This collection of the museum is unique. There are objects made by the famous masters of the XIX – XXth centuries. It consists of 7000 exhibits. There are gifts of private persons and the objects collected by the employees of the museum during the expeditions in the Kirillov district in 1993. The museum has bought the collections of objects of the popular art since 2001. There are many painted and carved distaffs and painted boxes.
The collection of the Museum of the frescoes of Dionysius has fine examples of weaving and embroidery. One can see printing boards which were used for making the design of fabrics.
The exhibition is in the Treasury Hall of the XVIth century. This is only a small part of the collection. These objects are exhibited for the first time.