Museum complex "Horse yard", located on the street of the First Shock Army, is one of the buildings of the Sergiev Posad Museum-reserve. The building it appeared in 1790, instead of the numerous monastic wooden stables. By that time the number of horses in the conduct of laurels decreased from 700 to 40, as Catherine II issued a decree translated part of the monastic lands to the Treasury and reduced the cost of the remaining content. Right stone structure, square in plan with round towers at the corners and angular over the gate appeared on the Northern shore of White pond. "The monastery is often called" Equestrian yard, standing near the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

Several layers of birch bark to protect the walls of the Museum from erosion by groundwater. Originally a one-story, building was completed along with the increase in the number of horses and attendants. Over time, there appeared the second floor for workers and additional housing. Stable yard of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra – the only two surviving monastic courtyards, afford their upkeep. Previously, these buildings could only be found on the rich landowners ' lands.

Now "Horse yard" is the name of the Museum, which represents the four permanent expositions telling about the ancient past Sergiev Posad region, the architectural ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra, Russian applied art from the eighteenth century to our times and the world of the Russian village.

The exhibition "Ancient past Sergiev Posad region." Here with a genuine archaeological finds coexist exact copies of historical items. You go from the stone age through the bronze age to the formation of the Russian state in XIII century. The bulk of this collection consists of various tools (from stone and bone to the iron) for hunting, fishing, cultivation and so on. Here You will meet with religious and ceremonial objects from different eras, found in the excavations at Sergiev Posad earth.

About the history and the architectural ensemble of the main sanctuary of the edge will tell exhibition halls of the first floor of the Museum. Moving from one room to another, You will see the entire history of the monastery from its early beginnings. Largely the creation of this exhibition contributed to the well-known restorers restoring Lavra. In the first room, you can consider the entire monastery near here is its layout. One of the most difficult periods in the life of the monastery of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the Polish-Lithuanian siege 1608-1610, tell weapons, documents, portraits, painting. The development of books presented at the exhibition: writing materials, manuscripts, ABCs, part of Maxim the Greek library.

On the second floor of the Museum You will find a applied fishing in Central Russia. Of course, the main part of the exhibition is the work of Sergiev Posad masters. Numerous wooden toys, including the world-famous Bogorodskaya, has brought fame to the city. The exhibits are in the order of four thousand copies. Collection Kargopol, filimonovo, Dymkovo clay toys are the evolution of decorative art of the early XX century. It is impossible to consider all of the masters of Khokhloma, Jostova, Gzhel, Gorodets and other artistic centers of Russia.

One of the last exhibits that opened in Konny Dvor" in 2008, is "the World of Russian village". It can be found in the Central building of the Museum. Here are the classes, common in the European part of Russia: working with wood, clay, fabric, tatting, and more. In suits everyday and special occasion traced the entire life of a peasant from birth to death.

In addition to permanent exhibitions, the Museum organizes exhibitions and festivals.