The museum consists of open-air and indoor permanent exhibitions of many famous tanks and armored vehicles from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries (between 1917 and the present day).

Most of its displays in the museum were derived from the research collection of the still-functioning[citation needed] Kubinka armour testing and proving ground.

As it is still part of a Kubinka military base, weapons and alcohol are strictly prohibited; at the entrances, inspections are carried out by security staff with the help of metal detectors.

[3] The museum hosts a wide variety of tanks and armoured vehicles developed and used throughout the 20th century by the Soviets, Germans and other nations.

Apart from that, the museum also exhibits an Ilyushin Il-2 plane wreck,[4] anti-tank artillery, a cutaway model of a V-2-34 engine and other miscellaneous items.