporaries.
• Villa Doyle - the restored 1860s mansion the gallery occupies.
• The National Exhibition - the biennial contemporary survey.

When to go

Year-round; closed Sundays and Mondays. Weekday mornings are quiet. The National Exhibition runs every second year from December. There are free entry days, which are announced on the gallery's own channels.

Honest expectations

It is small and takes two hours at most, and the permanent collection rotates so a particular artist may not be on show. Funding is limited and the building can only display a fraction of what it holds. Labels are informative but sparse. Cruise passengers rarely come this way, which keeps it quiet.

Nearby

Downtown Nassau is a short walk downhill; the Queen's Staircase is nearby.