The Mstera Art Museum preserves about 3 thousand unique monuments of artistic culture of Russia of the XVII-XXI centuries. The annual exhibitions "Artists of the Mstera Jubilee", which open throughout the year and present the work of the masters, are very popular with artists of the Mstera and museum visitors.

The museum tells the story of the creation of the People's House - the Palace of Culture, a unique historical building that is more than 120 years old. Demonstration of historical photos of the building in different years, documents, photos of historical figures from the time of the creation of the National House.

The monument to Akim Maltsov, the founder of the city, was unveiled in 2006 near the Maltsov Crystal Museum. In 1756, Akim Maltsov founded the Gusevsky Crystal Factory, which formed the village, which later became the city of Gus-Khrustalny.

According to legend, the monastery was founded in 1240 by Alexander Nevsky and was intended for orphans and widows left after the Mongol-Tatar pogrom of Suzdal in 1238. Before the campaign against the Swedes (the Battle of Nevsky), the prince vowed to build a monastery in Suzdal, in the homeland of his ancestors, in honor of his patron saint Alexander of Rome. 

The unique monument to Karl Marx was erected in 1923, one of the first in the country, during the birth of a new revolutionary proletarian art, based on sketches by an ordinary worker at a factory in Sobinka. The monument was unveiled on November 7, 1923, on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was placed in the square in front of the factory, where general meetings and rallies were held, and later became known as Karl Marx Square.