The museum has many displays of historical artifacts from the city and its surrounding areas, which tells stories about the history of Kyiv.

[1] In a few years, the museum's collection expanded to about 36,000 items, and needed a larger space.

[1] The museum remained at the palace for over 20 years, and had a total of 18 halls for exhibitions.

[2] The museum soon closed by March 2004, and re-opened later that year at the Ukrainian House.

On August 22, 2012, the museum reopened at its current location at 7 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street, near Teatralna station.