Faith, Hope and Charity

The Faith, Hope and Charity gallery sits just outside Inverness, making it an easy detour if you're based at one of the nearby caravan parks like Ardtower or Bunchrew. It's a working gallery space rather than a traditional museum - the kind of place where you can actually watch artists at it, which changes how you experience the work.

What you get here is contemporary art in an intimate setting. No vast echoing halls or crowds of school groups. The gallery focuses on painting, sculpture and mixed media, with work that actually engages rather than lectures you. Spend an hour here and you'll come away having seen something worth looking at, rather than feeling obliged to work through exhibits.

Historically minded visitors might find it less compelling than Inverness's castles and battlefields, but anyone with an interest in what Scottish artists are making right now should make the trip. Families with older kids - say, teenagers with genuine curiosity - will get more than younger children, though it depends on the child.

Admission details aren't widely published, so ring ahead before heading over. Given its proximity to the Loch Ness parks and Inverness itself, it works as a half-day addition to a wider Highland trip. The surrounding countryside is worth exploring too - you're within reach of good walks along the Ness Valley. It's modest in scale, but that's rather the point. No pretence, just decent contemporary work in a proper Highland setting.