The Metropolitan’s Chambers were built next to the Dormition Cathedral in the 1680s under the building programme of Metropolitan Jonah (Iona) Sysoevich of Yaroslavl and Rostov, who was responsible for constructing many religious buildings throughout the Yaroslavl Region. In 1767 Empress Catherine the Great stayed here during her tour of cities on the Volga. Today the chambers hold the Department of Ancient Russian Culture of the Yaroslavl Museum of Art and display many icons, including examples from the pre-Mongol era and the Golden Age of Yaroslavl.