Atlantic Center of Modern Art (CAAM)

From the street you see two old neoclassical house fronts. Behind them, Sáenz de Oiza's building rises through three floors of galleries.

The museum reads Canarian art through what it calls tricontinentality: the islands sit between Europe, Africa and the Americas, and the permanent collection of more than 2,600 works follows that line. The Canarian holdings are the best known, with Manolo Millares, Martín Chirino and Pablo Serrano from the El Paso group and the Informalist movement. Spanish work from the 1980s and 1990s by José María Sicilia, Cristina Iglesias and Luis Gordillo shares the collection with pieces by Andreas Schulze and Jiri Georg Dokoupil.

Temporary exhibitions rotate across the three levels and take in painting, drawing, sculpture, graphics and mail art.

• The museum closes between exhibitions, at times keeping a single room open with no other facilities. Check caam.net before you go.
• There are toilets inside, including a wheelchair-accessible one. A free public toilet stands about 110 m away.
• The cathedral (Catedral de Canarias) is about 80 m away, so the museum fits easily into a walk around Vegueta.
• Galleries spread over three floors and the museum is suitable for children.

The museum stands in Vegueta, the old quarter of Las Palmas, in the streets near the cathedral. The nearest bus stop, Reyes Católicos 9, is about 130 m away, and the rest is a walk through the old town.

Drivers can leave the car at the paid car park by the Mercado de Vegueta, about 200 m away, and walk from there. The entrance opens straight off the street and takes a wheelchair.

Best: Tuesday to Saturday, when the museum keeps its full opening day into the evening.

Avoid: Monday, when it is closed, and Sunday afternoon, when it has already shut.

The galleries are indoors, which makes them a good use of a hot midday or a wet day in Vegueta; just confirm an exhibition is running before you set out.