Pereslavl-Zalessky Museum-Preserve, History and art museum-reserve in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

Pereslavl-Zalessky Museum-Preserve occupies the buildings of the Goritsky Monastery, abolished in 1744, and also has branches in the villages of Veskovo and Gorki. Its main museum and the Kardovsky Picture Gallery sit on Rostov Street, with an exhibition hall at house 10 and an industrial site at Sovetskaya Street 1a. The Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, the Botik of Peter I estate and the Ganshiny estate are separate branches.

Collecting for the museum began in summer 1918, and it opened to visitors on 28 May 1919 in the buildings of the Goritsky Monastery, suppressed in 1744. In 1950 a hall on the Great Patriotic War opened with 36 paintings and belongings of local Heroes of the Soviet Union. In 1951 the painter Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya gave 50 works by herself and her husband Dmitry Kardovsky, forming the Kardovsky picture gallery.

The picture gallery grew from a 1951 gift by painter Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya: 50 works by her and her husband Dmitry Kardovsky, plus pieces by his students, the Kardovtsy. In 1957 the museum set up a section on Pereslavl in the work of Soviet artists, showing over 150 pieces by 70 painters and sculptors.

The main displays occupy the buildings of the Goritsky Monastery, with the picture gallery named after Kardovsky, an exhibition hall on Rostovskaya Street 10 and an industrial site on Sovetskaya Street 1a. Two branches lie outside the city, in the villages of Veskovo and Gorki, so plan transport between them separately.

The boat called Fortune is not kept in the main Goritsky Monastery building but in the Botik of Peter I estate at Veskovo, a separate branch of the museum. The museum's branches also include the Transfiguration Cathedral and the Ganshiny estate. The main collection was assembled from summer 1918 and opened to visitors on 28 May 1919.