The museum includes: the Cossacks of Zaporizhzhia in historical and fiction literature; The period of Kyivan Rus; Orthodoxy on the Ukrainian lands; The newest history of the Zaporizhzhia region, new archaeological finds of the National Reserve. To date, the museum has collected more than 32,000 museum items. In the museum, the exposition and three dioramas are constantly open for inspection: «Battle of Kyiv Prince Svyatoslav», «Military Council on the Sich», «Liberation of the City of Zaporizhzhia». Exhibitions are devoted to the history of Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.
Not far from the museum there is a stone pillar on the island of Khortytsia, on which it is written that Prince Svyatoslav (the son of Princess Olga) was probably killed here. There is also a mysterious black stone, which is believed to have great magical power.
