The collection, opened in 1994, is located in the elementary school of one of the oldest Gorski Kotar settlements. Since 2001, it is managed by the “Sv. Juraj” ethnographic society. 

Today, this ever-growing collection boasts more than 500 displays as part of its permanent exhibition.

It consists of two rooms holding valuable exhibits. The first one is the reconstruction of a middle-class bedroom and lounge with antique furniture, artwork, old kitchenware and ornaments, as well as old documents and books describing the life of a prosperous middle-class family living in Gorski Kotar between the late 19th and the early 20th century.

The room also holds a small sacral treasury with a large number of liturgical objects, valuable old church garb and banners, which are safeguarded in a specially installed air-tight cabinet.  Valuable old musical instruments are also kept here.

The second room displays works of art donated by physicist Dr Guy Paić and his late wife, journalist Arlette Ambrožić-Paić. The couple collected these pieces on their numerous travels, mostly through Africa, Asia and South America, and they offer a unique insight into non-European cultures in the middle of Gorski Kotar.