The town's museum of Senj

It is situated in the palace of the Vukasović family which was one of the most respectable and most influential family in Senj. The palace was built in the fourteenth and fifteenth century in the Gothic and Renaissance style, being the supreme structure of the profane architecture af the town of Senj.

The Senj town museum was established on the 7th of May 1962 as a cultural and scientific institution with the aim to collect, preserve, classify, study, process, present and publish museological, historical and cultural data. It also has an educational function taking care of the whole cultural and natural heritage of the town and its surroundings. The museum houses the archeological collection - lapidarius, the hydro-archeological collection, the collection of the recent history of Senj and the Fatherland’s war, the ethnographic collection of the Bunjevac community and the collection of the Velebit flora and fauna. The professional library (Seninensia) with its arcive, photo-documentation and paintings is part of the town’s museum of Senj. The museum has a rich publishing activites covering the whole history and culture of Senj and its surroundings. It also publishes, in cooperation with the Museological society of Senj, the professional periodical called The Proceedings of Senj and other occasional publications. The town’s museum is opened to public during all year.