The village of Kideksha, the medieval residence of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky of Suzdal, is located 4 kilometers east of Suzdal. Here, a church dedicated to the first Russian saints, Boris and Gleb, has been preserved. Built in 1152, this church is the oldest stone structure in the Russian North-East and laid the foundation for the magnificent white-stone architecture of Vladimir-Suzdal.

The open-air exhibition introduces the diversity and beauty of the Kirzhach platbands.

The museum has exhibitions: 
- "Nature of the native land" with archaeological finds and representatives of the animal world,
- "Traditions of the rural home and everyday life" with exhibits characterizing the male and female crafts of the Melenki land,
- "History of the native land. The interior of a merchant's house" and a hall with the interior of a merchant's house",
- "Kamanin N.P.- Hero of the Soviet Union",
- "Industry of the native land".

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.

Shchurovo Gorodishche is an unusual museum of living history in Suzdal. It was created on the basis of the sets for Pavel Lungin's film Tsar, which was filmed in Suzdal in 2008.