The house was built by the primary school teachers Eugen and Profira Labiş in 1954 and comprises five rooms and a hall. It was restored before becoming a museum, in 1973. Current (inner and outer) repairs were carried out in 2001. The exhibition reconstructs the biography of the poet Nicolae Labiş (1935 - 1956) on the basis of documents and the intellectual environment in which the family lived. It presents old furniture, photographs, pictures, personal belongings, books, reviews,and manuscripts.