Housed in a recently restored historic monument building, the museum holds valuable works of Romanian fine arts: paintings from the 19th century (Anton Chladek, Sava Henţia, Mişu Popp, Gheorghe Tattarescu, Theodor Aman, Ioan Andreescu, Nicolae Grigorescu), and from the 20th century (Ştefan Luchian, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petraşcu, Ion Ţuculescu); sculptures (Frederic Storck, Oscar Han, Ion Jalea); graphics (Alexandru Steriadi, Ştefan Popescu) and works of local artists. From 1929 to 1956 it functioned under the name of "Ploieşti City Art Gallery". The museum owns goods listed in the National Cultural Heritage Treasure.