The station is named for its proximity next to the Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro.

The station was already envisioned in the 1980 official planning of the city's metro lines, where it was referred to as "Studentska".

[3] However, construction came to a halt when the city council suspended the tender process to select a contractor in August 2015.

[4] Deputy Mayor of Dnipro Mykhailo Lysenko stated in December 2020 that the station was estimated to be opened in 2024.

[5] The February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine stopped all work on the expansion of Dnipro metro.