Montana is a Bulgarian town located on the shores of the Ogosta river at the foot of the Balkans. To Sofia from here, about a hundred kilometers. The city is a major transportation hub, is the economic and cultural center.

In Montana there is an art gallery that was opened in 1972. It has a rich collection and is one of the most significant provincial galleries and cultural institutions. The gallery houses the works of artists of several generations – from the mid 19th century to the present. Here are the paintings of famous Bulgarian artists as Vasily stall, Nikolai Pavlovich, Jaroslav Vesin, Ivan Mrkvicka, Stoyan Venev, Alexander Mutafov, Vladimir Dimitrov-the master, Zeno Todorov, Nikolay Raynov, Ivan Milev, Dimitar Boyadjiev, Dechko Uzunov, Kiril Petrov. Part of the gallery dedicated to local artists, you can see the work of Galileo Symeon, Venelina Zahariev, teodosio Antonova, Eugenia Graceway, Nikolai Penkov.

City art gallery serves as a cultural center of Montana. It hosts various concerts, literary meetings, celebrations, traditional city events. Gallery, the organizer and partner of many events overseas including, for example, competitions of children's drawings. Works that are recognized best in these contests, are stored in the gallery, where there is a special section of children's creativity.