The first pinacotheca of Botosani was openeed in 1960. In the patrimony of the galleries there are works signed by Romania’s greatest painters, such as Ştefan Luchian, Theodor Pallady, Nicolae Tonitza, Nicolae Grigorescu, Gheorghe Petraşcu, Octav Băncilă. The Art Galleries that bear the name of the painter Stefan Luchian also own a notable number of scultures signed by Iulia Oniţă, Ovidiu Maitec and Dan Covataru, as well as many tapestries belonging to valuable plastic artists like Cella Neamţu, Aspazia Burduja and Ileana Balotă.