The Yudinov Upper Paleolithic site became known to the world in 1947 thanks to the publications of its discoverer Konstantin Mikhailovich Polikarpovich. Since 1985, interest in it has significantly increased, when a pavilion was built over one of the excavations conducted under the guidance of Doctor of Historical Sciences Zoe Alexandrovna Abramova. Now, not only scientists but also the general public come here to see the culture of ancient people, hidden for millennia, and to glimpse into the world 15,000 years ago.

In 1989, a Soviet-American symposium on the Paleolithic was held at this museum, where representatives from nine universities in the USA, along with scholars from the USSR and the UK, discussed issues related to the study of antiquity. The museum has participated in international conferences, attracting scholars from France, Belgium, Canada, and neighboring countries. Today, it is hard to name a country whose representatives have not visited the Yudinovsky Museum-Reserve "Paleolithic."

The local history museum in Yudinovo was created simultaneously with the search for the remains of bone dwellings of Cro-Magnons and was opened to visitors in 1985. Its distinctive feature is that it is entirely self-organized. The layout of the six exhibition halls, the creation of exhibits, and the design were carried out by local school students under the guidance of former history teacher Leonid Ivanovich Grishin, without the involvement of professional designers.

Each hall of the museum has its own theme: archaeology, ethnography, the history of the village, the Great Patriotic War, the post-war period, and the technology of yesterday. Visitors are attracted by the simplicity of the design and the emotional presentation of the material. The museum houses rich collections of numismatics, philately, and clocks. Ethnographic items formed the basis for the "peasant hut" exhibition, which meticulously recreates the life of peasants in the past.