The invention discloses a thoracic surgery department cavity scopic surgical instrument taking and storing device including an overturning mechanism, a storing mechanism and a sterilizing mechanism. The storing mechanism is composed of a storage box, self-locking wheels, a box door, a lifting partition plate, a sliding partition plate, a first electric telescopic rod, a connecting plate, a transmission box, a lifting driving motor, a driving sliding block, a driving screw rod, a travel switch, a storage battery, a fixed partition plate and a lifting sliding rod. Through arrangement of the lifting driving motor and the driving sliding block, the position of the lifting partition plate is flexibly adjusted, and placement of devices at different heights on the bottom of the storage box is facilitated; moreover, under the flexible adjustment of the lifting partition plate, the devices at the bottom layer of the storage box are convenient to take; through arrangement of the first electric telescopic rod, the sliding partition plate is convenient to push out, and tools are convenient to place and store; through arrangement of the overturning driving motor and a driven gear, a first overturning plate and a second overturning plate are convenient to adjust, and surgical instruments can be opened and ejected out automatically.