Photo via Wikimedia CommonsFree public gallery with a strong contemporary programme.
Tickets & opening timesA small, free gallery on Queen Street with a permanent collection of Victorian and twentieth-century British art and a changing contemporary programme that is much bolder than visitors expect.
Twenty minutes or an hour, depending on the show. Free entry.
Measured from each hotel's front door.
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