The exhibition hall of the Gorokhovets Historical and Architectural Museum was opened in 2010 in the house of Semyon Semyonychev, a second guild merchant. Its friendly atmosphere and state-of-the-art equipment make the exhibition hall one of the favourite cultural entertainment places for the residents and guests of Gorokhovets. Visitors can attend district-, region-, and nation-level rotating exhibitions. They feature paintings, masterpieces of applied craftsmanship, and works of famous photographers, as well as authentic antiques from the stock collections of the Gorokhovets Museum and relics of travelling exhibitions of the country's museums.

The monument to Ilya Muromets, one of the most famous epic heroes, is located on the embankment of Murom.
According to the legend, Ilya Muromets was born in the village of Karacharovo near Murom. In 1999, a monument was erected in memory of the hero on the bank of the Oka River in the Oksky Park. One of the most recognisable symbols of Murom is 21 metres high.

17th century merchant's palace The house was built by Semyon Yershov, the richest merchant of Gorokhovets and one of the top hundred richest merchants of Russia.