According to legend Trakoscan was named after tračkoj establishes (ARX Thacorum) which allegedly existed in antiquity. Another preserved the tradition is, that it was named after the knights Drachenstein who in the early Middle Ages of the region.
Toponym was first mentioned in written records in 1334. year. Lords of forts in the first centuries is not known, yet we know that the end of the 14th century owners of the Counts of Celje, which the entire Zagorje County. The family soon become extinct Trakoscan shared the fate of their other cities and estates that were divided and changing owners. This division Trakošćan such a unique property, it belongs to the first warlord Jan Vitovac, then Ivanis Korvin, who gave it to his deputy John Gyulay. The family kept the castle for three generations, and became extinct in the 1566th, and ownership was taken over by the state.
For services provided to King Maximilian gave the estate Juraj Draskovic (1525-1587), first personally and then to the family heritage. So finally the 1584th Trakoscan renovated.
1953rd was founded in the castle museum with a permanent exhibit. The permanent exhibition is exposed to the ambient, the original function. Objects dating from 15th to 19 century and are placed in different areas that make up the whole interior too. The castle consists of four levels: low and high ground, and the first and second floor. Weapons collection numbers about 300 copies of weapons, protective equipment or any part thereof, created in the 15th To the 20th century. Today it is difficult to judge which of which came from a time when Trakošćan a fortress, which were subsequently purchased for the royal decoration. Nevertheless, the value of the collection is unquestionable, and by its typology and content it follows military background renovated.