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City Hall & Arts Centre

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Landmark  ·  Hamilton, Bermuda 32.2945°N   64.7854°W

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on City Hall & Arts Centre

Time needed
45 minutesLonger with both galleries
Best time
Weekday morningsSociety shuts 2pm Sat
Cost
FreeSociety of Arts too
Effort
One cedar stairGalleries upstairs
Season
Mon to FriHall offices 9 to 5
Guide
Not neededGo on your own

The art upstairs is for sale, so come for the galleries as much as the town hall. Look up at the tower too: its blue and gold dial shows the wind direction, not the time.

Visiting

Free to walk into on weekdays, the foyer inside the cedar doors holds a stamp collection given by the historian Colin Benbow. Chandeliers hang above it, and portraits of the Queen and the city's mayors line the walls.

The Earl Cameron Theatre, seating up to 378, opens off the foyer to the left. Dance recitals, pantomimes, plays and lectures run through the year.

Climb the staircase to the western wing for the Bermuda Society of Arts, the largest exhibition space on the island, which sells the work it hangs. Its individual, group and school shows change through the year. Outside, Desmond Fountain's sculptures of children stand in the lily pond.

Know before you goPerformances in the theatre are ticketed separately by whoever stages them, so check the listings for what is on.

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