In 1985 reconstruction of the museum building and reexposition were held. The Museum opened its doors to the visitors again on the 7th May of the same year. In 2001 the Museum was transformed into a branch of Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. The head of the branch is Kopyl S. P.
Permanent and temporary exhibitions of the Museum are located in five exhibition halls.
The first hall acquaints visitors with the heroic defense of Polotsk against the Nazi invaders (June 27 - July 16, 1941), as well as with the life of the city and its inhabitants during the Nazi occupation (July 1941 - July 1944). The second hall is dedicated to the partisan movement on Polotsk lands. The exposition covers the organization and combat activities of partisan detachments and brigades of Polotsk region, the activities of partisan doctors. The third hall tells about the "Bagration" Offensive during that resulted in the liberation of Belarus from German troops, as well as about Polotsk offensive operation as its component.
The fourth and fifth halls are designed to accommodate temporary exhibitions. Now they house a temporary exhibition "Printed Front", where you can get acquainted with the propaganda materials of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during the Second World War, and a temporary exhibition "For Courage and Heroism ... Awards of the Great Victory", dedicated to our fellow countrymen - officers and soldiers, workers and partisans, their feat of arms and labour during the war.