The Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life is an open-air complex that features unique wooden structures from the 18th-19th centuries, brought from various corners of the Vladimir region. Established in the 1960s-1970s by architect V.M. Anisimov, the museum recreates a rural street with churches, houses, and outbuildings. It is located on the banks of the Kamenka River on the outskirts of Suzdal, where the ancient Dmitrievsky Monastery from the 11th century once stood.

In 1968, the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the Vladimir region officially approved the creation of the museum. About 60 settlements were surveyed, and 38 buildings were identified, of which 11 were recommended for relocation to Suzdal. The process of restoration and transportation of the monuments took a long time. For example, the Transfiguration Church from 1756 in the village of Kozlyatevo was restored and transported over ten years. This church consists of three octagonal structures, and its bulbous domes are covered with aspen shingles.

The second church in the museum is the Resurrection Church from 1776, originally from the village of Potakino. It is built in the shape of a "ship" with a refectory and a tent-like bell tower. The Nikolskaya Church from 1766, located within the Suzdal Kremlin, was the starting point for the creation of the museum. It resembles a village log cabin with two cells and a gallery.

The museum showcases not only architecture but also peasant life. Here, one can see a mid-19th century peasant's house from the village of Ilkino, featuring carvings above the windows. The house includes an unheated cell and a warm half with a Russian stove and a rare piece of furniture, a "konik." The house of a prosperous peasant from the village of Log from the 19th century is two stories high, with living quarters and a weaving room on the first floor.

On the "village street," there are houses of poor peasants and a souvenir shop. The museum also features barns, sheepfolds, wells, and mills. One of the rare exhibits is a wheel well from the village of Koltsovo. One of the 18th-century windmills has an exhibition dedicated to the milling industry.

Part of the museum consists of stilted barns from the village of Poltso, which protected grain from rodents and fires. In 2012, the house of the Agapov merchants was added to the museum, where an exhibition about Suzdal's merchant class is now housed.

The museum has become a venue for holidays and festivals that attract tourists. Among them are the Cucumber Day, the folk crafts festival on Trinity, and Maslenitsa with pancakes and folk games. These events are accompanied by concerts, fairs, and folk games.