Gippsland Art Gallery

Free entry, six exhibition spaces, and a permanent collection of 4,000-plus works make Sale's gallery the most substantive arts institution between Melbourne and the coast. The John Leslie Art Prize — open to any Australian artist since 2000 — draws national attention. Textile, linocut, and reclaimed-materials workshops run alongside the exhibitions. Annemieke Mein's textile art holds a long-term room of its own.