Designed by an unknown architect, the building is rectangular in shape, one story, and made from brick.

The museum covers the period of time from the appearance of the first people in Baturyn to the death of the city on November 2 (13), 1708.

At its peak, the Hetman's Capital was completely destroyed by the Russian army under the command of O. Menshikov on November 13 (2), 1708.

The personification of the tragedy of 1708 was the burnt icon of the Mother of God with the Infant on a copper plate.

This artifact, which has traces of gilding by masters of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra of the late 17th century, was found in the grave of an elderly woman with a broken skull.