The stable yards of the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, which date from the late 18th - early 19th century, are now used to hold various exhibits and museums of the Sergiev Posad Museum-Reserve. Its permanent exhibitions include the Russian Doll Exhibition, which has one of the largest collections of Russian dolls in the world and details the history of the dolls, including the life of one of their creators – Sergey Malyutin who worked in Sergiev Posad.

Also housed in the stable yard are the Russian Village Exhibition which displays examples of handicraft created in villages in European Russia, as well as exhibitions on the ancient history of the Sergiev Posad area and the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra and on decorative applied art from the 18th to 21st centuries.