Since 1968, the building has been used as a Jewish history museum and was listed as a national monument in 2013.

By 1885, the community had built a synagogue next to the local bazaar and a Jewish cemetery outside of the city.

In 1910 the Jewish community in Zenica was 297, with about 200 living in the city on the eve of the Invasion of Yugoslavia.

In 1968 the Jewish Community of Yugoslavia reached an agreement with the city to turn the building into a local museum.

[2] The building of the Zenica Synagogue was based on Neo-Moorish Architecture and measured 10.2x18.5 m.[2]