The Museum-estate "boat of Peter I" is in Veskovo Pereslavl district 4 kilometers from the city. It is located on the shore of lake Pleshcheyevo at mount HREM'yach. In this place in 1692 a young Peter I launched the first military flotilla.

The first time visiting Pereslavl in 1688, young Peter was enchanted by the beauty and size of lake Pleshcheyevo. Staying first three centuries, and then in the Goritsky monastery, Peter began organizing its "fun flotilla". The first shipyard was located at the mouth of the Trubezh river. Peter taught the construction of ships masters from Holland.

But the Streltsy rebellion forced Peter to break away from your favorite things. In November 1691 he returned to the “fun ship”. “Amusing ” and “business ” the yards were now on the hill HREM'yach, outside the village, Veskovo. To the lake dug the channel, it was built at the shipyard small ships went down to the lake. Large ships were built right on the shore.

By the summer of 1692 on the water of lake Pleshcheyevo pulled the fleet, consisting of nearly a hundred ships, which were manned and armed with artillery. It was the first military fleet of Russia – the prototype of the future naval force of Russia. In February 1722, Peter visited in Pereslavl Zalessky one last time and ordered to protect the remains of yachts, ships, galleys. But the fire of 1783 destroyed almost all of Peter's fleet. Managed to survive only a bot called "fortune".

In 1802, the Governor of Vladimir I. M. Dolgorukov visited the place where Peter learned to navigate. He decides to construct a building for the storage of survivor bot. 1 August 1803 and opened the first provincial of the Russian Museum. In 1842 there was a stone Lodge built for retired sailors who were guarding the Museum. In 1847 the nobility of Vladimir bought, Veskovo in public ownership.

August 17, 1850, on lake Pleshcheyevo Grand Dukes Romanovs, Nicholas and Michael, laid the monument as a sign to stay in these places of Peter I. the Obelisk was unveiled in two years. In addition, there was built the building for dances and social functions (rotunda) and arc de Triomphe. His final appearance estate "boat of Peter I" acquired in 1853 with the construction of the White Palace, which survived until our days. In 1913, the Museum was visited by Nicholas II. Specially for this event were built Marina on the lake and Belvedere. Since 1919 the estate Museum became a branch of the Pereslavl Museum.

The main exposition of the Museum is "a bot" house, exhibition hall of the "rotunda" and the White Palace. Into a Bot house is the main exhibit of the Museum – bot "fortune". Here you can also see: boiler for boiling tar, the ship's tackle, the remains of a watch mechanism, a bronze eagle that adorned the Palace of Peter the great, a monument to Peter Rastrelli. The last restoration a Bot house was held in 2010

Exhibition hall "rotunda" (formerly the building for dances and social functions, was built in 1852) re-opened its doors after a long period of neglect in 2003, Since that time, the rotunda – the decoration of the Museum. Its interior was restored by restorers on the architectural motifs of the time of Peter walls with red damask, the massive portals of oak, elegant ceiling painting, flooring, made an image that was brought from Holland young Peter, stylized first quarter of the 18th century, benches and tables, original exhibits convey the flavour and mood of those distant times. Today this building hosts presentations, exhibitions, gala events, tour programs for adults and children, a special place among them occupies a theatrical performance called Peter's Assembly.

In the White Palace is the exhibition "In the beginning of glorious deeds", which was opened on 5 may 2012, after a long restoration. She tells about the history of the estate since the late 17th century, when there was a funny yard of the young king until her last visit of the Russian Emperor in 1913

The exhibition consists of three rooms. In the first room genuine artifacts related to the late 17th century, which are relevant to the construction of the first vessels on the banks of the Pereslavl lake: tools Peter shipbuilders, parts, equipment and armament of ships. Of particular value are the ship's decorations, which are made by carvers from the Armory. Here you can see a picture of "Peter's flotilla on the lake of Pereslavl 25 August 1692" D. N. Kardovsky.

The second room of the exhibition – "the Room of Peter the great", which is a reconstruction of the interior of the front room of the Royal Palace. Here you can also see things typological Peter times: items of ancient utensils, furniture. The exhibition also includes portraits of family members of Peter.

The third hall – front, its main purpose is to pay tribute to Peter I, and describe the role of the nobility of Vladimir in the preservation of this historic place. Here on the background of the interior public spaces of the mid-19th century archival documents telling the history of the estate, as well as portraits of those who participated in its development.