The museum was founded in 2005 on the initiative of "UGMK-Holding" and JSC "Uralelectromed". The basis collection is Soviet military equipment; the oldest exhibit is the 152-mm howitzer arr. 1909, produced in 1911. The most representative collections artillery, tanks, self-propelled artillery, multiple rocket launchers, railway equipment.

    In 2013, it was opened exhibition center, on the 1st and 2nd floors which housed military equipment (tanks, military vehicles, field kitchens, motorcycles, etc.). The 3rd floor of the exposition dedicated to the military history of the Urals. Here are extensive collections of uniforms, awards, small arms.

    In 2015, a railway exhibition was opened, which presents the original locomotives and rolling stock of different designs, built scale model railway stations 1940s. May 9, 2016 has been recreated the interior of the two sanitary wagons