The Ethnographic Museum in the village of Lazarevskoye was founded in 1985 and is part of the Museum of the History of the Resort City of Sochi. It opened its doors to visitors on May 12, 1990. The exhibition is located in a two-story mansion from the early 20th century, which belonged to merchant Popandopulo and was nationalized in 1920. The building features a multi-level roof with triangular pediments adorned with wooden spires and stone walls. The roof is made of antique red tiles. Before the revolution, the upper floor housed the owner's family, the first floor contained a shop, and the basement had a wine cellar. From the 1920s to the 1980s, the building was used by the department of public education, initially hosting a peasant school, later a collective farm youth school, and from 1936, the Lazarevskaya Secondary School. In 1986, the house was transferred to the Department of Culture for the creation of a section of the Museum of the History of the Resort City of Sochi, and at that time, its last reconstruction was carried out.

The architectural and artistic design of the exhibition was developed by artist-architect V.A. Gavrilov. The ethnographic exhibition, dedicated to the life and culture of the population of Sochi from ancient times to the early 20th century, occupies three halls with a total area of just over 100 sq.m. The museum also has a small exhibition hall and a storage facility.

The museum's exhibition highlights key stages in the ethnic history of the Adyghe-Shapsugs, the indigenous people of the Caucasian Black Sea region. It tells about traditional economic activities, social and family life, religious beliefs, customs, and rituals of this people. The Caucasian War, which ended in 1864, played a tragic role in the history of the indigenous inhabitants of the Western Caucasus. In the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus was settled by representatives of various peoples, both subjects of Russia and foreigners, mainly immigrants from the Ottoman Empire.

The materials of the exhibition reflect the geography of the migration movement and the culture of the new settlers, including both ethnic traits and those acquired in the process of adapting to new living conditions. The museum features about 1,000 exhibits.