This paper describes cultural tourism and museums in order to develop a tourist destination. Through the final paper, the focus was placed on defining the concept of cultural tourism, its importance and the presentation of advantages and disadvantages. Also, some of the most popular countries for cultural tourism were presented and cultural tourism on the territory of the Republic of Croatia was described. After that, the focus was shifted to the museum's presentation as a function of tourism destination development. The term museums is generally defined and the importance of museums in cultural tourism and the development of tourist destinations is described. After the theoretical part, the survey was conducted using the questionnaire which examined the knowledge of the examinees on cultural tourism and their views on the importance of museums for the development of tourist destinations. After the survey, there were results that respondents showed excellent knowledge about the knowledge of cultural tourism and also believe that museums have a great role in the promotion and development of tourist destinations and that in the future this role will be even greater.