Bermuda National Gallery

Frommer's Review

Located on the second floor of City Hall in the heart of the City of Hamilton, this national gallery is the home of the island nation's art collection, showing both Bermudian and world art. The museum displays a diverse permanent collection as well as changing exhibitions. Both past and contemporary work from local and international painters not only tells the story of Bermuda's history but also reflects its heritage. The gallery opened in 1992 with a core collection of European masters, including Gainsborough, Reynolds, and Murillo. The collection was bequeathed to Bermuda by the Hon. Hereward T. Watlington on the condition that the art be housed in a climate-controlled environment to protect it from humidity and damaging sunlight.

In addition to the Watlington Collection, the museum has an African collection (African figures, masks, and royal regalia), a Bermuda collection (which ranges from 17th-century decorative arts to contemporary Bermudian work), and a wide range of Bermudian and international photographs, prints, and modern art.

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