The founder and first curator was Julia Hoffmann, a railway clerk, a lover of antiques and a passionate collector who donated his collection of 3500 pcs. numismatics, 600 pcs. old badges, 6 pcs. old watches, one fiddle, and 7 old oil paintings for the establishment of the city museum. In the course of extensive works on the new lineup, and the spread of research interests and the scope of work, thematically and spatially, institutions 1953rd The name was changed to of the Museum. The newly renovated permanent exhibition, opened the 1954th, was one of the most modern exhibition native types in the former Yugoslavia. The first number of museum publications NEWS, a newspaper format, the four pages, with contributions and articles about the activities of the institution, our new homeland's history, monuments was published in the year of 1959.