The main exhibition of the museum dedicated to one of the most significant Orthodox shrines - the Tikhvin miraculous icon of the Mother of God. The museum presents the same exposition devoted to the nobility and merchant culture and the life of Tikhvin of the late XIX-early XX centuries, the rural life of the inhabitants of the Tikhvin region of the XIX century. The exposition "The Most Ancient and Medieval History of the Tikhvin Territory" presents objects found during archaeological excavations.