At the end of the XIX century in the rooms of the building of the Kostroma Noble Assembly there was a collection of a museum of antiquities and historical studies about the ancestors of the Romanovs family. And in 1904 when preparing for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanovs dynasty, it was decided to build a separate museum building in the style of the Russian theater. Its project was coordinated by Emperor Nicholas II.
The Romanov Museum was opened in a new elegant building on May 19, 1913. The opening ceremony was attended by Nicholas II and all members of his family. The museum entirely devoted itself to the study of the history of the ruling dynasty. The exhibits for the museum were collected from the Petersburg Hermitage and the Imperial Academy of Arts. Now the museum has several expositions, where one can get acquainted with the three-century long history of ruling of the Russian tsars.