First presented is a brief study of the history of the manor museums on the territory of Kursk region (modern Kursk and Belgorod region) for half - the second half of the twentieth century and the turn of XX-XXI centuries. Also considered the experience of the past, for example the preservation of the manor house (early eighteenth century) in Borisovka Sheremetev. Identified the problems of the preservation of estate collections and values of Kursk region, stored in the collections of the Kursk regional Museum of local lore, regional Museum of Rylsk and others. First presented archival materials and drawings are not executed in the implementation of working project of reconstruction of the complex of the estate of Ivanovskoe of Hetman Mazepa. The study provides combined information on existing estate exposures in Marino, Bogoslovka, Golovchino, Vinnikova, Bilyi kolodyaz ' for inclusion in the tourist routes on the theme of "Country estates of Kursk region". The material presented about a recent event in the modern history of the manor of Kursk, which is the revival of Vorobievka, with the program of reconstruction of the Museum-estate of Afanasy FET.