The Museum was established in 1901 by Wilhelm Ludwig, a local entrepreneur and town representative. In the years 1992 - 2001 the individual exhibitions were prepared gradually. At the moment it is funded from gifts, museum collections and purchases. The exhibits which were the original part of our collections are nowadays rather rare – it is rather the returned or at least lent exhibits that are available there. In four exhibitions, the Museum offers an outline of the historic development of Rýmařov region, history of the local mining and textile industries (it is necessary to mention a unique collection of silk brocades) and geology of the southern Jeseníky region. It also includes an external and freely accessible geological exhibition in the lokality of Hrádek. Part of the museum is also Octopus Gallery.
