The State Historical Museum in the city of Novorossiysk is the largest museum in the Russian Black Sea coast.

The museum was founded in July 1916 thanks to the initiative of the vice-governor of the Black Sea province of LA Senko-Popovskiy as a museum of history and nature of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. For visitors to the exhibition was opened in December 1916 With the advent of Soviet power the museum was transferred to the city council. Active participation in the organization of the museum and the replenishment of its collection took Writer FV Gladkov and director VE Meyerhold

Before the start of the Great Patriotic War History Museum in Novorossiysk was the largest scientific and educational institution in the Kuban. The museum exhibition was housed in 16 rooms. The museum at that time kept about 7 thousand. Exhibits, and in scientific and historical library, there were about 44 500 books. During the Great Patriotic War almost all the museum's collection has been lost, destroyed the premises, were also killed and scientific library. It survived only a few boxes of collections of archeology and documentary fund, who were evacuated to Tbilisi.

The revival of the museum began in January 1944. In May of that year, City Executive Committee has allocated a museum room in the house on the street of the Communist. After Tbilisi exhibits were returned evacuees. Its doors to visitors the museum opened in November 1944 By 1948, in the museum there were already about 4435 exhibits. In 1958 the museum was allocated new premises on the street of the Soviets, in which it is located today.

In all the years of its existence, the institution has repeatedly changed the name. In October 1987, the museum of history of the city and the State Museum of the 18th Army became part of the State Historical Museum.

Stock collection, displays and exhibitions of the museum provided a nuanced and complete picture of the history of the district and the city of Novorossiysk, from the moment the first human settlements in the territory of the region and to the present.