Children's Art Gallery in Rostov-on-Don is located in the city center on Prospekt Chekhov and is a branch of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts. Gallery has been in existence for over thirty years and has become a truly beloved object with the children visiting citizens and guests of Rostov.

Gallery is the first in Russia children's art gallery, its history began in late 1981 .  By the time the capital of the Don region there Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts with an excellent collection of works of graphic art, sculpture, painting, arts and crafts in Western Europe, the East and the modern Russia .  The idea of ​​opening a new section or branch of the local leadership came after a visit to Yerevan, where they were shown the first time in the USSR and in the world Museum of Children's Art .  Rich in talent Rostov in the same year solved the problem of the creation and placement of the Children's Art Gallery .  To create a branch of the regional museum building allocated in the historical part of the city of Rostov-built merchant I . Tartakower in 1908 .  In post-revolutionary and post-war period the building was rebuilt several times, it housed various departments, and by the 80s of last century it belonged to the North Caucasian Military District .  By the way, in this house I lived the commander of the North Caucasus Military District, twice Hero of the Soviet Union General and . A .  Pliev, as a commemorative plaque on the building . 

From the structure of the Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Rostov children's gallery became the center of formation of creative abilities of young talents. In addition to academic work on the development of artistic abilities of young people Gallery spends most educational and advocacy work, is the organizer and inspirer of many creative exhibitions and competitions for young people. Today, the gallery is stored in the funds of about 3,000 works of drawing, painting, arts and crafts. Gallery helps keep the creative heritage of the people of the Don.