On March 28, 2002, the Museum of the History of Science of Yakutia was opened at the Institute of Humanitarian Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), named after Professor Georgy Prokopyevich Basharin.

Georgy Prokopyevich Basharin (1912, 1992) was a historian, public figure, and Doctor of Historical Sciences. His significant contribution to the study of the cultural heritage of the Yakut people was recognized with the title of the first laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) named after Alexey Kulakovsky.

Currently, the museum occupies three halls on the second floor of the main building of the Institute of Humanitarian Studies and Problems of the Indigenous Peoples of the North.

The museum's exhibition was formed thanks to donations from the families of scholars, which allowed for the creation of personal collections of such professors as G.P. Basharin, E.I. Korkin, L.N. Kharitonov, Yu.G. Shafer, and others. The museum also receives books with authorial inscriptions.

In the first hall of the museum, one can see portraits of the leaders and participants of the Academy of Sciences expeditions from the 18th to the early 20th century, a model of the yacht "Zarya" (the research vessel of the Russian Polar Expedition led by E.V. Toll), and unique exhibits from the Tamga Ironworks.

The second hall recreates the working office of G.P. Basharin, including original exhibits and documents from the 1950s.

A large part of the museum's exhibition is dedicated to the activities of the Commission of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR for the Study of Productive Forces of the Yakut ASSR. Here, group photographs of Yakut scholars and photographic portraits of leaders of Yakut science are presented.

The third hall of the museum is dedicated to the history of the establishment and development of the Institute of Language, Literature, and History, founded by P.A. Oyunsky. A separate exhibition is dedicated to him, including originals and copies of archival documents from 1935, reflecting his scientific and organizational activities.