The building that shelters the museum is an istorical monument ; The Bohus Castle was built in baroque style, in 1838 and belonged to the noble family with the same name; the permanent exposition ,,Ioan Slavici,, dedicated to the great romanian writer (1848-1925) borned in Șiria, was inaugurated in 1960; it shows moments from his childhood, school years spent in Șiria, school years from Arad, Timișoara, Budapesta and Vienna, but also the great literary activity, political and pedagogical that belonged to Ioan Slavici.
In 1970 was arranged in the same museum, the permanent exposition dedicated to the life and the activity of Emil Monția (1882-1965) the composer that has been established in Șiria from 1906.
