On Lenin Avenue, house 47 Tula is a popular Museum and exhibition center "Tula antiquities". The base of the center occurred in 1993 in one of the old manor houses, built in the early twentieth century. The purpose of the Museum was the protection, promotion, and study of historical monuments and archaeology of Tula and area.

In the spring of 1995 was celebrated next day of museums, which took place the solemn ceremony of opening a Museum devoted to the historical development of the Tula region, starting from the stone age to the formation of the Tula province in the 18th century. The bulk of the stock collection of the Museum presented the archaeological collections that were collected archaeological expedition in the period between 1990 and 1996.

In the framework of the Museum and exhibition center operates an interactive exposition "the Secrets of Tula craftsmen", as well as a Museum dedicated to archaeology, which contains unique and amazing exhibits, for example, finds Tula archaeological expedition.

"The secrets of Tula craftsmen" acquaint visitors with numerous household items 17-18 centuries and interior decoration traditional urban houses. All the curious will be able not only to follow all the processes of forging and pottery industries, but also to participate in the proceedings.

Exhibition dedicated to the archaeology, built on the principle of temporary tape, and then divided by the fundamental periods of periodization. The first section of the Archaeological Museum dedicated to the stone age. It tells the true subjects of stone age tools and bones of mammoths, fragments of pottery; it is possible to trace the process by which it was manufacturing these stone objects and reconstruction of the main of arrows and made of stone axes.

The second section tells of the time of the predominance of bronze products, created on the territory of Tula region in the second Millennium B. C. There are genuine objects: weapons, tools, stucco, utensils, and some objects made of bronze, and the things of bronze production.

The third section is called "Early iron age and Slavic tribes" and talks about the settlement of the Finno-Ugric and Baltic tribes in the area of Tula region. Here is an opportunity to see the items of arms and labour, forged iron, and ornaments of glass and bronze and evidence of the first trade.

The fourth section is devoted to the ancient period, while in the section, you can see the map old ancient cities belonging to the Tula region.

The exhibition entitled "the Secrets of Tula craftsmen" was opened in January 1999. The main idea of the exposition is to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the workshop Tula Dating 16-18 centuries. It is possible to participate in a truthful, historical Museum and a stylized project on medieval production.

The main objective of the interactive exhibition was to identify and display authentic objects the production of Tula craftsmen. Three thematic sections of the Museum exhibition represent a local craftsman house as living space, as blacksmith's and Potter's workshops.