The expeditions, collecting works of folk art and handicrafts organized since 1953, expeditions examining churches, archeological expeditions (since 1980s) insured valuable acquisitions. They organized one or two expeditions an year, which added to the collection from 300 to 600 items.

The research work was reflected in the regular conferences with the first publication of scientific reports. The conferences on different subjects were organized every year. The conferences “The Stone Age of the European Plains” (1997), “The Trinity St. Sergius Lavra in History, Culture and Spiritual Life of Russia” (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006), “Traditional Culture and Orthodoxy” (2003) were internationally recognized

The reports delivered at the conferences were published in the “Soobshcheniya” resumed in the Museum in 1990. There were published “Sergievo-Posadskii istoriko-khudozhestvenny muzei-zapovednik. Soobshcheniya 1995” (M., 1995), “Russkoye narodnoye iskusstvo. Soobshcheniya 1996” (M., 1998), “Trudy po istorii Troitse-Sergievoi Lavry” (M., 1998), “Sergievo-Posadskii istoriko-khudozhestvenny muzei-zapovednik. Soobshcheniya 2000” (M., 2000), “Sergievo-Posadskii istoriko-khudozhestvenny muzei-zapovednik. Soobshcheniya 2005 (M., 2005), etc. Between 1991 and 1999 over 30 works were published by different scientific research institutions.