Its founder and first director was a local historian, one of the organizers of the partisan movement in Rogachev region - Semen Matveyevich Sverdlov.
In 1967, by order of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR, the Museum of Popular Glory was opened in the city on the basis of the Museum of Local History, and on October 3 of the same year, personnel and staffing were approved. Since that time, the museum acquired the status of a state.
In April 1970, by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Rogachev District Council of Workers' Deputies, the first exhibition was opened, consisting of two halls: "Revolutionary events in Rogachevshchina" and "Great Patriotic War" and the liberation of the city and region.
In November 1991, the Museum of National Glory was allocated to accommodate a new exposition of a former bank building on Lenin St., 58. After the repair and reconstruction of the building, on July 2, 2000, the grand opening of a new exposition of the museum took place, which is located on an area of 212 sq. from 5 halls and 2 sections.
The total area of the museum is 412 square meters. m, demonstration area of the halls of 335 square meters. The total number of museum objects is about 45 thousand, of which the main fund is 28 943, the scientific auxiliary is 16 635.
All items of the main fund of the museum are divided into 40 collections. The largest collections of the museum are: "Archeology", "Personal Documents", "Numismatics", "Faleristics", "Printed Publications", "Photos". Of great value are collections of icons and old editions, as well as hoards of coins and weapons. A unique collection, representing the works of Russian and Belarusian artists, as well as Rogachev artists, is particularly valuable collection of works by Anatoly Kaplan. The state catalog of the Museum Fund of the Republic of Belarus includes 27 museum items.
