The museum holds archaeology collections (the prehistoric age, the Dacian and Roman periods), mediaeval, modern and contemporary history items, hoards (the Roman period), the Alexandru Ştefulescu documents collection (15th - 19th centuries), rare books, icons. The museum building is an eclectic monument, built in 1894 as the Prefecture house, then a court of law. Having been restored between 1977 and 1978, it became the county museum.