Mozhaysky historical Museum is a branch of the State Borodino military-historical Museum-reserve. In 1905, when the local Council was organized by the Museum of visual AIDS to assist students. With the participation of the Countess P. S. Uvarova he gradually turned into a local history. In the Museum there exhibits transferred from the rich collection of graphs Uvarov kept in the riverlands estate Mozhaisk district.

After the February revolution of 1917, the Museum was left without supervision. The exhibits are well dispersed on the Mozhaisk schools, partly got into the Museum, organized by local cooperation. This Museum existed until the fire in 1920, when almost all the exhibits were killed in the fire. In 1920-e years the efforts of local historians N. And Vlasieva, head of historical and archaeological section of the Mozhaisk society of historians, and V. I. Gorokhova, local chronicler, the Museum was restored.

Before the beginning of hostilities in 1941, the Museum's collections were evacuated to the Regional historical Museum of Istria, where after the war for various reasons did not return. Mozhaysky historical Museum was re-opened in 1981 by the 750 anniversary of the city. Since 1986, the Museum became a branch of the State Borodino military-historical Museum-reserve.

In 1985 in Mozhaysk opened the House-Museum of the national artist of the USSR S. V. Gerasimov, who since 1990 has become a branch of the State Borodino military-historical Museum-reserve and included in the structure of Mozhaisk historical Museum. The funds of the Museum include collections: historical objects, artifacts, documents and photographs collection of paintings and drawings Mozhaisk artists, S. V. Gerasimov and his disciples. Currently the Museum has an exhibition hall and a permanent display in the House Museum of S. V. Gerasimov.