The renovated building and the exhibition was handed over in the year of the 1100th anniversary (1996) of the Hungarian conquest. The exhibition recalls the memory of the theatric performances in Miskolc. The thought first occoured in 1984 and 12 year later, on the initiative of actor Ferenc Gyarmati, the exhibition was arranged.

The permanent exhibition of the museum chronologically presents the history of the performing in the 19th-20th century.