Art Gallery, established on the basis of the Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve, is one of the most interesting places in the city. Gallery located in the heart of Kerch, at the foot of the mountains, in a beautiful two-storey building, made in the classical style, which is part of the architectural ensemble of the Big Mitridatskoy stairs.

For its guests the exposition of the museum reveals the most important moments in the life of the city in the most vivid and deep colors. The museum collected objects of culture and art of Kerch, from antiquity to modern times. This allows you to learn how to live and what was breathing for twenty six centuries, one of the oldest cities in the world.

One of the founders of the gallery became famous artist H. Booth, who gave then-Kerch Historical and Archaeological museum of his work cycle "Adzhimushkay. 1942 ", dedicated to the heroic defense of the city during the Second World War. In this cycle includes more than 150 works of the artist. Since 1968 cycle became a permanent exhibition in one of the halls of the historical and archaeological museum, and then served as the basis for the open in 1985, the art gallery. Now the cycle "Adzhimushkay. 1942 "N. Booth continues to be one of the main museum.

Eventually Kerch Art Gallery will continue to expand, presenting new and interesting to the visitors of the exhibition. Today, another permanent exhibition gallery is the exhibition "Ancient monuments of Kerch," which offers admire archaeological findings older than a thousand years - sculpture, glassware, painted vases, terracotta and other exhibits.

The Fund works of art gallery has more than 2 thousand units. Of great interest to tourists cause such unique items as a diorama of ancient sights Kerch - the church of John the Baptist, a copy of the mosaic of Article 12. "Christ Pantocrator", donated to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986, Pope John Paul II, as well as many other pieces of art.