The Astronomical observatory of the Institute of Astronomy to the Bulgarian Academy of Science uses three telescopes - 60 cm Kasagren, 36.5 cm Celestrone and 15 cm Kasegren; computer for machining and saving the data from the electro-fhotometric observations and from the CCD camera. The Moon, The ring of Saturn, the satellites of Jupiter, the Venus sickle, comets, stars, star heaps, galaxies can be observed. There is organized an annual school on astronomy with international participation.
The Art gallery owns over 180 canvases - black and white drawing and painting, some of them drown during the annual meetings of painting organized in the town and its surroundings. There are works of Maistora, Stoyan Venev, Ivan Hristov, Yoan Leviev, Bahit Bapishev etc.
The Museum of History is situated in the Panov's house (1810, an example of the Western Bulgarian national architecture from the Enlightenment period). After its restoration in 1970, an exposition of 8 000 exponents, reflecting the life, occupation and the fights of the people from this region in XVIII century and XIX century is exhibited there.
The plant and animal world of the region is rich and varied. Many rare and threatened with extinction species, included in the Red book of Bulgaria (some of can be seen only in this region of the World: Eranthis bulgaricus, Crocus tommasinianus, Centaurea atropurpurea, Ramonda serbica). Orchid family is wide-presented. The Museum of Nature and Science has over 3000 flora and fauna exhibits from the North-West Bulgaria.
Museum, gallery 
The Astronomical observatory of the Institute of Astronomy to the Bulgarian Academy of Science uses three telescopes - 60 cm Kasagren, 36.5 cm Celestrone and 15 cm Kasegren; computer for machining and saving the data from the electro-fhotometric observations and from the CCD camera. The Moon, The ring of Saturn, the satellites of Jupiter, the Venus sickle, comets, stars, star heaps, galaxies can be observed. There is organized an annual school on astronomy with international participation.
The Museum of History is situated in the Panov's 
The plant and animal world of the region is rich and varied.