In 1985, the Executive Committee of the Ust-Vym Village Council decided to create a so-called "museum zone" in the Zaruchaynaya part of the village. Several ancient objects were relocated to this zone, including a chapel from the village of Kamsamas, dedicated to the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, built in 1882. That same year, a barn and a peasant house built in 1911 were transported from the center of the village to the museum zone, where the interior was recreated to reflect the life and economy of Komi peasants from the late 19th to early 20th century.

The house includes warm and cold rooms, located on high underfloors and connected by a hallway and a vestibule. All rooms are covered by a common gable roof made of planks, and the entrance is through a high covered porch. The vestibule was used for storing tools, and hay was brought into the vestibule through the gates on horseback. From the hallway, one can access the summer room located on the southern side and the winter room on the northern side. In the warm part of the house, there is a model of a large Russian stove with a stove niche, which has a door leading to the underfloor where vegetables were stored. In the winter part of the house, to the right of the entrance, there is a model of a Russian stove with a stove niche, adjacent to sleeping platforms on beam supports.

The complex of buildings of the Ust-Vym District Hospital, which includes the main building, an infectious diseases ward, and a doctor's house, was built in the early 20th century. The district hospital building features a permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of the village from ancient times to the present day. The exhibition is housed in five halls and covers key periods in the history of Ust-Vym.

The museum's collections hold unique exhibits, including a selection of essential household and domestic items of peasants from the village of Ust-Vym, as well as from the villages of Okvad, Vezdino, and Ib from the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.