On 16 September 1969 the history museum opened its doors in the former Nida Lutheran church building. The museum's exhibition presented the formation of the Curonian Spit and the Curonian Lagoon, the local people and nature, trades and more. When the church was returned to the faithful in 1989, the exhibition was dismantled. In 1995 an exhibition on the trades of the Curonian Spit's inhabitants opened in rented premises and operated for some time, and in 2002 a new exhibition opened at the Neringa History Museum on Pamario Street. It presents not only the trades of the Curonian Spit's inhabitants (catching crows for food, fishing gear, models of boats) and their traditions, but also the history of the Nida post station. It tells about the old way of fishing with sailing boats (kurėnas and kiudelvaltė), and there is a display of weathervanes and their designs. The exhibition tells in detail about ice fishing on the frozen Curonian Lagoon, gathering amber from the Baltic Sea and the most original occupation of the locals – catching crows. Visitors' attention is caught by the figure of a fisherman "drumming" for smelt. The museum also displays finds from the Nida Stone Age settlement, which was located in the western part of the Parnidis Dune, presents the Nida post station on the great post road (1745–1833), and exhibits a copy of a unique document found by historian Nijolė Strakauskaitė in the Prussian Privy State Archives in Germany, showing that in 1745 Nida was important for communication between Marienburg, Königsberg and Riga. Museum visitors also learn about everyday life and living conditions in the Nida resort, the work of the Nida gliding school and the history of the Froese family of Nida. One of the highlights of the exhibition is the 1785 licence of Friedrich Casimir Kuwert, owner of the Nida post station, granting the right to brew beer in the inn and post station. The photo reproductions and maps next to it introduce visitors to the post road of European importance, part of which ran along the Curonian Spit.