Local history Museum named after N. And. Grodekov is one of the oldest museums of the city of Khabarovsk and the entire region. Regional Museum was founded in April 1894, the Main initiator of its creation was made by the Amur Governor-General, the first Chairman of the Amur Department of the Imperial Russian geographical society. I. Grodekov. In the grounds of the Museum and its collections was attended by prominent public figures and scientists, historians and enthusiasts.

By the beginning of XX century it became the most famous Museum of the Amur territory. Museum pieces exhibited not only in Russia but also in international exhibitions in Kazan, Novgorod, Paris and Chicago. In 1902, the Museum was named after N. Grodekov, which is considered a "true leader and inspirer of the" Museum in the far East of Russia.

Over ten years the Museum was led by a prominent writer, traveler, scholar and Museum worker V. K. Arsenyev, under whose leadership the institution became the center of scientific studies of the Russian Far East, and over time became a leading research and educational institutions, in the Khabarovsk territory. In 1965, the Museum was recognized as one of the best museums of the RSFSR.

10 years from now to the main building of the Museum made an addition, which expanded the exhibit space. In the annexe posted a panorama Volochaevskaya battle", only in the far East and one of three in the country. From 1995 to 1999 there was a new exhibition titled "Nature of the Khabarovsky Krai", new exposure. In 1998, located in a separate building from the opening of the Archaeological Museum. In 2000, the Museum of local Lore N. Grodekov the winner in the competition "the Window to Russia", after which he was declared a "Museum of the year" among other provincial museums of Russia.

In 2008, the new Museum building was opened the exhibition of the Children's Museum and the Museum of Cupid, equipped with modern multimedia facilities. In addition, it was equipped with new exhibition halls, workshops and storage facility.

Today the Museum has over 418 thousand Museum exhibits dedicated to the history of Foundation and development of the Russian Far East, Geology and paleontology of the Amur region, the fauna and flora of the Far East, the culture of the indigenous people of the Amur region, as well as Slavic settlers, the events of the Civil war (1917-1922) in the far East, etc.