National Art Gallery of the Bahamas

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is a gallery located in Nassau, Bahamas. The gallery named Amanda Coulson as the new Director and four new staff hires in September 2011. As Chief Curator, John Cox joined the gallery in January 2012. The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) was the first institution of its kind in The Bahamas' history, announced in 1996 by then-Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham as part of a larger expanded system of museums that would record, preserve, and historicize The Bahamas' independent sovereign nation, established in 1973.

The NAGB is located on West and West Hill Streets, near Historic Charles Towne and on the edge of Delancy Town, and is within easy walking distance of Downtown Nassau's harbor and main business area. It physically connects the nation's two key districts: bustling Downtown—the hub of colonial authority and sustained affluence through trade and tourism—and the 'Over-the-Hill' hamlet, often known as the 'nation's navel,' where the Majority Rule leaders were born and raised. Unfortunately, what was once a robust middle-class town has now shrunk significantly.

The museum has four gallery spaces: the PE, or permanent exhibition space, on the ground floor, which houses rotating exhibitions drawn from the National Collection; The PS Room, a project space for monthly interventions, also on the ground floor; and two temporary exhibition spaces on the second floor. The NAGB is partially funded by the government, although it operates on a public-private network and is also supported by the community it serves through ticket sales, subscriptions, donations, and other means.

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Address: Villa Doyle, West and West Hill Street, Nassau
Official site: www.nagb.org.b