Museum-Reserve "Horseyard"

The Horse Yard is a museum complex in the city of Sergiev Posad. It was opened in 1920. Here is stored a large number of valuable treasures from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, which were accumulated over several centuries. Of these values, most of them were donated to the monastery by boyars, wealthy artisans and even kings, some of them were made in workshops owned by the Lavra.

Now the collection of the museum has more than hundreds of thousands of exhibits. Here are stored ancient icons, sewing objects and paintings of Ancient Russia, silver and gold products. Ancient cannons stand on the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. There you can also see the shapes that are used to cast bells.

The museum carries out publishing, scientific and educational activities. In 2009, a book about the museum was published, timed to the ninth decade of its existence.

The museum constantly hosts several separate exhibitions that demonstrate the sights of the lands of Sergiev Posad and different eras of its history. The museum hosts theatrical performances, excursions, an international festival dedicated to Slavic art and crafts.