The collection consists of more than 300,000 items and includes works of fine and applied art, scientific instruments and tools, photographs and archeological artefacts.
- Icons of the 13th – 17th Centuries
- Icons of the 18th – Early 20th Centuries
- Russian Painting of the 18th – Early 20th Centuries
- Russian Sculpture
- Engravings from the Age of Peter the Great
- Russian Prints
- Russian Drawings and Watercolours
- Diplomas Granted by Russian Monarchs
- Playing Cards
- Russian Folk Costumes
- Glass Beads
- Kolokoltsov Shawls
- Church Vestments
- Peter the Great’s Wardrobe
- Liveries
- Secular Dress
- Military Uniforms
- Tapestries
- Silk Fabrics
- Printed Cloth and Printed Boards
- Fans
- Russian Decorative Bronzes of the 18th – Early 20th Centuries
- Russian Furniture
- Russian Decorative Glass of the 17th - Early 21st Centuries
- Russian Porcelain and Ceramics of the 18th – Early 21st Centuries
- Precious Metal Objects of the 16th-20th Centuries
- Tula Metalwork Items of the 18th-19th Centuries
- Russian Bone and Ivory Carvings of the 8th – 19th Centuries
- Russian Wood Carvings of the 18th – 19th Centuries
- Russian Lacquer Artefacts of the 18th-20th Centuries
- Photographs
- Scientific Instruments and Devices