Objects from the Collection of Traditional Weapons for the Museum's needs have been collected since its very foundation. The collection began to form with an acquisition in 1920, when the first 11 weapons entered the Museum as a result of an exchange with the National Theatre in Zagreb. The next major influx was the acquisition of 12 pieces in 1938, among which the yataghan swords from the collection of Count Erdödy stand out. Since then, the Collection has been replenished more modestly in the form of individual gifts and acquisitions. Almost 300 pieces of firearms and cold weapons, as well as equipment for carrying weapons and ammunition, mostly date from the late 18th to early 20th centuries, although some pieces date back to the 17th century. Among the cold weapons, very valuable examples of yataghans, curved long knives that represent part of the oriental component that, through the mediation of the Ottomans, took root in the traditional culture of the wider Dinaric region, stand out, while among firearms, the most prominent are holsters and rifles, mostly from workshops in the wider area of ​​Southeast Europe. In some parts of Croatia, over the centuries, weapons have almost become an integral part of traditional clothing, and they have also found their place in the customs of the life and annual cycle.