It was established by Mohammed Bin Salem Al-Mudhani, whose exhibits had been started to be collect since 1976. The museum contains many acquisitions and antiques, which date back to the BC, such as agricultural tools, coins, metal pieces and pottery. It also includes a collection of tombstones, stone inscriptions, pieces of arrows, spears, soapstone, types of Omani rocks, seals, watches and old weapons.
The museum exhibits a number of documents, manuscripts and historical coins, which are dating back to the 10th century, such as: a Greek coin of silver that used during the reign of Alexander the Great, a very small coin inscribed on both sides a star made of stone and a set of coins that is minted during the reign of the Umayyad state and the Abbasid state.