Museum
Montana - Art Gallery

The gallery was founded in 1972 in the name of the famous artist Kiril Petrov, who has roots in Lom . Collection gathered decades preserve and promote the works of artists from generations middle of the XIX century to the present day. Among them are his paintings of Nikolai Pavlovich , Ivan Mrkvicka , George Danchov , Vladimir Dimitrov - Orphan Ranger , Ivan Milev, Nikolay Raynov Joshua Randall Jr. , Kiril Petrov and many other classics of Bulgarian art . There are also contemporary Bulgarian artists who worked in the late XX century : Genco Genkov Dimitar Kazakov - Neron , Svetlin Roussev and others. In the gallery has paintings by artists from Montana : Prof. Galileo Simeonov Teodosi Antonov Venelin Zachariev , Nikolai Penkov Eugenia Kraycheva and others. According to the specialists , the collection of paintings by Art Gallery " Kiril Petrov" is one of the richest in the country. The General Fund contains about 2,500 works , and the permanent exhibition in the newly opened building - about 150 works , mostly classics in fine and applied arts . Works of printmaking, painting and small sculptures representing different stages of development of Bulgarian art . Impressive with its artistic value is the collection of icons.