The largest of the Šibenik archipelago islands, and the closest to the mainland, it has been populated since the time of the Illyrians (tribe of Liburns).

When King Bela arrived in Dalmatia and in Klobučac near Trogir, he issued a deed of donation which details the borders of Šibenik.

In Roman times, there had been a town called Collentum on the island in the area of today's Gradina, which was also mentioned by Ptolemy.

Museum preserves traditional knowledges of small wooden shipbuilding, which takes place in Betina, island Murter, from the middle od 18th century.

Permanent exhibition is located inside habitat of the stone architectural complex, linked with old brick terrace, paved the same way that it was done during the 19th century.

One presents techniques of wood treatment and processing, design and construction of the ships, tells the story of shipbuilding in Betina.

Those ethnographic items depict the context of the old way of life in which the wooden ships of Betina shipbuilding were created.