Muzej se nalazi na lokaciji gdje je Gavrilo Princip, bosanski Srbin nacionalista, pucao i ubio austrijskog nadvojvodu Franza Ferdinanda i njegovu suprugu Sofiju.
The museum is located on the site where Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie.