The Museum of History and Archaeology of the Urals is part of the Sverdlovsk Regional Local History Museum named after O. E. Kler.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Local History Museum is a large museum association in the Urals, comprising 8 museums in Yekaterinburg and 10 in the Sverdlovsk region, as well as 3 subdivisions: the Information and Library Center, the Center for Innovative Museum Technologies, and the Restoration Workshop.

The Museum of History and Archaeology of the Urals is located in a five-story building, a monument of constructivism, which is one of the best-preserved buildings of the Chekist Town, built in 1930.

The museum's exhibition spans 5 floors, telling the history of the Urals from ancient times to the Soviet period. Among the services offered by the museum is an audio guide that allows visitors to learn more interesting facts while walking through the halls.

Exhibition "History of the Ural Society of Naturalists (UOLÉ)"

The exhibition dedicated to the Ural Society of Naturalists (UOLÉ) is located in a single hall where one can feel the atmosphere of the first museum created by this society. It was from this museum that the Regional Local History Museum began.

Here, the history of the creation and development of UOLÉ, founded in 1888, is presented, along with publications of the society, items, and gifts from its members. The exhibition features bronze and copper figurines from the 16th and 19th centuries from Nepal, China, and Mongolia, a 19th-century Iranian incense burner, clothing made from fish skin by the Nivkh people, and a porcelain vase with Chinese paintings. Also on display are exhibits from the Siberian-Ural Scientific and Industrial Exhibition of 1887.

Since 2015, one of the most valuable exhibits from the collection of the Society of Naturalists has been displayed: a fragment of the tombstone fence of the famous Turkic commander, the "Tamerlane Slab."

Exhibition "Ancient History of the Peoples of the Urals"

This exhibition tells about the appearance of humans in the Urals during the Early Paleolithic era. Here, unique archaeological finds can be seen, such as the only image of a squirrel in Northern Eurasia in the form of a scepter top, the Aduy copper idol cast in the early Iron Age, and a bronze vessel found in the Chelyabinsk region and cast in the early 8th century AD.

Exhibition "Shigir Treasure"

This exhibition presents the oldest and largest surviving wooden sculpture, the Great Shigir Idol. Scientists have established that this archaeological monument, made from a split larch trunk, is about 11,000 years old, which is twice as old as the Egyptian pyramids. They have also determined what tools were used to create it.

The idol represented a huge wooden figure over 5 meters tall with a voluminous head and a "body" in the form of a plank, reflecting the worldview of ancient Ural people, their mythology, and spiritual life.

The exhibition collection also includes other unique wooden artifacts found in the Urals, as well as items made from bone and horn. Here, one can see tools of hunters and fishermen, woodworking tools, household items, metallurgy artifacts, and much more.

Exhibition "Mountain World. On the Way to Siberia"

This exhibition introduces the history of the settlement and development of the Ural land, the personality of Yermak, the development of factory production in the 18th and 19th centuries, the life of the nobility, merchants, clergy, and Old Believers, as well as the contribution of the Urals to the Patriotic War of 1812.

Rare items are presented at the exhibition, such as the Demidov travel chair, coins from the Yekaterinburg mint, and a cannon from the Kamensky factory.

Exhibition "On One Land Under One Sky"

This ethnographic exhibition is dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the Ural region.

Visitors can experience a Mansi chum, a Bashkir yurt, and a Russian izba, and get acquainted with the household items of different peoples, their traditional clothing, and customs. A unique portrait of Yermak, made on an iron sheet in the 18th century, can also be seen here.

Hall of Remembrance of the Romanovs

This exhibition tells the history of the Romanov dynasty and Russia during the reign of Nicholas II, as well as the tragic events of 1918 and the investigation into the murder of the royal family, which lasted over 100 years.

During the tour, one can see a 3D reconstruction of the Ipatiev House with interior details where the Romanov family perished.

Exhibition "Ural, to the Front. The Great Patriotic War"

The exhibition is dedicated to the contribution of Ural factories and residents to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Documents, uniforms, personal belongings, and awards of Ural heroes are presented here, as well as a room of an evacuated family and the best samples of factory products.