Montage Gallery and Custom Framing

Montage Gallery and Custom Framing operates out of a Main Street storefront on the east side of Dunedin, a bit removed from the densest cluster of downtown galleries but still well within the city’s Main Street corridor. The shop’s own description of itself centers on custom framing work rather than gallery sales in the sense of representing artists, and that framing focus covers a fairly wide range of jobs: shadow boxes, poster and print framing, conservation and restoration framing, and memorabilia pieces, all done with acid free materials, which is the standard a framer uses when the goal is protecting a piece long term rather than just mounting it cheaply.

That mix of services puts Montage in a category that overlaps two parts of a typical arts and culture directory. It carries the word gallery in its name and is commonly listed alongside art galleries in local business directories, but its day to day work leans toward the custom framing side of the business, the kind of shop an artist, a family with an inherited print, or someone framing a diploma or a piece of memorabilia would seek out specifically because mass market frame shops do not handle conservation grade work.

According to Florida’s Division of Corporations, Montage Gallery, Inc. is registered as an active corporation in the state, which is a useful data point for anyone trying to confirm that a small storefront business is a real, currently operating entity rather than a defunct listing left over in an old directory. The company has moved locations before. Its own site notes a relocation a few blocks west along Main Street from an earlier address, which is a normal part of small retail life in a downtown corridor where storefronts turn over and rents shift, and it is worth keeping in mind when cross checking older directory listings that may still show a previous suite number.

For anyone framing original artwork bought from one of the nearby Main Street or Broadway galleries, Montage is a logical next stop, since a framer working locally can typically turn a piece around faster than shipping it out, and can talk through options like UV protective glass or float mounting in person rather than over email. The shop’s focus on shadow box work also makes it a resource beyond fine art framing, since shadow boxes are frequently used for military medals, sports jerseys, wedding items, and other three dimensional keepsakes that need a deeper frame profile than a standard picture frame provides.

Because independent frame shops rarely get much press coverage or online write ups, most of what can be confirmed about Montage comes directly from its own site and from state business records rather than from third party reviews, so anyone with more specific questions about current turnaround times or pricing is best served calling the shop directly.