History - Stories from the past

History department

Among the numerous materials in the collections of this department, Croatian medieval coins (Slavonic banovci) from the 13th and 14th centuries and Habsburg coins and medals from the 17th to 19th centuries stand out.

Then guild chests from the 18th century; 18th and 19th-century stampers, especially the stamper with the oldest coat of arms of the city of Bjelovar from 1772; guild and fair charter of Empress Maria Theresa from the 18th century; roommates of craftsmen from the 19th and early 20th century; restored firearms and cold weapons from the 18th and 19th centuries (swords decorated with filigrees and polished corals, clove-type rifles, flintlocks, and other types of firearms); maps and plans of the city and plans of buildings from the 18th - 20th centuries; photographs of important persons and civil families, societies and associations, rarely preserved remains of the former Bjelovar cinemas "Partizan" and "Gorica", namely a Bauer B 6 projector, made in Stuttgart around 1930 with several reels of films and wooden chairs from one row of the auditorium, as well as other materials from the military, political, economic, cultural and sports history of the city and its area.