National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Art gallery in Historic Charles Towne, Nassau, Bahamas

The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas occupies Villa Doyle, a nineteenth-century building with four exhibition spaces distributed across two floors. The rooms accommodate both permanent collections and rotating exhibits, allowing for different art forms and display arrangements.

Villa Doyle was built in 1862 for Sir William Henry Doyle, one of the first Chief Justices of The Bahamas, and was expanded in the 1920s. After years of neglect, historian and founding NAGB chair Dr Gail Saunders led efforts to save it from demolition. Restoration took almost seven years in the 1990s under architect Anthony Jervis and civil engineer George Cox, and the gallery opened in 2003.

The gallery displays works by artists from the Bahamas, offering visitors insight into local artistic expression and perspectives. The collections showcase different generations and approaches to capturing island life through painting and sculpture.

The museum stands at the corner of West and West Hill Streets, where Downtown Nassau meets the Over-the-Hill residential district, so it can be reached on foot from the cruise port and Bay Street. Free Sundays give access to the galleries without an admission fee. Villa Doyle's historic rooms and stairways are best navigated with care, and the Art Park and Fiona's Theatre are outdoors.

Villa Doyle was built in 1862 for Sir William Henry Doyle, one of the first Chief Justices of The Bahamas. By the 1990s it had deteriorated and some argued for its demolition to erase a symbol of the colonial past. Historian Dr Gail Saunders led the campaign to preserve it, and after almost seven years of restoration it opened as the gallery in 2003.