The museum displays the heroic history of the city and Starodubsky Cossacks. Presented are archaeological finds, materials about the Starodubsky regiment of the time of hetmanship, about the Decembrists, objects of noble and peasant life. A part of the exposition tells about a prominent musical figure of the late XIX - early XX centuries. Professor of the Petersburg Conservatory A.I. Rubtz, the last years of his life were spent in Starodub and where he contributed a lot of efforts and money into the cultural development of the region