The "Museum of Tula Antiquities" was founded in 1993 in a early 20th-century estate complex by the decision of the Tula City Council of People's Deputies. It was established as a municipal historical and archaeological museum named after N. I. Troitsky with the aim of preserving, popularizing, and studying the monuments of history and archaeology of Tula and the region. On May 18, 1995, on International Museum Day, the archaeological exhibition dedicated to the history of the Tula region from the Stone Age to the establishment of the Tula province in the 18th century was ceremonially opened. The foundation of the museum's collection consists of archaeological collections gathered by the Tula Archaeological Expedition in 1990 and 1996.

In September 1997, due to the establishment of the "Kulikovo Field" museum-reserve, the museum was joined to the reserve as a branch of the museum-exhibition center "Tula Antiquities". Currently, it houses the Tula representation of the museum-reserve.

Until June 2014, two exhibitions operated in the museum-exhibition center. The archaeological exhibition, over nearly 20 years of its existence, introduced more than 400,000 residents and guests of the city to the history of the Tula region. Each of the more than 800 exhibits collected by the Tula Archaeological Expedition had its own story, which the guides of "Tula Antiquities" shared with visitors. Journeys through the history of Tula began in the Stone Age and ended in the 16th-17th centuries. However, one of the oldest museum exhibitions in Tula completed its work.

In early 2015, a new interactive exhibition "The Tale of the Battle of Kulikovo" opened at the museum, aimed at children aged 5-12 and their parents. Visitors can easily and engagingly learn about the history and heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo, as well as works of ancient Russian literature. Specialists from the "ArtTerra" bureau participated in the creation of the exhibition.

Another interactive exhibition of the museum "Tula Antiquities" is called "Secrets of Tula Craftsmen" and was opened in 1999. Its main idea is to immerse visitors in the atmosphere of the craftsmen of Tula in the 16th-18th centuries, with the opportunity for direct participation in the historically recreated process of medieval production. The exhibition includes three thematic sections representing the hut of a Tula craftsman as a living space, as well as pottery and blacksmith workshops.

The basis of the interactive exhibitions consists of both authentic items and replicas made by Tula craftsmen.