Korsun-Shevchenkivsk State Historical and Cultural Reserve is located in a picturesque place — on the island of Kotsyubinsky and other islands surrounded by the waters of the Ros River in the city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.

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The historical museum was opened on August 29, 1981, as a department of the Museum of the History of the Korsun-Shevchenko Battle. Since 1994 he has been working as a research department of the Korsun-Shevchenko State Historical and Cultural Reserve. The exposition of the museum is located in 6 halls, where more than 2 thousand exhibits are presented. The authors of the exposition with museum tools showed the history of Korsunshchyna in the context of the history of Ukraine from ancient times to the present.

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The Museum of the History of the Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko is part of the Korsun-Shevchenko State Historical and Cultural Reserve. It is located in the Lopukhin Palace — an elegant building that resembles a fortress with four towers, and also has an interesting history. This is a place where you can discover several eras at once — from the time when the house belonged to the Polish King Poniatowski, to the period of its ownership by Prince Lopukhin and the period when the house was at the center of the events of the Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko during the Second World War, about which a rich collection tells Museum.

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The Lopukhinj Palace, which today houses the Museum of the History of the Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko, was built in 1782 as a summer residence for the last Polish king, Stanisław Poniatowski. However, 17 years after the start of the work, which collectively lasted almost 100 years, the estate was bought by the Russian prince Petro Lopukhin. The palace was one of the first estates on the lands of the People's Republic of Poland in the Neo-Gothic style, but the original architectural design with the change of owner of the building underwent some adjustment. By order of Lopukhin, he was given the features of Russian romanticism with elements of classicism. It is in this form that it has reached our days. In the palace during the years of its owner's life, one of the richest collections of art, painting and earthenware of that time was kept in the Russian Empire. And the palace itself at the end of the 19th century was called among the most beautiful and richest Russian estates. Its lush and rich appearance, which is impressive at first sight, it has not lost until today. Since 1945, the palace has housed the collections of the Museum of the History of the Korsun-Shevchenko Battle.

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Museum collection:
The exposition presents a large archaeological collection. These are the things of the Trypillians, the Cimmerians, the Scythians, the Slavs, the Russo-Ukrainian period, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the People's Republic. Among them are items from Cimmerian and Scythian burials, Slavic ornaments, Polish cannon, armor and weapons of Poles, Ukrainians and Muscovite archers. Also exhibited are things from the princely palace of the brightest princes Lopukhiny-Demidovs.

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Two dioramas have been created in the museum: “Anti-serfdom uprising of 1855 in Korsunshchyna” (1984; authors — Kyiv artists K.Tyshkovets and M.Karpushevsky) and “Battle of Korsun 1648” (authors — Kyiv artists S.Honcharenko, Yu.Sanytskyi, O.Senko). The piano of the piano workshop of K. Nineteenth Century Bitch. The museum recreates the interior of a Ukrainian peasant hut of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
The exhibition halls of the historical museum are filled with rich ethnographic material of urban housing of the Korsunese in the mid-1980s.

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Before you enter the premises of the Korsun-Shevchenko Battle History Museum, you will be able to see the nearby exhibition of military equipment from the Second World War and the magnificent picturesque park nearby. In the museum itself, the exhibits are divided into two thematic exhibitions: historical and artistic.

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The main exhibition is devoted to the coverage of the history of the Korsun-Shevchenko offensive operation in the context of the Second World War. It is located in 10 thematic halls, where at least 4 thousand exhibits are stored.

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Among the most interesting and valuable here you can see:
• diorama “The Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko 1944”;
• uniform of the Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Ivan Konev;
• personal belongings of the German general Wilhelm Stemermann, who led the German army during the Battle of Korsun-Shevchenko and died in it;
• German and Soviet military uniforms and weapons.

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Art Exhibition:
Presented in the central, tenth, hall. It is also devoted to military themes and the Korsun-Shevchenko battle in particular. In addition to the battle painting, it also houses an exhibition of front letters.”

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