In 1886, the Historical and archaeological association of Komárno territorial unit and town of Komárno was established. The documents serving as basis for writing the monography of this territorial unit, various archaeological and historical memories were collected by it. The collection of this association was the basis of the museum established later. In 1900, the association got a new name, Museum association of the Komárno territorial unit and the town of Komárno. Instead of actual collection of antiquities, the Museum association created four sections: historical, archaeological, natural historical and ethnographical. The year 1911 was an important milestone in the life of the museum as it was in this year when, by merging the Museum association with Educational association and with the Library of the territorial unit, the Jókai educational and museum association was established. In 1913, based on the projects of the Budapest university professor, Mr.Dezső Hültl, a new specific purpose building of the Jókai association was built – the Palace of Culture, today’s seat of the museum.
