In the Ust-Kut Historical Museum presents an exposition "History of the Upper Prilenya. Great Highway from Lena to Amur ". In the museum you can get acquainted with the archaeological excavations of the Ust-Kut district; with the customs and traditions of the population of the region before the arrival of the Russians; with hikes of explorers P. Pyanda, V. Bugra, E. Khabarov, I. Galkin; with expeditions passed through Ust-Kut; with the history of the emergence of shipping on the Lena; with the heroic moments of the Civil War in Prilenye; with the economic and cultural development of the region in the 30s-40s of the 20th century; with the participation of Ustykutyans in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.