It was created in 2006. At the moment, it includes seven expositions that reveal the history and development of the small Volga town of Tutaev (formerly. Romanov-Borisoglebsk).
The exhibition "E. E. Klassen's Manufactory" is dedicated to the development of the Borisoglebsky part of the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which is associated with the life and work of the manufacturer, merchant of the II guild E. E. Klassen, a native of Germany.
The Tsar's Sheep exposition is a peasant's hut, a shepherd's house with wooden household items, benches covered with sheep skins, a stove, and a red corner.
The exhibition "Apartment of the Primer" is dedicated to the Soviet school and one of the first Soviet letter books, the author of which is the honored teacher of the RSFSR school, director of the Chebakov school N. M. Golovin.
The exhibition "Soviet Province" introduces the history of the city of the XX century and life in the Soviet Union, which is associated with the fate of four generations of Tutaev.
The exhibition "Inhabitants of our Forests", with more than 200 exhibits, tells about the animals and birds of central Russia.
In the year of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the exposition "And the Saved World remembers" was opened.