The Beit Shturman Museum was founded in 1941 by the members of the kibbutz's Ein Harod and Tel Yosef who wanted to perpetuate the memory of their friend Chaim Shturman who was killed three years earlier when his jeep went over a landmine.Chaim Shturman, who belonged to the younger generation of the Second Aliya (wave of immigration) was a member of "Hashomer" (the guardsmen organization) and was one of the founders of Kibbutz Ein Harod. He was an active worker in the JNF and was instrumental in building cooperation and good relations with the Arabs in the region. Widely known for his active role in the defence and security of the Harod Valley , he was one of the initiators of the "Tower and Stockade" settlements project and the Jewish settlement in the Beit Shean Valley.Chaim Shturman, the grandfather, was the first member of the Shturman family killed in action. In 1948 his son Moshe Shturman was killed in battle near Beit Shean. In 1969 during the War of Attrition, his grandson Chaim Shturman , who was named in his memory, was killed in action with the navy commandos on Green Island in the Straits of Tiran. A year later another grandson, Amir Brin , the son of Tama Shturman-Brin, was killed by the Suez Canal .
The Shturman family became a symbol of sacrifice and tragedy. At the funeral of the police guard Moshe Rozenfeld in 1936, the eulogy read by Chaim Shturman contained a phrase which with the passage of time aptly described his own family " Those who lead the spearhead of the force are the first to fall in battle".
"The Beit Shturman - Museum and Institute of Regional Knowledge " was among the first museums built in the country. It is imbued with a perception of education and values, the settlement concept of the Valley as a leading factor in cultural and social endeavour.